Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 737
ty arms doth standA hand thats clasping another hand. Oh, scoffing fraulein ! the children plead,We believe the story—we do, indeed!And over and over they hear it told.The legend that now is centuries old. It will last, they say. to the end of time ;It is told in prose, it is told in rhyme ;But the… … BY THE BROOK-SIDE, A TASTE FOR READING. By Olive Thorne. Many years ago an enthusiastic girl, whosename you never heard, deliberately set out to improve her mind. Blindly and secretly grop-ing about for the best way, she stumbled uponvarious maxims for the guidance of earnest youngsouls, and…
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