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 14
... seen the country at sunrise . I felt moved , but it was with a sweet emotion , and I opened my window . The sky was of a beautiful blue , with here and there light white clouds . At a distance were heard the soft murmurs which tell of ...
... seen the country at sunrise . I felt moved , but it was with a sweet emotion , and I opened my window . The sky was of a beautiful blue , with here and there light white clouds . At a distance were heard the soft murmurs which tell of ...
Pàgina 40
... seen in what manner they entwined their necks , and the vio- lence of the blows they gave , in order to comprehend the fright of the geese sur- rounding them as if they were trying to separate them . " I stood for some moments a ...
... seen in what manner they entwined their necks , and the vio- lence of the blows they gave , in order to comprehend the fright of the geese sur- rounding them as if they were trying to separate them . " I stood for some moments a ...
Pàgina 42
... of his gratitude , that I caressed him a little , passing my hand softly on his neck and back , which pleased him so much that he hardly knew how to show it . " I have seldom seen a cat or a dog 42 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
... of his gratitude , that I caressed him a little , passing my hand softly on his neck and back , which pleased him so much that he hardly knew how to show it . " I have seldom seen a cat or a dog 42 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
Pàgina 43
" I have seldom seen a cat or a dog more eager to be noticed than was my gander , and he was never tired of it . He soon knew the hour I left in the morn- ing , and the time of my return in the evening , and though I might be far off ...
" I have seldom seen a cat or a dog more eager to be noticed than was my gander , and he was never tired of it . He soon knew the hour I left in the morn- ing , and the time of my return in the evening , and though I might be far off ...
Pàgina 56
... seen him run after his master ? " " At present , " replied my cousin , " he is wholly occupied in taking care of the geese . They will soon be setting on their eggs , and his importunities to me will then 56 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
... seen him run after his master ? " " At present , " replied my cousin , " he is wholly occupied in taking care of the geese . They will soon be setting on their eggs , and his importunities to me will then 56 MY AWKWARD COUSIN .
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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.