Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 313
ch has understood thislonging in human nature, and found means togratify it by this festival of tapers. The groups do not all remain long in place, youmay imagine; there is a good deal of shifting about,and I see little stragglers wandering over the church,like fairies lighted by fire-flies.… … THE CHILDREN WITH THEIR TAPERS. especially to the smallest, and there were many ofthem so small that they could only toddle about bythe most judicious exercise of their equilibrium. Ido not say this by way of reproof to any other kindof children. These little groups, as I have said, were…
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