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 9
... leaving me with them during the ab- sence of my parents , ( which would be six weeks at least , ) I could scarcely contain myself . I acknowledged to my mother that I could not bear either of them . " Put me in a boarding - school , put ...
... leaving me with them during the ab- sence of my parents , ( which would be six weeks at least , ) I could scarcely contain myself . I acknowledged to my mother that I could not bear either of them . " Put me in a boarding - school , put ...
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 34
... leave the table , I ran to my room to look for my letter . There it was , safely lying just as I had left it , and I blushed again , to think I had done such injury to my cousin , as to suspect him of so mean an action . I had already ...
... leave the table , I ran to my room to look for my letter . There it was , safely lying just as I had left it , and I blushed again , to think I had done such injury to my cousin , as to suspect him of so mean an action . I had already ...
Pàgina 58
... leave the large feathers , " said my aunt , " and only take away the small feathers around the neck , and under the body and wings . The first picking takes place when they are little goslins of two months old , so that they are early ...
... leave the large feathers , " said my aunt , " and only take away the small feathers around the neck , and under the body and wings . The first picking takes place when they are little goslins of two months old , so that they are early ...
Pàgina 63
... leaves them once a day to eat very hastily ; but you must not sup- pose they limit their care to that , for every now and then she turns her eggs with her bill and changes them , putting in the middle those that are outside , in order ...
... leaves them once a day to eat very hastily ; but you must not sup- pose they limit their care to that , for every now and then she turns her eggs with her bill and changes them , putting in the middle those that are outside , in order ...
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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.