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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... sort of a place it is , " said Lucy . Rupert's cottage was at the foot of a high hill covered with trees , which sheltered it at the back . In front was a very small green lawn , surrounded with evergreens . The cottage had a ...
... sort of a place it is , " said Lucy . Rupert's cottage was at the foot of a high hill covered with trees , which sheltered it at the back . In front was a very small green lawn , surrounded with evergreens . The cottage had a ...
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... sort of pyramid , on the top of which the eye glass was fixed . This glass being broken , Harry cleared away the fragments , and took out the pins from the hinges of the flaps which formed the pyramid . Then he could take out the flaps ...
... sort of pyramid , on the top of which the eye glass was fixed . This glass being broken , Harry cleared away the fragments , and took out the pins from the hinges of the flaps which formed the pyramid . Then he could take out the flaps ...
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... sort of fish , " said Harry . " No - but a bird ! a goose ! a great goose , " said Lucy ; " out of each of these tiny shells . This was called the tree- bearing goose . And now let me read this to you , or read for yourself , if you ...
... sort of fish , " said Harry . " No - but a bird ! a goose ! a great goose , " said Lucy ; " out of each of these tiny shells . This was called the tree- bearing goose . And now let me read this to you , or read for yourself , if you ...
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... sort of law paper , a description of the invention in lawyer's words . He went to a great lawyer to do this for him ; but the great lawyer was no mechanic , and he did not understand and could not describe the thing at all . He did the ...
... sort of law paper , a description of the invention in lawyer's words . He went to a great lawyer to do this for him ; but the great lawyer was no mechanic , and he did not understand and could not describe the thing at all . He did the ...
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... it , and I drew my arch exactly by that centering . " " What is the centering , Harry ? " whis- pered Lucy . " " A sort of wooden frame , on which the stones of the arch are supported , while it is building , " said Harry , " for you 83.
... it , and I drew my arch exactly by that centering . " " What is the centering , Harry ? " whis- pered Lucy . " " A sort of wooden frame , on which the stones of the arch are supported , while it is building , " said Harry , " for you 83.
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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.