 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pàgines
...for their wcllwisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is, to be met by the children with so . What could a man require more from a nation strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door; and that child which... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 pàgines
...for their well-wisher. I cannot, indeed, express the pleasure it is to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door; and that child which... | |
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The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which loses the race to me runs back again to tell the father it is Mr. 
