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id: 17824
title: Little Black Sambo
author: Bannerman, Helen
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  Black Sambo''s beautiful little Red Coat, and went away saying, And Little Black Sambo went on and by and by he met another Tiger, and And Little Black Sambo went on and by and by he met another Tiger, and it said to him, "Little Black Sambo, I''m going to eat you up!" And it said to him, "Little Black Sambo, I''m going to eat you up!" And "You haven''t got enough shoes for me." But Little Black Sambo said, So the Tiger got poor Little Black Sambo''s beautiful little Purple And by and by Little Black Sambo met another Tiger, and it said to So he got poor Little Black Sambo''s beautiful Green Umbrella, and went And poor Little Black Sambo went away crying, because the cruel Tigers "Oh dear!" said Little Black Sambo, "There are all the Tigers coming Then Little Black Sambo said, "If you want them, say so, or I''ll take


id: 31252
title: The Red Moccasins: A Story
author: Heady, Morrison
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  boy, brought up, like Sprigg, to know no will but his own? "Then, red moccasins shall you have, my boy!" cried the fond father, like old Mother Hubbard, to get the poor dog a bone, Sprigg found there Sprigg and Pow-wow went out to play, but the dog was more like a bird speak again, so long as the red moccasins and the like vain fancies Sprigg being a boy more after his own heart than any young human being Little Winged Moccasin, the boy who ran to the setting sun in quest of Know, then, that Sprigg''s fancy for red moccasins has grown to be But Sprigg''s heart was too full of red moccasins for the laughing Poor Sprigg never once thought of Little Winged Moccasin. "Sprigg!" The boy said, "Sir," and the bear went on: "You have been a Were Ben a boy of a wild and brilliant fancy, say, like Sprigg,


id: 1195
title: Glasses
author: James, Henry
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  "She knows what I think of them," said Mrs. Meldrum, "and indeed she chair stood still and she waited I went over and asked the girl to come I felt in the stare he fixed on me when I asked Miss Saunt to come away. tragic mask, and I remembered for the inconsequence of it what Mrs. Meldrum had said about her sight. Geoffrey Dawling, to Mrs. Meldrum''s knowledge (I had told her Flora with the toy in her hand looked round at her companion; then seeing sudden image of Flora''s face glazed in and cross-barred even as Mrs. Meldrum''s was glazed and barred, he went on to assert that only the everything that can be known about eyes," said Mrs. Meldrum. "Oh Flora can''t keep a secret!"--Mrs. Meldrum made it light. rate," said Mrs. Meldrum, "and I really don''t think I can tell you what


id: 5676
title: A Double Story
author: MacDonald, George
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  standing in the door, and looking down upon the wise woman, saw never a princess struggling and screaming all the time, and the wise woman the sternness on the face of the wise woman came from the same heart the folds of the wise woman''s cloak--a very ugly little owlet she mouthful--only followed the basin with longing looks, as the wise woman "Look at me, Rosamond," said the wise woman. "I want to help you to do what I tell you," said the wise woman. have said, the wise woman had her eye upon her: she saw that something The wise woman said nothing, but fixed her eyes upon her, and soon the "But where is the wise woman?" asked Rosamond, looking all about. And Rosamond, looking again, saw the wise woman, folded as usual in her "Do not think," the wise woman went on, "that the things you have seen


id: 11121
title: The Bracelets Or, Amiability and Industry Rewarded
author: Edgeworth, Maria
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  The two foremost candidates for the prize were Cecilia and Leonora. Mrs. Villars kissed Cecilia''s little hand; and "now," said As soon as Mrs. Villars had given her the bracelet, all Cecilia''s little "Leonora!" said Cecilia, timorously, as she passed. "Good night to you, Cecilia," said Mrs. Villars, as she was crossing the "Good night to you, madam," said Cecilia; and she ran up stairs "Goodness!" exclaimed Louisa, "this must be Cecilia''s box; look, don''t Louisa," said Leonora, "say nothing about the box." "I cannot be surprised at this from you, Cecilia," said Leonora; "and do "Dear Cecilia," said Leonora, "you need not tell it me; I know it Now I don''t love Cecilia half so well as I do Leonora; it was Cecilia''s; but Leonora gave it me, and she said that she bought "O, generous Leonora!" exclaimed Cecilia; "but indeed, Louisa, I cannot


id: 11213
title: Brotherly Love Shewing That as Merely Human It May Not Always Be Depended Upon
author: Kelly, Sophia
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  "I have not been thought a disobedient boy till now," said Marten Marten made no reply, for he was tired of the subject; but after Mrs. Mortimer had left the room, he said to Reuben--"Well, we shall see what carriage came to the door next morning betimes, and Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer got into it, and Marten and Reuben stood in the coach drive to "Be sure you see Nero has a run every day, Marten," said Mr. Mortimer, "My mother feeds them herself chiefly," said Marten, "and Reuben little Reuben imploringly, for the child had just joined them in time to But Reuben, as nurse had said, was a weary little fellow when bent upon "Well, go," said Marten angrily, "go, Reuben, if you like; but I tell During this time Marten was looking about for Reuben, and soon he saw who take an interest in poor little Reuben must banish Marten from our


id: 35773
title: Violet: A Fairy Story
author: Guild, C. S. (Caroline Snowden)
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  little daughter Violet, whose presence in their home made it beautiful So it would be if every little girl and boy kept two good fairies, like to be as good and loving as Violet, I don''t want you to _do_ every thing The toads stood still when they came to the cup of violets, and looked "About _him_?" asked Violet, shaking away the golden hair as she looked He _did_ see the beautiful love Violet had for her ugly little pet, and I called Violet a little berry girl, and I''ll tell you why. flowers--so many it looked a little way off like snow; and Violet, whose But as the bird flew away, Fairy Love whispered inside of Violet''s Violet''s work; for the old gardener loved flowers dearly; and when he "How good you are, Violet," said Narcissa when she came back, "and how


id: 44123
title: Jessie''s Parrot
author: Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe)
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  "I know Hattie," said Gracie Howard, who was more intimate with Fanny "No," said Gracie, "I don''t suppose Fanny did want me to know it; but "Hattie said you did," answered Gracie; "she says you told her I "I wonder what did make that little girl look so sorry," said Bessie, "Well, Gracie did not like it one bit," said Hattie, "and she thinks "Gracie," she said, after a little talk, "Maggie Bradford came to see "Well, mamma, and I''m sure I wouldn''t," said Gracie, with a little "Gracie''s is, I know," said Hattie. "O Hattie!" said Gracie, "how did you come up here? "I know it," said Hattie; "but she can''t make other people think Nellie "But--but--Hattie--this one is Nellie''s," said Gracie in a shocked "Mamma," said the little girl, "Gracie does not feel well, and she "I can''t help minding," said Gracie; "and, only think, Nellie, all


id: 44071
title: The Sin and Danger of Self-Love Described by a Sermon Preached At Plymouth, in New-England, 1621
author: Cushman, Robert
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  from loving others, neither saith God any where, let no man seek out the good of another, but let no man seek his own, and every let slip, even all duties to God or men, they care not how basely And the difference between a temperate good man, and a belly-god soever come to God, or disgrace unto men, yea, they will disgrace, And let a man mark some men''s talk, stories, discourses, Doth God ever commend a man for carnal love of himself? _Use 2._ If God see this disease of self-love so dangerous in man''s judgment; whether thou can do thy duty that God requireth, _But every man must seek the good of another_. 2. _A man_ must _seek the good, the wealth, the profit of It is the word of God, and the examples of the best men inconveniences, and so for the hardness of men''s hearts, God and


id: 43147
title: A World of Girls: The Story of a School
author: Meade, L. T.
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  "She is my dear little baby sister," said Hester in a sorrowful tone. "Come then," said Cecil Temple, and she pulled Hester''s hand within her evening prayers had come to an end, Mrs Willis took Hester''s hand and Cecil said "Yes," and Annie, entering the pretty little drawing-room, Mrs Willis came to the large school-room, and, calling Annie Forest to Miss Good nodded, and, going up to Mrs Willis, said aloud that Annie Nan. The moment she saw Annie her little face broke into smiles; she "Oh, please," said Hester suddenly, "may Nan come with me, Miss Good? "Come here, Annie dear," said Mrs Willis in her usual gentle and As Annie was leaving the room she looked full into Mrs Willis''s face. "Don''t you think, Mrs Willis," said Cecil, "that Annie made rather a "Annie _not_ naughty," said little Nan. school again, Annie and little Nan would have been found.


id: 43134
title: That Girl in Black; and, Bronzie
author: Molesworth, Mrs.
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  I should like to do Despard a good turn, and give him a start Three or four evenings after Mrs Englewood''s dance Despard found "He did not know," said Despard. "Oh, _do_ you think so?" said the girl in a tone of half-indignant "Good-night, Mr Norreys," said Maisie simply. "Maisie," said her cousin reproachfully, "you know, dear, that isn''t "Poor little girl," he said to "Despard," she said after a little silence, "shall I try to find out all Despard looked at her; her voice and manner helped him a little to throw "From the very first, from that evening at Mrs Englewood''s?" she said, "Yes," said Despard, as a sudden idea struck him. "Despard," she said, "why do you look like that? "And I have scarcely seen her for a long time," said Maisie. would _not_ have said: "only a--a little girl with such wonderful hair."


