Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 290
s increased as the powerof the former abated and thelatter grew stronger, so that thelords came to associate the vil-lains with all that was evil. TRFES IN WINTER. BY HAROLD OSBORNE (AGE 13).EVENING. The night is cold ; A snowy foldHas clothed the world in rest. The north winds moan Comes, softly… … 278 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [Jan. THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD LACONIC. BY HARRIETTE E. McCLEER (AGE 12). The word laconic is derived from both the Latinand Greek languages. It is taken from the words La-conian or Lacedaemonian, pertaining to the inhabi-
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