Either/Or
Soren Kierkegaard
954 passages indexed from Either/Or (Soren Kierkegaard) — Page 10 of 20
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Either/Or, passage 174
"That dog isn't going home, papa," he said. "He's still after us, and look! now he's running."
Either/Or, passage 290
Just how it happened neither of them could tell, but the stream of water shot right at Danny Rugg, and wet him all over in a second.
Either/Or, passage 540
Lessons and fun made up many school days for the Bobbsey twins. And, as the Fall went on, lessons grew a little harder. Even Freddie and Flossie, young as they were, had little tasks to do that kept them busy. But they liked their school and the teacher, and many were the queer stories they brought home of the happenings in the classroom.
Either/Or, passage 502
"Poor Snoop!" cried Freddie, as he thought of the fine black cat. "Maybe some of the railroad men have him."
Either/Or, passage 761
The girls, while they played at this sport, also indulged in washing the faces of each other. With handsful of snow they rubbed the ears and cheeks of their chums so that there came a healthy glow to the skin.
Either/Or, passage 730
"We'll soon be reading books," boasted Freddie, on his way home one day. "And I'm going to read all about firemen, soldiers and Indians."
Either/Or, passage 321
"Oh, you children!" cried Nan, with a shake of her head. She seemed like a little mother to them at times, though she was only four years older.
Either/Or, passage 619
"Now we can follow and see just where they took our cream!" cried Bert. "This is the way Indians used to trail the white settlers."
Either/Or, passage 719
The Thanksgiving holidays came to an end at last and, much to the regret of the Bobbseys, their visitors, old and young, had to go back to their homes.
Either/Or, passage 37
"'Deed an' he am, honey," said Dinah with a smile, laughing so that she shook all over her big, fleshy body.
Either/Or, passage 935
"No, the man who owns him is away for a few days. When he comes back he will let me know. But, anyhow, you will have your cup and cat back."
Either/Or, passage 679
Later, from a boy who had been friends with Danny for some time, but whose father, afterward, decided that his son was getting into bad company, and made him cease playing with the school bully, Bert learned that Danny had planned to take the ice cream freezer off the porch.
Either/Or, passage 190
"Well, certainly the dog doesn't seem to want to go home," said Mr. Bobbsey, after he had tried two or three times more to drive the animal back. But it would not go.
Either/Or, passage 64
"Are you hurt?" he cried, picking them both up together, which was rather hard to do.
Either/Or, passage 169
The Bobbseys and their faithful Dinah started off again toward the distant trolley that would take them to their home. The dog sat down and looked after them.
Either/Or, passage 664
"No, it isn't--it's here!" exclaimed Bert, suddenly holding the button out to him.
Either/Or, passage 119
"I had much rather find the fat lady, and get back your lovely silver cup," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "I hope she hasn't taken it away with her."
Either/Or, passage 947
"Yes," was Mr. Bobbsey's answer. "I have a letter from the circus man, and he will sell Snap to me. I have already sent the money. And there is another letter from the fat lady, telling about some of the new tricks she taught Snoop, so you can make him do them."
Either/Or, passage 23
"Well, it was only a little station, anyhow," asserted Freddie, "and it come awful quick after the last one. It isn't fair!"
Either/Or, passage 731
"Oh, I'm not," said Flossie. "I'm going to read how to be a nurse, so I can take care of you when you're hurt."
Either/Or, passage 620
"Let me come!" cried Freddie, hearing this. "I want to help hunt whoever took our ice cream."
Either/Or, passage 387
"I steered a bob once," said Grace, who was quite athletic for her age. "It was Danny Rugg's, too."
Either/Or, passage 845
"That's what I will," said Freddie, "and if any sparks fly over here I'll throw the bathroom sponge on 'em!"
Either/Or, passage 744
There was considerable talk among the boys in Danny's room after Mr. Tetlow departed. And it was noticed that Danny and some of his particular friends looked around with rather frightened faces, over their shoulders, as they talked among themselves. What they said could not be heard, for they spoke in whispers.
Either/Or, passage 592
"Land sakes goodness me alive!" cried Dinah. "Dat suah am queer. Feedin' a dog jest laik a human at a party. I can't bring mahself to it, nohow."
Either/Or, passage 79
Mr. Richard Bobbsey, and his wife Mary, the parents of the Bobbsey twins, lived in an Eastern city called Lakeport, on Lake Metoka. Mr. Bobbsey was in the lumber business, and the yard, with its great piles of logs and boards, was near the lake, on which the twins often went in boats. There was also a river running into the lake, not far from the saw mill.
Either/Or, passage 861
The fire chief came up to Mr. Bobbsey, who expressed his thanks for the quick work of the firemen.
Either/Or, passage 632
"It's them, all right," decided Bert. "The tramps who took our ice cream are in there, all right!"
Either/Or, passage 349
"You see," Nan explained, "this is really their first real school work. They attended a few times before, but did not stay long."
Either/Or, passage 876
In her room Nan heard the word "cigarettes" and she wondered if her brother could be at fault, for she remembered he had told her how once some boys had asked him to go off in secret and smoke.
Either/Or, passage 342
Bert was walking in the rear with Charley Mason, when Danny Rugg came around a corner.
Either/Or, passage 3
"Mamma, how much longer have we got to ride?" asked Nan Bobbsey, turning in her seat in the railroad car, to look at her parents, who sat behind her.
Either/Or, passage 347
But Principal Tetlow and his teachers were prepared for this, and they were sure that, in another day or so, the boys and girls would settle down and do good work. Many of the children were in new rooms and different classes, and this did not make them feel so much "at home" as before vacation.
Either/Or, passage 65
"I don't know, my dear. Nothing serious, I guess. The engineer must have put the brakes on too quickly. I'll look out and see."
Either/Or, passage 764
And so the sound of hammer, plane and saw was heard in the old barn, where the sled was being built, until nearly ten o'clock.
Either/Or, passage 775
"Here comes the sled that can, though!" cried another, and Danny himself came into view, pulling a fine, new, big bob after him.
Either/Or, passage 133
Flossie and Freddie were wondering whether they would ever see their pet cat again. They had had him so long that he seemed like one of the family.
Either/Or, passage 490
"It must have," agreed Nan. "It looked like one even when Snap had it. But I'm glad it wasn't."
Either/Or, passage 53
"That's so," agreed Freddie, his face brightening. He gave his sister more water, and then took some himself. As he drank his eyes were constantly looking at the very fat lady who filled so much of her seat. She turned from the window and looked at the two children, smiling broadly. Freddie was somewhat confused, and looked down quickly. Just then the train gave another lurch and Freddie suddenly spilled some of the water on his coat.
Either/Or, passage 425
"And I can make a lantern, and a chain to hang it on, and I can put it in front of Flossie's house!" exclaimed Freddie. "And, please, mother, may I have some bread and jam. I'm awful hungry."
Either/Or, passage 385
"And no girls?" asked Nan with a smile. She was walking along behind her brother with Grace and Nellie.
Either/Or, passage 570
For some of the games simple prizes had been offered and it was quite exciting toward the end to see who would win. Flossie and Freddie thought they had never had such a good time in all their lives. Nan and Bert were enjoying themselves, too, with their friends, who were slightly older than those who had been asked for the younger Bobbsey twins.
Either/Or, passage 468
No accidents happened on the way to the grove, except that one little boy tried to cross a brook on some stones, instead of the plank which the others used. He slipped in and got his feet wet, but as the day was warm no one worried much.
Either/Or, passage 374
Danny struck Bert on the chest, and Bert hit the bully on the cheek. Then Danny jumped forward swiftly and tried to give Bert a blow on the head. But Bert stepped to one side, and Danny slipped down to the ground.
Either/Or, passage 310
Snap, the trick dog came running out, followed by Flossie, who had just been washed and combed, her mother having put a clean dress on her.
Either/Or, passage 600
"Maybe Snap took it," suggested Freddie, as a last hope. "Once he took my book and hid it. Snap, did you take the ice cream?"
Either/Or, passage 732
One day, at recess, Bert saw Jim Osborne motioning to him in a secret sort of fashion.
Either/Or, passage 897
"So do I!" exclaimed Freddie. "But Snap is a nice dog, and I guess I like dogs better than cats, anyhow."
Either/Or, passage 72
"Of course not!" exclaimed Nan. "Can't you see that all the wild animals are still in their cages?"
Either/Or, passage 707
Thanksgiving was celebrated in the Bobbsey home as it never had been before. I am afraid if I told you all that went on, of the big, brown-roasted turkey, of the piles of crisp celery, of the pumpkin and mince pies, of the nuts and candies, of the big dishes of cranberry sauce, and the plum pudding that Dinah carried in high above her head--I am afraid if I told you of all these things there would be trouble.