Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons. In Four Volumes, Том 3R. Hunter, ... and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1827 - 354 страници |
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... asked an old woman who came to the gate , " Is this the road to Rupert's cot- tage ? " " Yes , sir . " " I am glad of it , " thought Harry . " We are sure of a wood , that is one good thing . " The gate opened , and they drove in ...
... asked an old woman who came to the gate , " Is this the road to Rupert's cot- tage ? " " Yes , sir . " " I am glad of it , " thought Harry . " We are sure of a wood , that is one good thing . " The gate opened , and they drove in ...
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... coming in and going out of the tide . This regular ebbing and flowing of the sea excited such astonishment in his mind , that it seemed insatiable . A fisherman , who lived by the sea side , asked him if he had never before 6.
... coming in and going out of the tide . This regular ebbing and flowing of the sea excited such astonishment in his mind , that it seemed insatiable . A fisherman , who lived by the sea side , asked him if he had never before 6.
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... asked him if he had never before heard of the coming in and going out of the tide every day . Yes , I had heard of it , but I never saw it before , " said Harry . That was quite an- other thing . The sea and the tides took such posses ...
... asked him if he had never before heard of the coming in and going out of the tide every day . Yes , I had heard of it , but I never saw it before , " said Harry . That was quite an- other thing . The sea and the tides took such posses ...
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... asked Harry to come again with her to the same amusement ; but he said , that he had busi- ness to do first , and that he would join her as soon as he had learned his lessons . " Lessons ! " repeated Lucy , with sur- prise , not unmixed ...
... asked Harry to come again with her to the same amusement ; but he said , that he had busi- ness to do first , and that he would join her as soon as he had learned his lessons . " Lessons ! " repeated Lucy , with sur- prise , not unmixed ...
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... asked in what part of the world , and at what time , what age such nonsense could have been believed . He supposed that it must have been in the dark ages , and at " Novazembla , or the Lord knows where . " He was surprised , when Lucy ...
... asked in what part of the world , and at what time , what age such nonsense could have been believed . He supposed that it must have been in the dark ages , and at " Novazembla , or the Lord knows where . " He was surprised , when Lucy ...
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Страница 41 - 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...
Страница 42 - Pie-Annet, which the people of Lancashire call by no other name than a tree Goose : which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjoyning do so much abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for three pence.
Страница 170 - ... roughly squared with the axe. Three trees so prepared, and laid side by side, formed the bottom ; another set formed each of the sides, and all strongly fastened together, composed this enormous trough, which was about three or four feet deep, and about six feet wide at the top. It extended to a length of more than eight miles, from the place where the forest stood on the side of the mountain, to the lake below. Each tree that was to be sent down had its branches lopped off, its bark stripped,...
Страница 41 - ... 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 maturatie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose...
Страница 41 - ... and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth...
Страница 44 - ... shipwrecked vessels, they had concluded too hastily, that one thing was the cause of the other, because it appeared at the same time, or just before it." Lucy said this was natural for ignorant peasants ; "but for naturalists, mamma, and people who write great books, think of their believing that a great goose, which weighs (I have it written down here) about five pounds, and measures more than two feet in length, and nearly four feet and a half in breadth, " came out of this little shell!" "...
Страница 42 - For the truth whereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfy them by the testimony of good witnesses.
Страница 40 - Herbal," giving an account of the miraculous origin of the Solan Goose. It runs : " But what our eyes have seen and hands have touched we shall declare.