Harry and Lucy concluded: being the last part of Early lessons, Volumen2Baldwin and Cradock, 1837 |
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... mother came to this house only to look at some pictures . Neither Harry nor Lucy had yet any taste for pictures , and their mother therefore advised them to divert themselves by running about the pleasure grounds , which amusement they ...
... mother came to this house only to look at some pictures . Neither Harry nor Lucy had yet any taste for pictures , and their mother therefore advised them to divert themselves by running about the pleasure grounds , which amusement they ...
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... mother had not yet finished looking at the pictures . " Let us sit down then , and cool ourselves quietly , " said Lucy . " Harry , only think of papa , and mamma having been all this long time , looking at pictures ! How tired I should ...
... mother had not yet finished looking at the pictures . " Let us sit down then , and cool ourselves quietly , " said Lucy . " Harry , only think of papa , and mamma having been all this long time , looking at pictures ! How tired I should ...
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... mother was getting into the carriage , that the coach lamps were not lighted . " Never mind , my dear , " said her father , “ we shall have light enough soon . " " Soon ! Oh no , papa , begging your pardon , " cried Lucy , " there will ...
... mother was getting into the carriage , that the coach lamps were not lighted . " Never mind , my dear , " said her father , “ we shall have light enough soon . " " Soon ! Oh no , papa , begging your pardon , " cried Lucy , " there will ...
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... mother ; " and do not tell Lucy she is a coward , or you will make her one . Lucy , my dear , there is no danger ... mother . " Could not you get out , mamma ? " said Lucy . 66 I could , perhaps , but I would not attempt it ; because I ...
... mother ; " and do not tell Lucy she is a coward , or you will make her one . Lucy , my dear , there is no danger ... mother . " Could not you get out , mamma ? " said Lucy . 66 I could , perhaps , but I would not attempt it ; because I ...
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... mother joined her . " Lucy , my dear , " said she , " when I was young I was afraid in a carriage , and I will tell you how I was cured . " 66 How , mamma ? " " I was cured of my fear for myself by a greater fear for another person . I ...
... mother joined her . " Lucy , my dear , " said she , " when I was young I was afraid in a carriage , and I will tell you how I was cured . " 66 How , mamma ? " " I was cured of my fear for myself by a greater fear for another person . I ...
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Página 323 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 183 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea...
Página 224 - For two hundred years his definition of a network as "any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections
Página 182 - There is a small island in Lancashir called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth...
Página 12 - So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf, to make an apple-pie ; and at the same time a great she-bear coming up the street, pops its head into the shop.
Página 10 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Página 183 - Pie-Annet, which the people of Lancashire call by no other name than a tree goose, which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjoining, do so much abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for threepence. For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfie them by the testimonie of good witnesses*.
Página 146 - And well, with ready hand and heart, Each task of toilsome duty taking, Did one dear inmate take her part, The last asleep, the earliest waking.
Página 14 - All work and no play Makes Jack a dull boy All play and no work Makes Jack a mere toy.
Página 148 - Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert — affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man; and of sailing without that wind, which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements...