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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 460

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T is like an egg, another cried, A little longer than it s wide, With islands scattered through the seas Where savages may live at ease ; And buried up in Polar snows You find the hardy Eskimos ; While here and there some scorching spots And whether governed by a king,A President, or Council ring.… … Wmmmti. • They scrawled a page to show the bandTheir special style, or business hand. The teacher had enough to do,To act his part to nature true:He lectured well the infant squad ;He rapped the desk and shook the rod,And stood the dunce upon the stool,A laughing-stock to all the school.But…

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