Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 23
with queer stiff-legged littlesteps, now holding the head high in royal pose,then lowering it with pointed muzzle and earsthrown forward, and always ready to springaway on the instant to the safety of the shadowsand the company of the herd. And I saw all this and knew that it was not adream,… … A LITTLE GENTLEMAN. I know a well-bred little boy who never says I cant; He never says Dont want to, or You ve got to, or You shant; He never says I 11 tell mama! or calls his playmates mean. A lad more careful of his speech I m sure was never seen! He s never ungrammatical—he never mentions aint;A…
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