Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 287
%j Nicholas Leagu The old year tottered along the floor,And covered his fires, and locked the door. No more of these gay young years, said he, Are going to get into this century. … Our great-grandmothers were children thelast time the new year and the new centurycame in together They were prim-looking littlepeople, and read queer little books which makeus smile now when we happen to come acrossthem. Within doors they were more quiet intheir deportment and more precise in…
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