Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened:: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons, Volume 1Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, ... and R. Hunter, successor to J. Johnson, 1819 - Children's stories |
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... kind of nut , partly inclosed in a cup . Geo . Acorn cups are very pretty things . I have made boats of them , and set them swimming in a basin . Tut . And if you were no bigger than a fairy , you might use them for drinking cups , as ...
... kind of nut , partly inclosed in a cup . Geo . Acorn cups are very pretty things . I have made boats of them , and set them swimming in a basin . Tut . And if you were no bigger than a fairy , you might use them for drinking cups , as ...
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... a thing ? Tut . It is a sort of a fly , that has a power of piercing the outer skin of the Oak boughs , under which it lays its eggs . The part then swells into a kind C 2 of ball , and the young insects , when hatched ON THE OAK . 15.
... a thing ? Tut . It is a sort of a fly , that has a power of piercing the outer skin of the Oak boughs , under which it lays its eggs . The part then swells into a kind C 2 of ball , and the young insects , when hatched ON THE OAK . 15.
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... kind , called galls , which become hard , and are the strongest astringents known . They are the principal ingredients in the black dyes , and common ink is made with them , together with a sub- stance called green vitriol , or copperas ...
... kind , called galls , which become hard , and are the strongest astringents known . They are the principal ingredients in the black dyes , and common ink is made with them , together with a sub- stance called green vitriol , or copperas ...
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... kind of stone , which when put among burning wood , caught fire and flamed like a torch . Dear me , said Jack , what a wonder- ful stone ! I suppose it was somewhat like what we call fire - stones , that shine 24 FIRST EVENING .
... kind of stone , which when put among burning wood , caught fire and flamed like a torch . Dear me , said Jack , what a wonder- ful stone ! I suppose it was somewhat like what we call fire - stones , that shine 24 FIRST EVENING .
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... kind of cake , which they were fond of daubing over with a greasy matter that was the product of a large animal among them . This grease they used , too , in almost all their dishes , and when fresh , it really was not unpalatable ...
... kind of cake , which they were fond of daubing over with a greasy matter that was the product of a large animal among them . This grease they used , too , in almost all their dishes , and when fresh , it really was not unpalatable ...
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acorns Alfred amusing animal astringent bark believe birds boys breath build burn Cæsar called Canute clothes coach cold colour cometh Danes deal dear dressed England Fairborne father Fido fire Fleet Street friends fruit Gandelin greatest grow Gubba Heart of Oak hole insects keep kind King King Alfred lady leaves Lessons for Children linnet live mamma Martins master means men of war Miss Harriet Miss Pemberton mistress mother MOUSE necessary nest never Norway obliged Offa Oswald papa pieces Pine plant pleasant poor Pray pretty Rookery Rooks round sails Sally scarcely seeds ships soon sort Squirrel steer stones suppose sure tell things thought tions told Tom Hardy trees Turpentine walk Well-but wife wind winter wonder wood young Youths and maidens
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Page 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.
Page 128 - WHO is this that comes from the south,• thinly clad in a light transparent garment ? her breath is hot and sultry ; she seeks the refreshment of the cool shade ; she seeks the clear streams, the crystal brooks, to bathe her languid limbs. The brooks and rivulets fly from her, and are dried up at her approach . She cools her parched lips with berries, and the grateful acid of fruits ; the seedy melon, the sharp apple, and the red pulp of the juicy cherry, which are poured out plentifully around...
Page 10 - midst the desert fruitful fields arise, That crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn, Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn. Let India boast her plants, nor envy we The weeping amber or the balmy tree, While by our oaks the precious loads are born, And realms commanded which those trees adorn. Not proud Olympus yields a nobler sight, Tho...
Page 26 - D some absolutely raw, , others variously prepared by the aid of fire. Another great article of food was the curd of milk, pressed into a hard mass and salted. This had so rank a smell, that persons of weak stomachs often could not bear to come near it. For drink, they made great use of the water in which certain dry leaves had been steeped.
Page 156 - I should believe this: I thought all along you were making up a tale, as you often do; but you shall not catch me this time. What! they lay still, I suppose, and let these fellows cut their throats!
Page 106 - Canute. Well, does the sea obey my commands ? If it be my subject, it is a very rebellious subject. See how it swells, and dashes the angry foam and salt spray over my sacred person.
Page 127 - WHO is this beautiful virgin that approaches, clothed in a robe of light green ? She has a garland of flowers on her head, and flowers spring up wherever she sets her foot. The snow which covered the fields, and the ice which was in the rivers, melt away when she breathes upon them. 2. The young lambs frisk about...
Page 20 - I should have run in directly and taken possession of my new house, but I thought I would tell you first, that we might go in together, and both lodge there tonight, for it will hold us both.
Page 31 - we don't burn stones, or eat grease and powdered seeds, or wear skins and caterpillars' webs, or play with tigers." "No !" said the Captain; "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...
Page 130 - He binds skates to his feet, and skims over the frozen lakes. His breath is piercing and cold, and no little flower dares to peep above the surface of the ground, when he is by. Whatever he touches turns to ice. If he were to stroke you with his cold hand, you would be quite stiff and dead, like a piece of marble.