Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 47
d inwardly, however, thathe could undoubtedly whip the biggest boy inthe crowd in fair fight; but all the reassurancethat came from his physical strength was pres-ently taken out of him when he heard some ofthem, much younger than himself, reading withmore or less elibness from their books. 24… … HE PICKED OUT THE LETTERS HE KNEW, TO MAKE CERTAIN HE HAD NOT FORGOTTEN THEM. his heart fell again when he found that each ofthem had two forms, a written and a printedform, and that there were two varieties of eachform, capitals and small letters. Betweenthese he was, as yet, unable to trace any…
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