 ONE of the best things in the world to be is a boy ; it requires no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough ; it is soon over ; just as you get used to being a boy,...  Science and Industry - Page 3571901Full view - About this book
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - Adventure and adventurers - 1882 - 420 pages
...no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough ; it is soon over...good deal more work to do and not half so much fun." So says a certain American writer, and many of us grown-up folks may feel inclined to agree with him.... | |
 | Education - 1889 - 454 pages
...experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that he does not last long enough. It is soon over. Just as you get used to being a boy, you have to be somebody else, with a good deal more work to do and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anxious... | |
 | William Henry Rideing - Authors - 1887 - 240 pages
...no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough ; it is soon over. Just as soon as you get used to being a boy, you have to be something else, with a good deal more work to do,... | |
 | Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1889 - 120 pages
...to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that he does not last long enough. It is SOOP. over. Just as you get used to being a boy, you have...else, with a good deal more work to do and not half BO much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a man, and is very uneasy with the restrictions that... | |
 | Lillian Kupfer - English language - 1890 - 184 pages
...practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last sufficiently long. Just as you get used to being a boy, you have to be something else with a good deal more labor to do, and not half so much fun. Yet in spite of this, every boy is anxious to be a man, and... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Agriculture - 1896 - 300 pages
...needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long it is soon over ; just as you get used to being a...good deal more work to do and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a man, and is very uneasy with the restrictions that are put upon... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Boys - 1897 - 274 pages
...no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough ; it is soon over...good deal more work to do and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a man, and is very uneasy with the restrictions that are put upon... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - American essays - 1904 - 438 pages
...no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough ; it is soon over...good deal more work to do and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a man, and is very uneasy with the restrictions that are put upon... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - American essays - 1904 - 444 pages
...no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough ; it is soon over ; just as y^>u get used to being a boy, you have to be something>ke, with a good deal more work to do and not... | |
 | Alice Woodworth Cooley, William Franklin Webster - English language - 1909 - 424 pages
...no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough; it is soon over...good deal more work to do and not half so much fun. ro. She will hear the winds howling, Will hear the waves roar. u. I heard of his attempting to lift... | |
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