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 38
... in the evening , I amused myself in look- ing at the hens scratching on the dung- hill , the pigeons sunning themselves outside of the pigeon - house , the turkeys strutting about , the ducks feeding at the pool , 38 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
... in the evening , I amused myself in look- ing at the hens scratching on the dung- hill , the pigeons sunning themselves outside of the pigeon - house , the turkeys strutting about , the ducks feeding at the pool , 38 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
Pàgina 39
strutting about , the ducks feeding at the pool , often nearly dry , and the geese pick- ing their feathers , and stretching out their long necks in curves more or less grace- ful or awkward . I felt at that time very much like my ...
strutting about , the ducks feeding at the pool , often nearly dry , and the geese pick- ing their feathers , and stretching out their long necks in curves more or less grace- ful or awkward . I felt at that time very much like my ...
Pàgina 62
... feed it well , before you let it go to the meadow with its mother . " " But , aunt , do they go to the meadow just for the walk ? " " Not at all ! We drive them there to feed . " " How then shall I feed my goslings , and with what ...
... feed it well , before you let it go to the meadow with its mother . " " But , aunt , do they go to the meadow just for the walk ? " " Not at all ! We drive them there to feed . " " How then shall I feed my goslings , and with what ...
Pàgina 67
... pigeons , too , aunt ? " " The pigeons feed their young in the same way that you have seen your Ca- nary birds fed . ” " So , my little chicken will eat all alone ! " " Carry away your egg , aunt , laughing . THE LITTLE CHICKEN . 67.
... pigeons , too , aunt ? " " The pigeons feed their young in the same way that you have seen your Ca- nary birds fed . ” " So , my little chicken will eat all alone ! " " Carry away your egg , aunt , laughing . THE LITTLE CHICKEN . 67.
Pàgina 74
... feed them , their gluttony might injure them . The pigeons and turkeys do not know how to eat of themselves . Their mo- thers have to teach them . " Caroline . " The turkeys must look very ridiculous doing a thing which is so genteelly ...
... feed them , their gluttony might injure them . The pigeons and turkeys do not know how to eat of themselves . Their mo- thers have to teach them . " Caroline . " The turkeys must look very ridiculous doing a thing which is so genteelly ...
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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.