 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 страница
...youth, brightened with the charm of honesty, he bravely cried out, ' I cannot tell a lie pa ; you know I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.' ' Run to my arms, my dearest boy,' said his father; 'you have paid me for my tree a thousand times;... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1866 - 172 страница
...father with a sweet and honest expression, he bravely said, " I cannot tell a lie, father — you know, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet." " My brave boy !" said the father, " come to my arms. I am glad you cannot tell a lie, for I would... | |
 | Picture book - 1859 - 156 страница
...asked, " Who has cut my nice tree ?" When George heard the voice of his father, he ran to him, and said, " Father, I cannot tell a lie : I did it with my pretty hatchet." His father was sorry that his tree was cut, but was glad that his little boy had learned... | |
 | 1867 - 176 страница
...father with a sweet and honest expression, he bravely said, " I cannot tell a lie, father — you know, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet." " My brave boy ! " said the father, " come to my arms. I am glad you cannot tell a lie, for I would... | |
 | David Ross Locke - 1872 - 794 страница
...which was essential to the success of ,the scheme. " Did you cut down that cherry tree ? " asked be. " Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet," I answered, striking the proper attitude for the old gentleman to shed tears on me. But he didn't shed.... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 страница
...father did?" " No, no ; it was George said this." "Said he cut his father?" " George's apple-tree ? " " No, no ; his father's." " Oh ! " " He said-" "His..."No, no, no; George said. ' Father, I cannot tell a lip, 1 did it with my little hatchet.' And his father said : ' Noble boy, I would'rather lose a thousand... | |
 | 1878 - 486 страница
...in, exclaimed: " Oh, Diamond ! Diamond ! what mischief hast thou done ? " To which he meekly replied: "I cannot tell a lie; I did it with my little hatchet." " Take away," cried she, " that bauble ! " " I have done my duty, thank heaven ! " said he, but he... | |
 | 1917 - 712 страница
...whatnot. " Father," exclaimed the Indian youth, while the Spartan fox leisurely devoured his vitals — "Father. I cannot tell a lie — I did it with my little hatchet!'' Now while this story rests on the authority of as capable liars as ever wrote a history, we suspect... | |
 | Larks - 1883 - 58 страница
...cut down his apple-tree. Oph. George's apple-tree ? Lady M. No, his father's. Oph. Oh ! Lady M. He said : " Father, I cannot tell a lie ; I did it with...little hatchet." And his father said : " Noble boy 1 I would rather lose a thousand trees than have you tell a lie." Oph. George did? Lady M. (fiercely.)... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1883 - 518 страница
..."Said he cut his father?" "No, no, no; said he cut down his apple-tree." '' George's apple-tree ? " "No, no; his father's." "Oh!" "He said- " "His father said?" "No, no, no; George said. 'Father, I can not tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet.' And his father said: ' Noble boy, I would rather... | |
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No, no, no; said he cut down his apple tree." "George's apple tree?" "No, no; his father's." "Oh!" "He said " "His father said?" "No, no, no; George said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet. 
