Mary Ware, the Little Colonel's ChumL.C. Page, 1908 - 305 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 7
... tried a straight chair , imitating the pose of a majestic gentlewoman in one of the portraits on the panelled wall . It was one of Madam's grand ancestors she conjectured . A glance into the tell - tale mirror made her sigh despairingly ...
... tried a straight chair , imitating the pose of a majestic gentlewoman in one of the portraits on the panelled wall . It was one of Madam's grand ancestors she conjectured . A glance into the tell - tale mirror made her sigh despairingly ...
Page 8
... trying all the chairs of the three bears , but that's too loppy ! " She whisked into a fourth seat , this time opposite the portières . To her consternation the parted cur- tains revealed an appalling fact . Not only could the winding ...
... trying all the chairs of the three bears , but that's too loppy ! " She whisked into a fourth seat , this time opposite the portières . To her consternation the parted cur- tains revealed an appalling fact . Not only could the winding ...
Page 10
... trying to get into an easy attitude that would make me feel more self - possessed when you came down . That is why I was experimenting with all the sofas and chairs . Oh , you've no idea how the Walton girls and Lloyd Sherman and Betty ...
... trying to get into an easy attitude that would make me feel more self - possessed when you came down . That is why I was experimenting with all the sofas and chairs . Oh , you've no idea how the Walton girls and Lloyd Sherman and Betty ...
Page 12
... trying to copy her is what makes me just plain goose so much of the time . " Madam Chartley , long accustomed to reading girls , knew that it was not vanity or egotism which prompted these confessions , only a girlish eager- ness to be ...
... trying to copy her is what makes me just plain goose so much of the time . " Madam Chartley , long accustomed to reading girls , knew that it was not vanity or egotism which prompted these confessions , only a girlish eager- ness to be ...
Page 13
... trying . One of the reasons I wanted to come to Warwick Hall was that she had been here . Would you believe it ? " she rattled on , " Last night on the sleeping - car I counted up forty- two good reasons for wanting to come here to ...
... trying . One of the reasons I wanted to come to Warwick Hall was that she had been here . Would you believe it ? " she rattled on , " Last night on the sleeping - car I counted up forty- two good reasons for wanting to come here to ...
Other editions - View all
Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum (Classic Reprint) Annie Fellows Johnston No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Aldebaran amused ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON answer asked awhile beautiful Beautiful Joe began Betty Betty's birthstone bloodstone called chair cheer Christmas cloth decorative Cornie courage cried dear delightful door dreams dress Elise English shilling Ethelinda Eugenia exclaimed eyes face feel felt finger friends girls glad glance hand happy heard heart hour hurried illustrated $1.50 interest Jack Jack's Jester Jimmy Joyce keep knew lady laughed letter Little Colonel Lloyd Lone-Rock looked Madam Chartley maid Mary Ware Mary's Miss morning never night Norman Norman Ware opened paused Phil picture quarto Rob Moore SANDMAN seemed smile stood story strange studio sure sweet Sword talk tell things thou thought told Trade Mark turned Valley girls Vesta wait Wanamaker's wanted Warwick Hall week Wigwam window wonder YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young
Popular passages
Page 203 - TOO late I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers!
Page 280 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Page 52 - This learned I from the shadow of a tree That to and fro did sway upon the wall, Our shadow selves — our influence, may fall Where we can never be.