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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 302

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back here and stay !Dont think for a moment I mean a real ear !That s a figure of speech. I mean: listen andhear! Much relieved, the Skiddoodles came back totheir places, With smiles of content on their dear little faces, And listened with eager and earless attention To whatever the eloquent Hiram… … ^jgfe^**1* Of a green that could hold a million, at most!For its citizens (as you well know) were nt big,And they crowded together like seeds in a fig.Well, on a great stand(The kind they call grand)Hiram Hoppergrass made a big speechificationRecommending a Fourth of July celebration.We…

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