Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 363
s were made and shook and spread, Till criticized each patch and thread. T is true mistakes will sometimes crawl Into the handiwork of all: The bridge may have too long a span, The building lean away from plan, And even clothes, when closely eyed, May show a droop to injure pride. And even here… … ABOUT EVEN, NOW, BUT WHICH WILL BE THETALLER WHEN NEXT NEW YEARS DAY COMES? LADDIE (A Mostly True Story) BY T. H. R. S. You have all heard of Ruskin, I am sure. Per-haps the older readers of St. Nicholas have readsome of his books. In one of them he says: The beautiful placesof the world—Italy,…
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