Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 425
the king. It was a car cov-ered with flags and loaded with cheering people. There s no engine! cried Gretchen. They must be celebrating the opening of theelectric railway, and that s the first car overthe line. Electricity ! shrieked the fairies, wildly. There s the Modern Spirit in front! criedthe… … A r—\ ^ if J 5* f OUR QUEER LANGUAGE. By Edwin L. Sabin. When the English tongue we speak Why is break not rhymed with freak? Will you tell me why it s true We say sew, but likewise few; And the maker of a verse Cannot cap his horse with worse ?Beard sounds not the same as heard; Cord is different…
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