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Page 86 - 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 271 - But so it is — one man walks through the world with his eyes open, and another with them shut ; and upon this difference depends all the superiority of knowledge the oue acquires above the other. I have known sailors, who had been in all the quarters of the world, and could tell you nothing but the signs of the tippling-houses they frequented in different ports, and the price and quality of the liquor.
Page 311 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight...
Page 157 - 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?
Page 14 - Parts contain 56 royal 8vo pages, from Eight to Twelve Illustrations, and either a Coloured Plate or a Fullpage Illustration on plate paper. Each month...
Page 11 - Alphabet of Trades. Cinderella. Alphabet of Pretty Names. Old Testament Alphabet. The Three Little Kittens. The History of Five Little Pigs. Tom Thumb's Alphabet, Nursery Songs.
Page 11 - 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 230 - I have a jumping pole and a pair of stilts to walk through the dirt with ; and I had a hoop, but it is broken.
Page 157 - I, too, have freely given to the poor what I took from the rich. I have established order and discipline among the most ferocious of mankind, and have stretched out my protecting arm over the oppressed. I know, indeed, little of the philosophy you talk of, but I believe neither you nor I shall ever atone to the world for half the mischief we have done it.
Page 104 - 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 ! F.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Evenings at Home, Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened Volume 1, Issue 86 of Opie collection of children's literature Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature, 1850-1869 |
| Authors | John Aikin, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) |
| Publisher | George Routledge and Sons, 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 446 pages |
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