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Page 142 - To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath...
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Page 142 - Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold...
Page 142 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 173 - Alumnae, and to further, if possible, the continuance of the school under satisfactory conditions; and be it further Rttolved, That the president and Board of Trustees of the Drexel Institute be requested to confer with this committee regarding any contemplated transfer of the school; and be it further Resolved. That these resolutions be spread upon...
Page 251 - The act directed the bureau to investigate and report upon "all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people...
Page 251 - The said bureau shall investigate and report to said department upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories.
Page 143 - ... effect that interests me. I often avoid a long and useless discussion by others, or a laborious explanation on my own part, by a short story that illustrates my point of view. So, too, the sharpness of a refusal, or the edge of a rebuke, may be blunted by an appropriate story so as to save wounded feelings and yet serve the purpose. No, I am not simply a story-teller, but story-telling as an emollient saves me much friction and distress.
Page 174 - Report of the discussions at the fifth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania library club and the New Jersey library association, held at Atlantic City, March, 1901.
Page 14 - The stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced the moon on Monan's rill, And deep his midnight lair had made In lone Glenartney's hazel shade...