Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 17
he fact is, he cannot tell exactly all he feels as his ninth Christmas draws near,— that is,not word by word, any more than you know all that you mean when youcry Hurrah! on a happy day. He is only crying Hurrah! So, dear boys and girls, near and far, on the land, on the ocean, in cities, onthe… … ONCE upon a time, when therewere very, very few men uponthe earth, and those few wereconsidered of little importance, theworld, as all wise children know,was peopled by fairies. The elvesthen had everything their own way,and you might have heard grown-up fairies in those days speaking of men and…
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