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 29
... cries responded , and the whole flock of geese ran towards me while I made my escape . My aunt laughed till the tears came , at the fears of Dicky and myself . But she soon came to find me in my room , and good - naturedly tried to make ...
... cries responded , and the whole flock of geese ran towards me while I made my escape . My aunt laughed till the tears came , at the fears of Dicky and myself . But she soon came to find me in my room , and good - naturedly tried to make ...
Pàgina 39
... holiday at home , as I was busy in my room , getting my lessons ready for the next day , I heard such extraordinary cries from our neighbour's yard , that , leav- ing every thing , I ran thither , and saw DICKY THE FIRST . 39.
... holiday at home , as I was busy in my room , getting my lessons ready for the next day , I heard such extraordinary cries from our neighbour's yard , that , leav- ing every thing , I ran thither , and saw DICKY THE FIRST . 39.
Pàgina 40
... beaten goose had received them in my place , they would have killed him , for he was already in a very bad state , to judge from his piteous cries as I took him away . The victor , screaming , with his neck 40 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
... beaten goose had received them in my place , they would have killed him , for he was already in a very bad state , to judge from his piteous cries as I took him away . The victor , screaming , with his neck 40 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
Pàgina 45
... cries . He allowed the geese to be taken from him without a word , and at last he lost half his flesh from sorrow . " " Poor creature ! " I cried . " Well , " said my aunt , " do you think now that a goose is more stupid than any other ...
... cries . He allowed the geese to be taken from him without a word , and at last he lost half his flesh from sorrow . " " Poor creature ! " I cried . " Well , " said my aunt , " do you think now that a goose is more stupid than any other ...
Pàgina 48
... cries , to which others reply . This makes so great a clatter and commotion , one would suppose that thou- sands had there assembled . " " And what is remarkable , " added my aunt , " is , that the half - wild , half - tamed geese do ...
... cries , to which others reply . This makes so great a clatter and commotion , one would suppose that thou- sands had there assembled . " " And what is remarkable , " added my aunt , " is , that the half - wild , half - tamed geese do ...
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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.