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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... Countries 78 86 101 103 Canute's Reproof 104 Adventures of a Cat 107 The little Dog 122 The Masque of Nature 127 On the Martin 131 The Ship Things by their right Names 137 154 Published for the Use of Children and Young People . CONTENTS.
... Countries 78 86 101 103 Canute's Reproof 104 Adventures of a Cat 107 The little Dog 122 The Masque of Nature 127 On the Martin 131 The Ship Things by their right Names 137 154 Published for the Use of Children and Young People . CONTENTS.
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... Nature . Price 1s . II . The Arts of Life . 1. Of Providing Food . 2. Of Providing Clothing . 3. Of Providing Shelter . Price 2s . III . Letters from a Father to his Son , on various Topics relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life ...
... Nature . Price 1s . II . The Arts of Life . 1. Of Providing Food . 2. Of Providing Clothing . 3. Of Providing Shelter . Price 2s . III . Letters from a Father to his Son , on various Topics relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life ...
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... nature afforded , we are told that acorns made a consi- derable part of his food ; and at this day I believe they are eaten in some coun- tries . But this is in warmer climates , where they probably become sweeter and better flavoured ...
... nature afforded , we are told that acorns made a consi- derable part of his food ; and at this day I believe they are eaten in some coun- tries . But this is in warmer climates , where they probably become sweeter and better flavoured ...
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... nature's hands , Peopled by various living tribes , he stands . His airy top the clamorous rooks invest , And crowd the waving boughs with many a nest . Midway the nimble squirrel builds his bow'r ; And sharp bill'd pies the insect ...
... nature's hands , Peopled by various living tribes , he stands . His airy top the clamorous rooks invest , And crowd the waving boughs with many a nest . Midway the nimble squirrel builds his bow'r ; And sharp bill'd pies the insect ...
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... natural state , though made to yield such a pernicious juice . The strangest custom that I believe prevails in any nation I found here , which was ... nature . I was glad enough to leave this cold , climate D 2 TRAVELLERS ' WONDERS . 27.
... natural state , though made to yield such a pernicious juice . The strangest custom that I believe prevails in any nation I found here , which was ... nature . I was glad enough to leave this cold , climate D 2 TRAVELLERS ' WONDERS . 27.
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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.