Harry and Lucy Concluded;: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons, Томове 3–4R. Hunter, 72, St. Paul's Churchyard; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster Row, 1825 - 336 страници |
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... colour was lilac , but looking as if sprinkled thickly with little , white , frosted sugar - plums in some of its quarters ; and in others , perfo- rated with a multitude of holes , nearly as small as pin holes . The shell was as light ...
... colour was lilac , but looking as if sprinkled thickly with little , white , frosted sugar - plums in some of its quarters ; and in others , perfo- rated with a multitude of holes , nearly as small as pin holes . The shell was as light ...
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... colour . ( 6 " But now , Harry , " said she , you might guess for ever , what , not only foolish people , but grave naturalists , my dear , who wrote books in former times , believed , came out of these little shells : pray guess . " 66 ...
... colour . ( 6 " But now , Harry , " said she , you might guess for ever , what , not only foolish people , but grave naturalists , my dear , who wrote books in former times , believed , came out of these little shells : pray guess . " 66 ...
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... colour , wherein is con- tained a thing , in form like a lace of silk finely woven together , one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell , even as the fish of oysters and muscles are ; the other end is made fast unto a rude ...
... colour , wherein is con- tained a thing , in form like a lace of silk finely woven together , one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell , even as the fish of oysters and muscles are ; the other end is made fast unto a rude ...
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... colour rising at each ineffectual trial , and at last she could not equal the man's definition of to darn , " To mend holes by imitating the tex- ture of the stuff . " Lucy had her revenge , when they came to network , which is thus ...
... colour rising at each ineffectual trial , and at last she could not equal the man's definition of to darn , " To mend holes by imitating the tex- ture of the stuff . " Lucy had her revenge , when they came to network , which is thus ...
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... coloured or carnation - coloured breast . All these Harry admired to her heart's content , except that he could not in conscience allow the breast 138 was no time for covering the tea-table with ...
... coloured or carnation - coloured breast . All these Harry admired to her heart's content , except that he could not in conscience allow the breast 138 was no time for covering the tea-table with ...
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Страница 42 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea...
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