My Awkward Cousin, Or, Caroline's Visit to Her Great-aunt's Poultry YardAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1848 - 107 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... asking her to receive you ; as for a convent or boarding - school , I am sur- prised you should have thought of it , for you know well that I think a public edu- cation is not suited for young girls when their parents can educate them ...
... asking her to receive you ; as for a convent or boarding - school , I am sur- prised you should have thought of it , for you know well that I think a public edu- cation is not suited for young girls when their parents can educate them ...
Pàgina 25
... asked , smiling . " Yes , aunt , let us go now . " Then she kissed me in her turn , and led me out with an air of triumph . It seems very strange to me , now , that I was not more influenced by my good aunt's patience and kindness . But ...
... asked , smiling . " Yes , aunt , let us go now . " Then she kissed me in her turn , and led me out with an air of triumph . It seems very strange to me , now , that I was not more influenced by my good aunt's patience and kindness . But ...
Pàgina 49
... asked my aunt . " We do not regard enough , " continued Augustus , without giving me time to re- ply " we do not regard enough the in- stinct of the species which we tame . The habit of looking at them without reflec- tion , and with ...
... asked my aunt . " We do not regard enough , " continued Augustus , without giving me time to re- ply " we do not regard enough the in- stinct of the species which we tame . The habit of looking at them without reflec- tion , and with ...
Pàgina 53
... asked my aunt . " Yes , aunt , " replied I , " I know from myself , for since I have been here , I have learned profitable lessons from the geese . " Augustus smiled , and holding out his hand , said to me in a tone of kindness , " My ...
... asked my aunt . " Yes , aunt , " replied I , " I know from myself , for since I have been here , I have learned profitable lessons from the geese . " Augustus smiled , and holding out his hand , said to me in a tone of kindness , " My ...
Pàgina 64
... asked me the contrary , I should not have been much astonished , but I am surprised you should ask this . " " Why , aunt ? " " Have you never eaten fresh eggs ? " " Yes , indeed , aunt . Why we had them this very morning . " " Have you ...
... asked me the contrary , I should not have been much astonished , but I am surprised you should ask this . " " Why , aunt ? " " Have you never eaten fresh eggs ? " " Yes , indeed , aunt . Why we had them this very morning . " " Have you ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 105 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Pàgina 3 - The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Pàgina 104 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour.
Pàgina 4 - Congress, in the year 1851, by the AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 4S* No books are published by the AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION without the sanction of the Committee of Publication, consisting of fourteen members, from the following denominations of Christians, viz.
Pàgina 105 - And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do that cometh after the king? Even that which hath been already done. Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Pàgina 28 - Hurdy staggered from the spot, feeling his throat as he went, and turning his head first to one side and then to the other, to see if it was not dislocated.
Pàgina 68 - I hardly listened to a word that was said, and as soon as I could get away, I ran up to my room.