 Edinburgh, two gentlemen were standing at the door of an hotel one very cold day, when a little boy, with a poor, thin, blue face, his feet bare, and red with the cold, and with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came and said, ' Please, sir,...  Report of the Examinations Conducted by the Council of Higher Education ... - Page 7by Newfoundland Council of Higher Education - 1914Full view - About this book
 | Eben Harlow Davis - Readers - 1890 - 374 pages
...not long ago, in Edinburgh, two gentlemen were standing at the door of a hotel. A little boy with a thin blue face, his feet bare and red with the cold,...with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came to them and said, " Please, sir, buy some matches ?" ' No, I don't want any," answered one of the gentlemen.... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1893 - 180 pages
...will understand this. Not long ago, in Edinburgh, two gentlemen were standing at the door of an hotel one very cold day, when a little boy with a poor thin...with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came and said, ' Please, sir, buy some matches.' 'No, I don't want any,' the gentleman said. 'But they are... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Conduct of life - 1894 - 480 pages
...receives him asks, "What good deeds hast thou sent before thee?" " Please, sir, buy some matches ! " said a little boy, with a poor thin blue face, his feet bare and red, and his clothes only a bundle of rags, although it was very cold in Edinburgh that clay. "]S'o, I don't... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 490 pages
...him asks, " What good deeds hast thou sent before thee ? " " Please, sir, buy some matches ! " said a little boy, with a poor thin blue face, his feet bare and red, aud his clothes only a bundle of rags, although it was very cold in Edinburgh that day. " No, I don't... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1896 - 488 pages
...hiin asks, " What good deeds hast thou sent before thee ? " " Please, sir, buy some matches ! " said a little boy, with a poor thin blue face, his feet bare and red, and his clothes only a bundle of rags, although it was very cold in Edinburgh that day. " No, I don't... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1900 - 456 pages
...direction. " Away off, I believe in Edinburgh, two gentlemen were standing at the door of an hotel one very cold day, when a little boy, with a poor...with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came and said, ' Please, sir, buy some matches.' ' No, I don't want any,' said the gentleman. ' But they're... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Character - 1900 - 282 pages
...hand, that I may swear repentance upon it." THE MATCH-SELLER " Please, sir, buy some matches ! " said a little boy, with a poor, thin, blue face, his feet bare and red, and his clothes only a bundle of rags, although it was very cold in Edinburgh that day. " No, I don't... | |
 | Wilhelm Viëtor - 1904 - 352 pages
...BOY. NOT long ago , in the city of Edinburgh , two gentlemen were standing at the door of an hotel one very cold day, when a little boy with a poor thin blue face, his feet bare and red 30 with the cold, and with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came and said, "Please, sir,... | |
 | 1906 - 486 pages
...little story. He said : "Not long ago. in Edinburg, two gentlemen were standing at the door of :\ hotel one very cold day, when a little boy with a poor, thin, blue face, his feet bare and red with cold, and with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came and said : " 'Please, sir, buy some... | |
 | Robert Collyer - Sermons, English - 1908 - 372 pages
...with my sermon. Away off, I believe, in Edinburgh, two gentlemen were standing at the door of an hotel one very cold day, when a little boy, with a poor,...with nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags, came and said, ' Please, sir, buy some matches ? ' ' No : don't want any,' the gentleman said. ' But they... | |
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