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 8
... eyes hid by green spectacles bound with green , wearing on his bald head a large brimmed hat , his tall body wrapped in a coat of claret colour , great iron - heeled shoes on his feet , and his hand armed with a huge knotty club ...
... eyes hid by green spectacles bound with green , wearing on his bald head a large brimmed hat , his tall body wrapped in a coat of claret colour , great iron - heeled shoes on his feet , and his hand armed with a huge knotty club ...
Pàgina 10
... me : " Your reddened eyes show how un- reasonable you are , Caroline . At first I thought it was the sorrow of leaving us that caused so many tears , but I believe now , that it is the idea of going to 10 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
... me : " Your reddened eyes show how un- reasonable you are , Caroline . At first I thought it was the sorrow of leaving us that caused so many tears , but I believe now , that it is the idea of going to 10 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
Pàgina 13
... eyes out upon the extended plain . Towards the horizon was the river glittering in the rising sun , and forming a silver sheet , intercepted here and there by trees . The approach of autumn was variegating the foliage with pale and ...
... eyes out upon the extended plain . Towards the horizon was the river glittering in the rising sun , and forming a silver sheet , intercepted here and there by trees . The approach of autumn was variegating the foliage with pale and ...
Pàgina 21
... eyes , in spite of myself , every time I read over the letter . It was indeed my fault , I must own , if I wasted my time and was idle half the day ; for my cousin had offered to give me lessons , which he would hear recited in the ...
... eyes , in spite of myself , every time I read over the letter . It was indeed my fault , I must own , if I wasted my time and was idle half the day ; for my cousin had offered to give me lessons , which he would hear recited in the ...
Pàgina 23
... eye , and feeling quite embarrassed . Seeing her smile , I thought she had come to one of those terrible passages , and I hung down my head . " It is not Augustus's fault , " said she , ( without looking at me , ) " if we have not done ...
... eye , and feeling quite embarrassed . Seeing her smile , I thought she had come to one of those terrible passages , and I hung down my head . " It is not Augustus's fault , " said she , ( without looking at me , ) " if we have not done ...
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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.