Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 23
d long to throw down her pen andjoin in their frolic, wishing that there were noold manuscripts in the world, or no little girlswho had to copy them ; but in the main she washappy and contented, and her grandfather reliedmore and more upon her delicate fingers forspecially dainty script or the… … THE MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION THE GONDOLA. (SEE PAGE 582.) vented that struck off a whole page of writingat a time. At first old Niccolo Guardiccilaughed at this ; then, when the printed tomeswere shown to him, he found them commonand coarse in comparison with the old style; he did not think much of the…
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