Always Happy!!! Or, Anecdotes of Felix and His Sister Serena: A Tale

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Harris and Son, 1821 - 170 Seiten
 

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Seite 118 - ... conjecture. This is the very method Belzoni pursued, and when he had succeeded in getting it removed some yards from its original place, he sent an Arab to Cairo, with the intelligence that the bust had begun its journey to England. Our ingenious friend reminds me of a remark made by a celebrated writer, " that it is by small efforts frequently repeated, that man completes his greatest undertaking, to have attempted which, at one effort, would have baffled his ability," for he had still many...
Seite 129 - She then gathered a handful of fresh grass, which the lamb nibbled from her hand. In the same field, Serena saw a young calf, that was gamboling about in glee. — " Every thing seems happy here," said Serena. — " Sure, ma'am," answered her chubby-faced companion, " we have nothing to make us sad.
Seite 108 - The night-mare, Serena, is only a name for an oppression on the chest, produced by indigestion, an awkward position of the head and neck, 'or some such cause.

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