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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 167

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Dutch or Danish, Spanish orSwedish, Russian or Prussian, always to thegreat wonderment of The Boy, who to this day,after many years of foreign travel, knows littlemore of French than Combien ? and littlemore of Italian than Troppo caro. Whynone of these qualities of mind came to TheBoy by direct… … THE BOY IN KILTS. It seemed to The Boy that his father kneweverything. Any question upon any subject was A BOY I KNEW. 155 sure to bring a prompt, intelligent, and intel-ligible answer; and, usually, an answer fol-lowed by a question, on the fathers part, whichmade The Boy think the matter out for…

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