Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
wo miles more of longitude,which occupies about eight seconds of time, to bringour first personage under the sun again, or to givehim noon for the second time, which must be Jan-uary the second, at noon ; so that two persons,although within a mile of each other, if on differentsides of the meridian… … There lives a good-for-nothing cat, So lazy it appears,That chirping birds can safely come And light upon her ears. And rats and mice can venture out To nibble at her toes,Or climb around and pull her tail, And boldly scratch her nose. Fine servants brush her silken coatAnd give her cream for tea;—…
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