rades, while they were standing in the quagmire."So it is," said the other boys. "What a pity we have no betterplace to stand on!" On the dry land, not far from the quagmire, there were at thattime a great many large stones that had been brought there to beused in building the foundation of a new house. Ben mounted uponthe highest of these stones. "Boys," said he, "I have thought of a plan. You know what aplague it is to have to stand in the quagmire yonder.
to His fallen creatures, than to have revealed a book which would leave them in doubt and uncertainty, to contend with one another, from age to age, respecting the meaning of its contents. That such uncertainty and contention have existed for ages, none will deny. The wise and learned have differed, and do still widely differ, from each other, in the understanding of prophecy. Whence then this difference? Either Revelation itself is deficient, or else the fault is in mankind. But to say
2. In the barn a little mousie Ran to and fro; For she heard the little kitty, Long time ago.3. Two black eyes had little kitty, Black as a crow; And they spied the little mousie, Long time ago. 4. Four soft paws had little kitty, Paws soft as snow; And they caught the little mousie, Long time ago. 5. Nine pearl teeth had little kitty, All in a row; And they bit the little mousie, Long time ago. 6. When the teeth bit little mousie, Mousie cried out "Oh!" But she slipped away from
m nothingbut horrors, he may well ask--"Where's the entertainment for the manwho wants an evening's amusement?" The humor of a farce may not seemover-refined to a particular class of intelligence; but there arethousands of people who take an honest pleasure in it. And who, afterseeing my old friend J.L. Toole in some of his famous parts, andhaving laughed till their sides ached, have not left the theatre morebuoyant and light-hearted than they came? Well, if the stage hasbeen thus
me come in."To which the Pig answered, "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin." "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" said the Wolf. So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little Pig. The second Pig met a Man with a bundle of furze, and said, "Please, Man, give me that furze to build a house"; which the Man did, and the Pig built his house. Then along came the Wolf and said, "Little Pig, little
reece.--Rome.--Gothic Europe.--Europe of the Renaissance,--seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century through Mid-Victorian period.--Cord tied about waist origin of costumes for women and menXV THE STORY OF PERIOD COSTUMES 172 A RÉSUMÉ. Woman as seen in Egyptian sculpture-relief; on Greek vase; in Gothic stained glass; carved stone; tapestry; stucco; and painting of the Renaissance; eighteenth and nineteenth century portraits.--Art throughout the ages reflects woman in every rôle; as
rades, while they were standing in the quagmire."So it is," said the other boys. "What a pity we have no betterplace to stand on!" On the dry land, not far from the quagmire, there were at thattime a great many large stones that had been brought there to beused in building the foundation of a new house. Ben mounted uponthe highest of these stones. "Boys," said he, "I have thought of a plan. You know what aplague it is to have to stand in the quagmire yonder.
to His fallen creatures, than to have revealed a book which would leave them in doubt and uncertainty, to contend with one another, from age to age, respecting the meaning of its contents. That such uncertainty and contention have existed for ages, none will deny. The wise and learned have differed, and do still widely differ, from each other, in the understanding of prophecy. Whence then this difference? Either Revelation itself is deficient, or else the fault is in mankind. But to say
2. In the barn a little mousie Ran to and fro; For she heard the little kitty, Long time ago.3. Two black eyes had little kitty, Black as a crow; And they spied the little mousie, Long time ago. 4. Four soft paws had little kitty, Paws soft as snow; And they caught the little mousie, Long time ago. 5. Nine pearl teeth had little kitty, All in a row; And they bit the little mousie, Long time ago. 6. When the teeth bit little mousie, Mousie cried out "Oh!" But she slipped away from
m nothingbut horrors, he may well ask--"Where's the entertainment for the manwho wants an evening's amusement?" The humor of a farce may not seemover-refined to a particular class of intelligence; but there arethousands of people who take an honest pleasure in it. And who, afterseeing my old friend J.L. Toole in some of his famous parts, andhaving laughed till their sides ached, have not left the theatre morebuoyant and light-hearted than they came? Well, if the stage hasbeen thus
me come in."To which the Pig answered, "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin." "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" said the Wolf. So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little Pig. The second Pig met a Man with a bundle of furze, and said, "Please, Man, give me that furze to build a house"; which the Man did, and the Pig built his house. Then along came the Wolf and said, "Little Pig, little
reece.--Rome.--Gothic Europe.--Europe of the Renaissance,--seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century through Mid-Victorian period.--Cord tied about waist origin of costumes for women and menXV THE STORY OF PERIOD COSTUMES 172 A RÉSUMÉ. Woman as seen in Egyptian sculpture-relief; on Greek vase; in Gothic stained glass; carved stone; tapestry; stucco; and painting of the Renaissance; eighteenth and nineteenth century portraits.--Art throughout the ages reflects woman in every rôle; as