Evenings at Home, Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young PersonsBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, and R. Hunter, successor to J. Johnson, 1819 |
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... creatures ; but I am afraid they suffer worse evils than that . Sally . What , mamma ? Mrs. M. Why I am afraid they often do not get as much victuals as they could eat . And then in winter they must be half starved for want of fire and ...
... creatures ; but I am afraid they suffer worse evils than that . Sally . What , mamma ? Mrs. M. Why I am afraid they often do not get as much victuals as they could eat . And then in winter they must be half starved for want of fire and ...
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... creature perish for want of necessaries . Sally . Then do you think it was wrong for Miss Pemberton to have all those fine things ? Mrs. M. No , my dear , if they are suitable to her fortune , and do not consume the 56 SECOND EVENING .
... creature perish for want of necessaries . Sally . Then do you think it was wrong for Miss Pemberton to have all those fine things ? Mrs. M. No , my dear , if they are suitable to her fortune , and do not consume the 56 SECOND EVENING .
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... creatures which like ourselves are under the protection of man . We cats all lie under a bad name for treacherous dispositions in this re- spect , and with shame I must acknow- ledge it is but too well merited . Well - but my breath ...
... creatures which like ourselves are under the protection of man . We cats all lie under a bad name for treacherous dispositions in this re- spect , and with shame I must acknow- ledge it is but too well merited . Well - but my breath ...
Էջ 122
... . I should not be of use to him even if I were dead , as the hogs are . I am a poor insignificant creature , not worth the cost of keeping ; and I don't see that I can do a single thing to entitle 122 FOURTH EVENING . The little Dog.
... . I should not be of use to him even if I were dead , as the hogs are . I am a poor insignificant creature , not worth the cost of keeping ; and I don't see that I can do a single thing to entitle 122 FOURTH EVENING . The little Dog.
Էջ 126
... his love and fidelity had their full reward . Moral . The poorest man may repay hisobligations to the richest and greatest by faithful and affectionate service the meanest creature may obtain the favour and regard of 126 FOURTH EVENING .
... his love and fidelity had their full reward . Moral . The poorest man may repay hisobligations to the richest and greatest by faithful and affectionate service the meanest creature may obtain the favour and regard of 126 FOURTH EVENING .
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Evenings at Home, Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a ..., Հատոր 1 John Aikin Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1829 |
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Էջ 152 - And what is a conqueror ? Have not you, too, gone about the earth like an evil genius, blasting the fair fruits of peace and industry ; plundering, ravaging, killing, without law, without justice, merely to gratify an insatiable lust for dominion...
Էջ 150 - I don't mind it much, for my mammy gives me a pie now and then, and that is as good. Mr. L. Would you not like a knife, to cut sticks ? B. I have one, here it is.
Էջ 31 - pray what are coals but stones ; and is not butter, grease ; and corn, seeds ; and leather, skins ; and silk, the web of a kind of caterpillar ; and may we not as well call a cat an animal of the tiger kind, as a tiger an animal of the cat kind...
Էջ 152 - And does not Fame speak of me too ? Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — but I scorn to boast.
Էջ 153 - If I have burned a few hamlets, you have desolated the most flourishing kingdoms and cities of the earth. What is then the difference, but that...
Էջ 150 - Hast thou not set at defiance my authority ; violated the public peace ; and passed thy life in injuring the persons and properties of thy fellowsubjects ? ROBBER.
Էջ 149 - No, sir ; but our Tom makes footballs, to kick in the cold weather, and we set traps for birds ; and then I have a...
Էջ 73 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Էջ 161 - I have no allurements to tempt you with, like those of my gay rival. Instead of spending all your time in amusements, if you enter yourself of my train, you must rise early, and pass the long day in a variety of employments, some of them difficult, some laborious, and all requiring some exertion of body or mind.
Էջ 153 - But if I have taken like a king, I have given like a king. If I have subverted empires, I have founded greater.