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
... once , in my childish pride , I felt ashamed to call them aunt and cousin before other visiters . My aunt was a sprightly little woman , though full sixty years of age . She was fond of laughing and making a good joke , and never felt ...
... once , in my childish pride , I felt ashamed to call them aunt and cousin before other visiters . My aunt was a sprightly little woman , though full sixty years of age . She was fond of laughing and making a good joke , and never felt ...
Pàgina 12
... once a week to see if she performed her duty faithfully . I have only a confused idea of our sad journey . All that I remember is , that every care and attention was paid to me by my aunt and cousin , but it was not till afterwards that ...
... once a week to see if she performed her duty faithfully . I have only a confused idea of our sad journey . All that I remember is , that every care and attention was paid to me by my aunt and cousin , but it was not till afterwards that ...
Pàgina 13
... once the delight and fortune of my aunt , ) sported . Two pigeons came and sat on my window - sill . At first I felt somewhat frightened , for the cur- tain being down I did not see the cause of the noise which seemed so strange to me ...
... once the delight and fortune of my aunt , ) sported . Two pigeons came and sat on my window - sill . At first I felt somewhat frightened , for the cur- tain being down I did not see the cause of the noise which seemed so strange to me ...
Pàgina 25
... once under- stood how good she was to me , and how much the daily sacrifice of her habits , and those of her son , had cost them . " Will you go and see my pets ? " she asked , smiling . " Yes , aunt , let us go now . " Then she kissed ...
... once under- stood how good she was to me , and how much the daily sacrifice of her habits , and those of her son , had cost them . " Will you go and see my pets ? " she asked , smiling . " Yes , aunt , let us go now . " Then she kissed ...
Pàgina 40
... once and drew him from his enemy , not without receiving some heavy blows of the wings and bill , which I took in good nature , and which were perhaps not meant for me . But most certainly , if the poor beaten goose had received them in ...
... once and drew him from his enemy , not without receiving some heavy blows of the wings and bill , which I took in good nature , and which were perhaps not meant for me . But most certainly , if the poor beaten goose had received them in ...
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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.