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 17
... given by her son , an income more than sufficient for their wants . So that she laid by something every year , in order , as she said , " that my Augustus may not be exposed to the want of necessaries in his old age when I am no more ...
... given by her son , an income more than sufficient for their wants . So that she laid by something every year , in order , as she said , " that my Augustus may not be exposed to the want of necessaries in his old age when I am no more ...
Pàgina 35
... better than to have me con- tinue my studies , and we now agreed as to the order of the lessons , which could only be given in the evening . I resolved to conduct myself in every respect as my parents wished THE RED APRON . 35.
... better than to have me con- tinue my studies , and we now agreed as to the order of the lessons , which could only be given in the evening . I resolved to conduct myself in every respect as my parents wished THE RED APRON . 35.
Pàgina 36
... given them , I cannot tell why . But in many things we judge animals by their habits in a tame state , which produces a great change of instinct . The wild goose , or the wild duck , is no more awkward or foolish than the pigeon or the ...
... given them , I cannot tell why . But in many things we judge animals by their habits in a tame state , which produces a great change of instinct . The wild goose , or the wild duck , is no more awkward or foolish than the pigeon or the ...
Pàgina 45
... given my gander ) became sick of grief , and that for a whole week he used to visit the place at the usual hour of meeting me , and even go under my window and call for me , sometimes with his most gentle , soft tones , and sometimes ...
... given my gander ) became sick of grief , and that for a whole week he used to visit the place at the usual hour of meeting me , and even go under my window and call for me , sometimes with his most gentle , soft tones , and sometimes ...
Pàgina 52
... given to the descendants of a great and good man serve as an incen- tive to them to make themselves worthy of the esteem and regard won by their parents . Such are the arrangements of the wise and benevolent Being who rules the affairs ...
... given to the descendants of a great and good man serve as an incen- tive to them to make themselves worthy of the esteem and regard won by their parents . Such are the arrangements of the wise and benevolent Being who rules the affairs ...
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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.