Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 533
hildren for busy Bess —Eight to feed and wash and dress.Four small girls and four small boysIn one small house make no small noise;And so, to have them out of the way,She s sent them off to the woods to play. Dont quarrel, nor tease, nor fret, nor frown,But come back home when the sun is down.And… … In the city of Rotterdam, in Holland, therestands in the middle of an arched bridge overthe public canal a black statue. It was oncea good likeness of a famous man named Eras-mus. But in the course of time the counte-nance slowly changed — so slowly that thebusy market-folk who clattered across…
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