St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, Volume 3, Part 11876 - Children's literature |
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Page 12 - I was attacked on all sides, several endeavouring to overset the canoe. My situation now became precarious to the last degree: two very large ones attacked me closely, at the same instant, rushing up with their heads and part of their bodies above the water, roaring terribly and belching floods of water over me. They struck their jaws together so close to my ears, as almost to stun me, and I expected every moment to be dragged out of the boat and instantly devoured.
Page 120 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 249 - Discontent Down in a field, one day in June, The flowers all bloomed together, Save one, who tried to hide herself, And drooped that pleasant weather. A robin, who had flown too high, And felt a little lazy, Was resting near a buttercup Who wished she were a daisy. For daisies grew so trig and tall! She always had a passion For wearing frills around her neck, In just the daisies
Page 211 - Hush ye, hush ye, little pet ye, Hush ye, hush ye, do not fret ye, The Black Douglas shall not get ye.
Page 211 - ... on his deathbed. He made his son promise never to make peace with Scotland until the nation was subdued. He gave also very singular directions concerning the disposal of his dead body. He ordered that it should be boiled in a...
Page 249 - In just the daisies' fashion. And buttercups must always be The same old tiresome color, While daisies dress in gold and white, Although their gold is duller. "Dear robin...
Page 60 - Sighed the South to the North ; For a poet's tongue of baptismal flame, To call the tree or the flower by its name ! " Sighed the South to the North.
Page 60 - Give lucider hills and intenser seas," Said the North to the South, " Since ever by symbols and bright degrees Art, childlike, climbs to the dear Lord's knees,
Page 249 - You silly thing," the robin said, " I think you must be crazy; I'd rather be my honest self, Than any made-up daisy. " You're nicer in your own bright gown, The little children love you; Be the best buttercup you can, And think no flower above you. " Though swallows leave me out of sight, We'd better keep our places; Perhaps the world would all go wrong, With one too many daisies. " Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are...
Page 358 - Thirdly, he has a keen sense of humor, and never lets any droll thing escape him ; he thinks it worth while to laugh, and to make everybody about him laugh, at every amusing thing; no matter how small, he has his laugh, and a good hearty laugh, too, and tries to make everybody share it. Patience, sympathy, and humor — these are the three most manifest traits in the cheery person. But there is something else, which is more an emotion than a trait, more a state of feeling than a quality of mind....