| Jenny H. Stickney - 1900 - 400 pagina’s
...boyhood carries in it a lesson which has seldom been so well wrought out. 1. When I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, I was accosted..."has your father a grindstone?" " Yes, sir," said I. 2. " You are a fine little fellow," said he ; " will you let me grind my axe on it ? " Pleased with... | |
| Melville De Lancey Landon - 1901 - 814 pagina’s
...the Grindstone. "When I was a little boy. I remember one cold winters morning," says Dr. Franklin, " I was accosted by a smiling man, with an axe on his...father a grindstone?" "Yes, sir," said I. "You are n fine little fellow," said he, "will you let me ^rind my axe on it?" Pleased with his complimentof... | |
| Abraham Jay Demarest, William Maturin Van Sickle - 1901 - 188 pagina’s
...a little boy, I remember that one cold morning in winter 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. His words of flattery made me happy, and I was glad to do anything he wanted. I told him that the grindstone... | |
| 1902 - 364 pagina’s
...grmd'stone TURNING THE GRINDSTONE. 1. WHEN I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, that I was accosted by a smiling man with an "axe on his..."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." 2. "And... | |
| Edna Henry Lee Turpin - 1902 - 366 pagina’s
...Every young person should read the " Autobiography " of this great American. 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... | |
| 1902 - 438 pagina’s
...am, as ever, thine to serve thee, RICHARD SAUNDERS. TURNING THE GRINDSTONE. 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.”... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Gordon Augustus Southworth - 1906 - 264 pagina’s
...or hearing it. Can you tell the lesson it teaches ? TURNING THE GRINDSTONE When I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, I was accosted...grindstone? " " Yes, sir," said I. " You are a fine fellow," said he; " will you let me grind my axe on it?" Pleased with the compliment of " fine little... | |
| Isabel Moore - 1906 - 296 pagina’s
...little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, that 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... | |
| 1907 - 546 pagina’s
...I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter morning. I was accosted by a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder. "My pretty boy," said he. "has your...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 is... | |
| Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1907 - 396 pagina’s
...personification. XVI PRONOUNS —PERSONAL PRONOUNS Inflection (1) TURNING THE GRINDSTONE. Mead: — " My pretty boy," said he, " has your father a grindstone...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... | |
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