Either/Or
Soren Kierkegaard
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Either/Or, passage 460
"Huh! I'm not afraid of you," sneered Danny, but he let the club drop, and walked off with his own particular chums.
Either/Or, passage 137
"Well, it isn't a circus trick, anyhow," declared her brother. "I meant a circus trick."
Either/Or, passage 196
Freddie and Flossie came on, the dog between them, and this seemed to suit the fine animal. He had found friends, now, he evidently thought. Mr. Bobbsey wondered why so valuable a dog would leave its home. And he was very much puzzled as to what he should do if the children insisted on keeping the animal, and if it came aboard the trolley car.
Either/Or, passage 504
"I'm going to have mamma cook them for my supper," said Bert, proudly holding up those he had caught.
Either/Or, passage 509
"What is the matter?" asked Mr. Tetlow, and he looked curiously at Danny and the others, and sniffed the air as though he smelled something.
Either/Or, passage 280
"Well, you took him all the same. I know who owns him, too; and I'm going to tell that you've got him."
Either/Or, passage 523
Two days later Freddie was well enough to go back to class, and Flossie accompanied him. It was at the morning recess when, as Freddie went to get a drink at one of the new faucets, Danny saw him. A gleam of mischief came into the eyes of the school bully.
Either/Or, passage 322
"You should have known better than to play with water with a clean dress on, Flossie. Now I must punish you. You will have to stay in the house for an hour, and so will Freddie."
Either/Or, passage 895
Mr. Rugg also informed Mr. Bobbsey how the boathouse had been set afire, and expressed his sorrow. And so the mystery was cleared up.
Either/Or, passage 14
There were two pairs of twins, Bert and Nan, nearly nine years of age, and Flossie and Freddie, almost five. And, whereas the two older children were rather tall and slim, with dark brown hair and eyes, the littler twins were short and fat, and had light hair and blue eyes. The two pairs of twins were quite a contrast, and many persons stopped to look at them as they passed along the street together.
Either/Or, passage 97
The wait seemed very tiresome when there was nothing more to watch, and Mr. Bobbsey looked about for some railroad man of whom he could inquire how much longer delay there would be. The conductor came through the car.
Either/Or, passage 208
Flossie and Freddie did not answer. They were fast asleep, their heads on the shaggy back of the big dog.
Either/Or, passage 367
"Well, yes, they did fight the Indians," admitted the teacher, "but that wasn't what I was thinking of. I will ask you another question in history."
Either/Or, passage 894
Danny wept bitterly, for he had counted very much on having this boat. But it was a good lesson to him. Mr. Rugg also told the fathers of the other boys whom he caught with his son, and these boys were punished in different ways.
Either/Or, passage 653
"I may be able to find out by it, who took the freezer," went on Bert. "I'm going to look at the coats of all the fellows in school next week, and if I find one with the button like this missing, I'll know what to think."
Either/Or, passage 844
"Well, I suppose so, since you are all ready. I'm taking Bert," he called to his wife. "Freddie, you'll have to be the Fat Fireman while I'm gone, and look after the house."
Either/Or, passage 892
Danny did, too, for though he was not a very good boy, his heart was in the right place, and with a little more care he might have been a different character. There was, however, hope for him.
Either/Or, passage 720
"But you'll come again at Christmas; won't you?" asked Flossie as she said good-bye.
Either/Or, passage 833
"Pooh! engines have their own water!" exclaimed Freddie, who had rather hazy notions as to how fire engines work. He was getting over his disappointment about not being allowed to go with his father, and had again cuddled down in his warm crib.
Either/Or, passage 453
"He will not, Danny Rugg!" exclaimed Nan, who had gone up front for a minute to speak to some of the older girls. "He only growled because you acted mean to him. Now you leave him alone, or I'll tell Mr. Tetlow on you."
Either/Or, passage 545
"Well, I guess a small freezer full won't be any too much," said Mrs. Bbbbsey, smiling. "But I hope none of you eat enough to make yourselves ill."
Either/Or, passage 872
"So do I!" exclaimed Mr. Bobbsey. "If only to teach them a lesson on how dangerous it is to be careless. Well, I suppose we can't do anything more," and he sighed, for half the beautiful boathouse was in ruins.
Either/Or, passage 684
Bert had been brought up with the idea that fighting, unless it could absolutely be avoided, was not gentlemanly, but in this case he could not get out of it.
Either/Or, passage 55
Freddie and Flossie went to her seat, and with a handkerchief, that Flossie said afterward was almost as big as a table cloth, the fat lady wiped the water off Freddie's coat.
Either/Or, passage 278
"Hello, Bert!" exclaimed Danny, leaning on the fence. "I hear you have a trick circus dog here."
Either/Or, passage 656
Even Snap seemed to have enjoyed himself. And when the house was settling down to quietness for the night, and when Dinah and Mrs. Bobbsey were picking up the dishes, the circus dog marched around like a soldier, with a stick for a gun, and one of the fancy caps, that came in the "surprise" packets, on his head.
Either/Or, passage 203
"Do you really mean it?" asked Mr. Bobbsey. "Perhaps we are keeping you from going somewhere."
Either/Or, passage 175
They all glanced back on hearing this. Surely enough the big white dog was running after them, wagging his tail joyfully, and barking from time to time.
Either/Or, passage 643
It was rather a triumphant procession that went back to the home of the Bobbsey twins, carrying the recovered ice cream freezer. And such a shout of delight from Flossie, Freddie and the others as greeted the boys!
Either/Or, passage 284
"Yes, I will!" exclaimed the mean boy, who often teased the smaller Bobbsey twins. "You won't have that dog after to-day."
Either/Or, passage 702
Then the lumber merchant gave certain orders to his grocer and butcher, and if a number of poor people were not well supplied with food that gladsome season, it was not the fault of Mr. Bobbsey.
Either/Or, passage 742
"I just want to say a word about cigarette smoking," went on Mr. Tetlow, "for that is usually how a boy begins. Of smoking in general, when a boy gets to be a man, I have nothing to say. Some say it is injurious, and others not, in moderation. But there can be no doubt that for a growing boy to smoke is very harmful. Again I ask if anyone here has been smoking?"
Either/Or, passage 902
"And maybe we can find our silver cup, too," suggested Freddie, as he trudged along in the snow, now and then stopping to make a white ball which he threw at the fence or telegraph pole.
Either/Or, passage 238
He scratched his head in surprise, and the stick he had picked up, intending to drive away the dog with, stuck straight out. In a moment Snap raced up, and jumped over the stick.
Either/Or, passage 721
"We'll try," said her Uncle Bobbsey. "But maybe there won't be room, with Santa Claus and all his reindeers."
Either/Or, passage 701
Neither Bert nor Nan had thought to mention at home that a collection would be taken it the school for the poor families in the town. But as soon as Mrs. Bobbsey heard what Freddie said she telephoned to her husband. Mr. Bobbsey went to see Mr. Tetlow, and from him learned that there were a number of families who would not have a very happy Thanksgiving.
Either/Or, passage 786
"We ought to have someone to shove us off," suggested Danny. "It won't be fair if one or the other gets a head-start."
Either/Or, passage 297
"I'll get you yet, Freddie Bobbsey!" cried Danny, shaking his fist at the little fellow. Whereupon Freddie turned and ran toward the house. Danny saw that he could not catch him in time, and so he turned to Bert.
Either/Or, passage 450
Bert good-naturedly started ahead to speak to the principal, who was talking with some of the teachers, planning games for the little folk. Flossie and Freddie were patting their pet, when Danny Rugg, and one of his friends came along.
Either/Or, passage 589
"Then can't I send him out some cakes?" asked Flossie, for Snap had almost as large a "sweet tooth" as the children themselves.
Either/Or, passage 858
Mr. Bobbsey looked, and was satisfied that the larger part of the boathouse would be saved. So he and his men stopped their work, and went outside to cool off.
Either/Or, passage 582
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" could be heard all about the room. "Isn't that too sweet for anything!"
Either/Or, passage 183
"I guess he won't follow us any more," went on Mr. Bobbsey. "Hurry along now, children. We are almost at the trolley." He turned away from the dog, who seemed to be asleep now, and the family went on. For a minute or two, as Nan could tell by looking back, the dog did not follow, but just as the Bobbseys were about to make a turn in the path, up jumped the animal and came trotting on after the children and their parents, wagging his tail so fast that it seemed as if it would come loose.
Either/Or, passage 419
Well, they did make more hoops, and Snap seemed to enjoy jumping through them. But when Mrs. Bobbsey heard about the circus plans she decided it would make too much confusion.
Either/Or, passage 112
"The train stopped just as she was drinking," went on Freddie. "I sat down on the floor--hard, and I saw the water spill on her. The fat lady has our silver cup! Oh, dear!"
Either/Or, passage 869
"No," and the chief shook his head. "It's a common kind, and a good many of the stores sell 'em. A good many of the boys smoke 'em, too--that's the worst of it," and he looked at Bert a bit sharply.
Either/Or, passage 242
"Hum! I'll have to see about that," said Mr. Bobbsey slowly. "I suppose the circus people will want him back, for he must be valuable. Perhaps some clown trained him."
Either/Or, passage 506
"Oh, yes, there will," declared her brother "I'm going fishing again to-morrow, and catch more."
Either/Or, passage 738
When the principal got to the room where Danny Rugg and his particular chums sat, Mr Tetlow, sniffing the air suspiciously, said:
Either/Or, passage 41
"Look--look at her." whispered Flossie to Freddie, as they paused. The fat woman's back was toward them, and she seemed to be much interested in looking out of the window.