A Pleasing Companion for Little Girls and Boys: Blending Instruction with Amusement: Being a Selection of Interesting Stories, Dialogues, Fables and Poetry ...I.T. Hopper, 1830 - 135 Seiten |
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... appearance , quite en- chanted her . Her eyes , with uncommon eagerness , wan- dered over every part of her dress , and were seldom re- moved , unless to take a general survey of the whole in a pier - glass . She prevailed on her mamma ...
... appearance , quite en- chanted her . Her eyes , with uncommon eagerness , wan- dered over every part of her dress , and were seldom re- moved , unless to take a general survey of the whole in a pier - glass . She prevailed on her mamma ...
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... appearance ; some subsist on fruits , some feed upon insects , and many live by making a prey of , and devouring the smaller birds . " 16. Here her little daughter exclaimed , " O , what wicked creatures ! I am sure I should think it no ...
... appearance ; some subsist on fruits , some feed upon insects , and many live by making a prey of , and devouring the smaller birds . " 16. Here her little daughter exclaimed , " O , what wicked creatures ! I am sure I should think it no ...
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... appearance it made , and began to exert all his strength to pull it up , but he found his efforts in vain , it being too well rooted to yield to his weak arm . 3. He begged his papa to call the gardener to grub it up , and make fire ...
... appearance it made , and began to exert all his strength to pull it up , but he found his efforts in vain , it being too well rooted to yield to his weak arm . 3. He begged his papa to call the gardener to grub it up , and make fire ...
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... appearance , we are too apt to despise him , and grow conceited on comparing ourselves with him ; and sometimes even go so far as cruelly to address him in haughty and insulting language . But beware my dear boy , how you run into ...
... appearance , we are too apt to despise him , and grow conceited on comparing ourselves with him ; and sometimes even go so far as cruelly to address him in haughty and insulting language . But beware my dear boy , how you run into ...
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... appearance of repose . 3. About 8 o'clock our philosophers took the opportu- nity of the short calm and approached the mountain , just as a fresh and more vigorous eruption took place . 4. Soon the whole atmosphere seemed on fire , from ...
... appearance of repose . 3. About 8 o'clock our philosophers took the opportu- nity of the short calm and approached the mountain , just as a fresh and more vigorous eruption took place . 4. Soon the whole atmosphere seemed on fire , from ...
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Æsop Ali Cogia answered asked Augustus Bagdad Barlow basket began BERQUIN Billy birds bread brother brought Cady Caliph Caroline Cleopatra clothes Cogia cold companions creatures cried dear Denham dress eggs endeavour eyes FABLE farmer father fire fond Frank fruit garden gave gentleman give good-natured ground hand happened happy heard honest hurt idle John Tomkins kind laughing legs little boy little girl little Henry little ragged boy Little Richard lived look mamma manner MARIA EDGEWORTH Merton milk mind mischievous morning mother Mount Vesuvius nest never Noureddin obliged oranges pain pleased pleasure poor punished replied Robert SECTION shagreen shillings sister snow soon story summer-house sure tell thing Thomas Thomas Merton thought tit for tat told took tree Trusty walk warm white-thorn wish wolf wood wood-cutter young
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Seite 113 - As I had some opinion of my son's prudence, I was willing enough to entrust him with this commission ; and the next morning I perceived his sisters mighty busy in fitting out Moses for the fair ; trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box before him to bring home groceries in. He had on a coat made of that cloth they call thunder and lightning, which,...
Seite 114 - why won't you listen to reason? I had them a dead bargain, or I should not have bought them. The silver rims alone will sell for double the money.' 'A fig for the silver rims!' cried my wife in a passion: 'I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce.
Seite 114 - A fig for the silver rims," cried my wife, in a passion ; "I dare swear they wont sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce." "You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, " about selling the rims, for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper, varnished over." " What !" cried my wife, " not silver ! the rims not silver !" " No," cried I ; "no more silver than your saucepan.
Seite 103 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Seite 103 - I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered girl, married to an ill-natured brute of a husband, What a pity it is, says I, that she has paid so much for aa/histle!
Seite 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Seite 9 - He had took better care for improving his mind: He told me his dreams, talk'd of eating and drinking ; But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking. Said I then to my heart," Here's a lesson for me." That man's but a picture of what I might be ; But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding; Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
Seite 107 - As soon as he had made the necessary discovery, he kicked the rope as a signal for pulling him out. The people at the mouth of the den, who had listened with painful anxiety, hearing the growling of the wolf, and supposing their friend to be in the most imminent danger, drew him forth with such celerity, that his shirt was stripped over his head and his skin severely lacerated. After he had adjusted his clothes and...
Seite 102 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Seite 103 - I saw one too ambitious of court favor, sacrificing his time in attendance on levees, his repose, his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle.