The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 42
, thick-stemmed box-plant, with its densegrowth of dark, glossy little leaves. Every old-fashionedcountry-place in our own Middle States has had its box-bordered flower-beds, with occasional taller clumps of theshrub, looking like dumpy little trees. Well, the box-plants in Broek -grow in a similar… … PORTRAIT OF A BOY, BY ADRIAEN HANNEMAN (BORN 1610, DIED 1666). WINTER AND SUMMER 27 ma}7 have been handed down from father to son for gener-ations. Nearly every garden in Broek has its zomerhuisand its pond. Some of these ponds have queer automata-or self-moving figures--upon them: sometimes a…
Children's stories, American
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