The Looking-glass for the Mind, Or, Intellectual Mirror: Being an Elegant Collection of the Most Delightful Little Stories and Interesting TalesHarris and Son [and 13 others], 1821 - 271 pàgines |
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The Looking-glass for the Mind; Or, Intellectual Mirror;: Being an Elegant ... Berquin (M., Arnaud) Visualització completa - 1796 |
The Looking-glass for the Mind; Or, Intellectual Mirror;: Being an Elegant ... Berquin (M., Arnaud) Visualització completa - 1796 |
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Pàgina 120 - Venables had lost would have given him some pain had it happened from any other circumstance ; but the pleasure he received from seeing such mutual affection and regard subsist between his two children, amply repaid him for the loss of his flower. I cannot omit the opportunity that here presents itself, of reminding my young friends, not only how necessary, but how amiable and praiseworthy ALFRED AND DORINDA.
Pàgina 143 - They clapped their wings, said the tutor, from the pain you put them to; and what you call singing, were cries and lamentations. Could those birds have expressed themselves in your speech, you would have heard them cry : " Ah, father and mother, save us, for we have fallen into the hands of cruel children, who have robbed us of all our feathers ! We are cold and in pain. Come warm us and cure us, or we shall soon die !
Pàgina 99 - ... the warmth, and blew into its mouth and nostrils with all the force she could. By degrees the poor animal began to stir, and every motion it made conveyed joy to her little heart. This success encouraged her to proceed ; she crumbled some of her bread into her pan, and, taking it up in her fingers, she with no small difficulty forced it between its teeth, which were very firmly closed together. The lamb, whose only disorder was hunger and fatigue, began to feel the effects of this nourishment....
Pàgina 9 - ... complaining of. The town now appeared in sight, and the nearer they approached it, the more the paths were thronged with people. Anabella was often separated from her mamma; but this did not at present much disturb her, as by skipping over a rut, or slipping between the people as they passed, she soon got up again to her mother.
Pàgina 261 - A few days afterwards, Philip saw this illnatured boy fall, as he was carrying home a very heavy log of wood, which he could not get up again. Philip ran to him, and replaced it on his shoulder. Young Robinson was quite ashamed at the thought of having received this kind of assistance from a youth he had treated so badly, and heartily repented of his behaviour.
Pàgina 238 - This was the first time he had ever been booted, and, as he did not want for feeling, it threw him into a depth of thought. He kept out of his father's presence, and confined himself to his room for some days. There he reasoned with himself on the cause that could produce such treatment from his playfellows.
Pàgina 106 - ... the same thing happens frequently in the commerce of this world, which has in this instance misled you. When we see a child badly clothed, and of an unpleasing external appearance, we are too apt to despise him, and grow conceited on comparing ourselves with him ; and sometimes even go so far as cruelly to address him in haughty and insulting language. But beware, my dear boy, how you run into errors by forming a too hasty judgment. It is possible that in a person so little favoured by nature...
Pàgina 249 - ... their company ; and I am too sensible of my own interest to forfeit their esteem by exposing their defe.cts. Indeed, I am sensible of so many errors in myself, and find it so difficult to correct them, that I have no leisure to contemplate the imperfections of others. Having every reason to...
Pàgina 141 - On their answering that they were only playing, their tutor observed to them, that they very well knew he never denied them innocent amusement, but on the contrary was always glad to see them cheerful and happy. He took notice that each held one of their hands in their pocket, upon which he insisted on their pulling them out, and letting him see what it was they endeavoured to conceal. They were obliged to comply, much against their will, when each produced a poor bird that had been stripped of its...