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Page 56
... called exports . The things which are brought back are imports . Sugar and salt are in little pieces , called crystals . All things which can be melted , and which grow hard when they are cooled , have shapes of their own , called ...
... called exports . The things which are brought back are imports . Sugar and salt are in little pieces , called crystals . All things which can be melted , and which grow hard when they are cooled , have shapes of their own , called ...
Page 58
... called mahogany ; sometimes the doors are made of white wood , and painted . When the house is quite finished , the walls are covered with paper , the ceilings are washed with lime ; the doors and the shutters are hung upon iron hinges ...
... called mahogany ; sometimes the doors are made of white wood , and painted . When the house is quite finished , the walls are covered with paper , the ceilings are washed with lime ; the doors and the shutters are hung upon iron hinges ...
Page 59
... called a brick yard , and place in it a very large kind of oven . The oven is called a brick - kiln , and is made to bake bricks . Bricks are made like little loaves . Bread is put into pans to bake ; clay is put into little wooden boxes ...
... called a brick yard , and place in it a very large kind of oven . The oven is called a brick - kiln , and is made to bake bricks . Bricks are made like little loaves . Bread is put into pans to bake ; clay is put into little wooden boxes ...
Page 60
... called timber.- Some logs are sawed into boards , these are fastened together with nails . Glass is made with sand , ashes , and some other substances , melted together . The squares of glass used in windows , are called panes ; they ...
... called timber.- Some logs are sawed into boards , these are fastened together with nails . Glass is made with sand , ashes , and some other substances , melted together . The squares of glass used in windows , are called panes ; they ...
Page 67
... called paste . SHOES Look at the shoes on your feet . They are made of leather . Leather is the skin of dead animals , with the hair taken off . There are two parts to your shoe ; and two kinds of leather in it . The upper leather which ...
... called paste . SHOES Look at the shoes on your feet . They are made of leather . Leather is the skin of dead animals , with the hair taken off . There are two parts to your shoe ; and two kinds of leather in it . The upper leather which ...
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Page 105 - God made man. of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Page 110 - COLONISTS. COME, said Mr. Barlow to his boys, I have a new play for you. I will be the founder of a colony ; and you shall be people of different trades and professions coming to offer yourselves to go with me. What are you, A ? A.