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 - Children |
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... acorns ? Tut . Yes , it is an Oak - the noblest tree this country produces ; -not only grand and beautiful to the sight , but of the greatest importance from its uses . Har . I should like to know some- thing about 4 FIRST EVENING .
... acorns ? Tut . Yes , it is an Oak - the noblest tree this country produces ; -not only grand and beautiful to the sight , but of the greatest importance from its uses . Har . I should like to know some- thing about 4 FIRST EVENING .
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... acorns should you have known it if there had been none ? Geo . I don't know - I believe not . Tut . Observe , then , in the first place , that its bark is very rugged . Then see in what manner it grows . Its great arms run out almost ...
... acorns should you have known it if there had been none ? Geo . I don't know - I believe not . Tut . Observe , then , in the first place , that its bark is very rugged . Then see in what manner it grows . Its great arms run out almost ...
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... were no bigger than a fairy , you might use them for drinking cups , as those imaginary little beings are said to do . Pearly drops of dew we drink , fill'd to the brink , In acorn - cups Har . Are acorns good to eat ? Geo . 6 FIRST EVENING ...
... were no bigger than a fairy , you might use them for drinking cups , as those imaginary little beings are said to do . Pearly drops of dew we drink , fill'd to the brink , In acorn - cups Har . Are acorns good to eat ? Geo . 6 FIRST EVENING ...
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... acorns good to eat ? Geo . No , that they are not . I have tried , and did not like them at all . Tut . In the early ages of man , before he cultivated the earth , but lived upon such wild products as nature afforded , we are told that ...
... acorns good to eat ? Geo . No , that they are not . I have tried , and did not like them at all . Tut . In the early ages of man , before he cultivated the earth , but lived upon such wild products as nature afforded , we are told that ...
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... acorns are the fruits . These are ex- crescences formed by an insect . Geo . An insect ! how can they make such 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 ...
... acorns are the fruits . These are ex- crescences formed by an insect . Geo . An insect ! how can they make such 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 ...
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