 | John P. Murphy - 1890 - 280 pagina’s
...BRACKETS, QUOTATION POINTS. 30. The dash is used to mark a sudden interruption or transition; as, " ' My pretty boy,' said he, ' has your father a grindstone...fine little fellow,' said he, 'will you let me grind an ax on it ? ' " — FRANKLIN. 31. The dash is also used: 1. To set off a parenthetical expression... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 pagina’s
...in 1811. The author says that when he was a little boy he was accosted one cold winter morning by a man with an axe on his shoulder. ** My pretty boy,"...little fellow," said he: " will you let me grind my axe upon it ?" Pleased by the compliment of " fine little fellow," the gentleman's bidding was done by... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 pagina’s
...in iSli. The author says that when he was a little boy he was accosted one cold winter morning by a man with an axe on his shoulder. " My pretty boy,"...little fellow," said he: "will you let me grind my axe upon it?" Pleased by the compliment of "fine little fellow," the gentleman's bidding was done by the... | |
 | 1892 - 868 pagina’s
...winter morning, when I was a little boy, I met on my way to school a smiling man with an axf on bis shoulder. " My pretty boy," said he, " has your father...sir/ said I. "You are a fine little fellow," said the man : " will you let me grind my SLXC on it ? " It pleased me very much to be called a fine little... | |
 | 1893 - 1072 pagina’s
...was once fashionable to "mind the stops" in reading; for example, when a pupil read the following: "My pretty boy," said he, "has your father a grindstone?" "Yes, sir," said I, he did it in this way: "My pretty boy (comma one) said he (comma one) has your father a grindstone... | |
 | Margaret A. Klein - 1893 - 184 pagina’s
...and ditcher. r ~ , Jane laylor. TURNING THE GRINDSTONE. i. WHEN I was a little boy, I remember, on^ cold winter's morning, I was accosted by a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder. " My pretty boy," said he, " has your father a grindstone ? " " Yes, sir," said... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 pagina’s
...condemn ; Denuidlen. boo'-by, a dunce; a dull fellow; Jiitpel; Xummfopf. • 1. When I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, I was accosted by a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder. "My pretty boy," said he, "has your father a grindstone?" — "Yes, sir," said... | |
 | Martin Grove Brumbaugh - 1899 - 408 pagina’s
...wild, wet morning. XXII.-THE MAN WITH AN AXE TO GRIND. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. When I was a little boy, I remember one cold winter's morning I was accosted...will you let me grind my axe on it ?" Pleased with the compliment of "fine little fellow," " Oh, yes, sir ;" I answered ; " it is down in the shop." "... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1899 - 364 pagina’s
...was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, I was accosted by a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder. ' My pretty boy,' said he, ' has...little fellow,' said he; 'will you let me grind my ax on it?' Pleased with the compliment of ' fine little fellow,' ' Oh, yes, sir,' I answered ; ' it... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1899 - 364 pagina’s
...just how the good man talked, here is the story as he once wrote it : . " When I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, I was accosted by a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder. ' My pretty boy,' said he, ' has your father a grindstone?' 'Yes, sir,' said I.... | |
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has your father a grindstone?" "Yes, sir," said I. "You are a fine little fellow," said he; "will you let me grind my axe on it? 
