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Recollections of Auton House (1909)

Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 65

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oceeded, whether he should be running away oronly in the stable. A favorite way we had was to sit in little chairs,all in a row, with our slates on our knees, and see who could drawthe best lion or the fastest trotter. These sketches, when com-pleted, were submitted to our older brothers for… … WORK AND PLAY. Gl and we must try again. So away we went to work once more, and with better results. In these friendly bouts we discovered the secret of making a horse look as if he were actually moving along the road. We found that motion could not be in-dicated unless all the legs of the animal…

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