This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...Day Just lifted up her pinafore, And wiped the tears away. "What ails you, dear?" she kindly said, "What is it makes you cry?" "I cannot make the cotton go Into the needle's eye." "And is that all? well give it me, I soon will set it right;" And through the eye the cotton went, Almost as quick as light. Then Nelly with ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...Day Just lifted up her pinafore, And wiped the tears away. "What ails you, dear?" she kindly said, "What is it makes you cry?" "I cannot make the cotton go Into the needle's eye." "And is that all? well give it me, I soon will set it right;" And through the eye the cotton went, Almost as quick as light. Then Nelly with a happy face, Some little stitches made, But then she found a tiresome knot, Had tangled up her thread. Her little fingers pulled the knot, It would not stir for them; The cotton stuck upon its way, And would not hem the hem. "Please Lucy Bell," she softly said, "Undo this knot for me;" "Why, child, how troublesome you are I wish you'd let me be. "If you make knots to please yourself, You must undo them too; Nor waste the time of other girls, Who've something else to do." "Come, give it me," said Mary Day, "I'll manage it, my dear;" She soon undid the tiresome knot, And set the cotton clear. When Nelly home to dinner went, She then began to tell Her parents about Mary Day, And peevish Lucy Bell: And how the scholars in the school, Looked up to Mary Day; And how when Lucy Bell came near, They often ran away. And Nelly said, " I'll try to be As kind as Mary Day, And not be cross to any one, In school time or at play." Then Andrew praised his little girl, And kissed her bonny face, And said, the Days were all of them, A credit to the place. DANIEL DAY. SEAMAN good was Daniel Day, A noble British tar, Who served her Majesty in peace, And fought for her in war. He loved his native country well, He gloried in her fame, And said a true-born Englishman, Should guard her honoured name. But sad was Daniel's manly heart, When last he left his Jane; I...
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Add this copy of Ballads for Children: Including "Mother's Last Words" to cart. $41.13, fair condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1880 by Jarrold.
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Used-Acceptable. Fair hardback in brown cloth. Undated reprint, c.1880. Some foxing; owner's names on half-title page; title page a little stained; hinges cracked & repaired; tear in chromo. frontis (no loss); loss at head & foot of spine.