Food for the Young: Adapted to the Mental Capacities of Children of Tender YearsW. Darton, Jun., 1818 - 176 Seiten A mother entertains her children with stories of travels and observations of the natural world. |
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... we only to judge by appearance , the necklace you see me sometimes wear , which is made of a composition to imitate real pearl , would altogether answer as well for ornament . " - " Oh , mam- ma , " exclaimed Lucy , " I shall long 28.
... we only to judge by appearance , the necklace you see me sometimes wear , which is made of a composition to imitate real pearl , would altogether answer as well for ornament . " - " Oh , mam- ma , " exclaimed Lucy , " I shall long 28.
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... board a Dutch vessel . The man- ners and appearance of this young man attracted my attention : good- humour , vivacity , and sense en- livened his black features , and made him quite handsome ! " " Handsome ! " exclaimed 40 .
... board a Dutch vessel . The man- ners and appearance of this young man attracted my attention : good- humour , vivacity , and sense en- livened his black features , and made him quite handsome ! " " Handsome ! " exclaimed 40 .
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... appearance terrified him exceedingly ; he was in the greatest dread of their touching him , sup- posing " white man must be bad spirit or devil ! " So , you see , my dear , how little foundation we have 1 for such foolish fears . I ...
... appearance terrified him exceedingly ; he was in the greatest dread of their touching him , sup- posing " white man must be bad spirit or devil ! " So , you see , my dear , how little foundation we have 1 for such foolish fears . I ...
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... appearances : most of the women we met would have been handsome , had not their noses been laid quite flat to the face . Expressing my surprise at this singular and dis- figuring appearance , I was told that , in infancy , they ...
... appearances : most of the women we met would have been handsome , had not their noses been laid quite flat to the face . Expressing my surprise at this singular and dis- figuring appearance , I was told that , in infancy , they ...
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... We presently after arrived at a cinnamon plantation , which pre- sented a beautiful appearance : it was the season of taking the bark , or outer rind , ( the spice we so much " esteem , ) which is taken off twice in 48.
... We presently after arrived at a cinnamon plantation , which pre- sented a beautiful appearance : it was the season of taking the bark , or outer rind , ( the spice we so much " esteem , ) which is taken off twice in 48.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Africa America amusement animals assist basket Bay of Bengal beautiful beaver bees birds brother burning mountain Calcutta called camel cells Ceylon children thanked covered creature curious dear delighted deric desert distress dreadful dress earth entertaining European exclaimed Lucy felt fire flowers Frederic and Lucy friends garden gentleman gooseber happy heard heat hive honey India inhabitants insects Johnson kind knew lark LARK'S NEST leaf leaves little William look looking-glass Mary Atkins ment mill morning mountain negro nerally never nosegay obliged observed oysters pain papa and mamma pearls pink spider pleased poor presently Quacy recollect refreshment replied round sand seen Selby SELBY'S shark shewed shrub sister soon spider Surinam tell ther things thought threads told tree treme volcano walk wished wonderful wood wound-wort young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 116 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 64 - His lithe proboscis ; close the serpent sly, Insinuating, wove with Gordian twine His braided train, and of his fatal guile Gave proof unheeded...
Seite 64 - About them frisking played All beasts of the earth, since wild, and of all chase In wood or wilderness, forest or den. Sporting the lion ramped, and in his paw Dandled the kid; bears, tigers, ounces, pards, Gambolled before them ; the unwieldy elephant, To make them mirth, used all his might, and wreathed His lithe proboscis...
Seite 163 - ... eager hopes of meeting the first shot. Then a general prayer to Heaven, to hasten the approach of the flames to the right and left of them, and put a period to their misery. Some expired on others ; while a steam arose, as well from the living as the dead, which was very offensive.
Seite 120 - ... them, I forgot the pains of my own suffering, though my feet were very sore, and my body covered with blisters from the extreme heat of the sun. Presently I was surprised and delighted to hear some one call to me in broken English : I turned and beheld a Negro, dressed lightly in European fashion. He told me he had left his native country when a boy ; and after living several years in England, was now returning to his African friends. Observing me in an English dress, he conjectured I was a person...
Seite 8 - His hind-feet are fitted with webs, adapted to the purpose of swimming. His tail is a foot long, an inch thick, and five or six; inches broad ; it accordingly serves the purpose of a trowel in plastering his dam. Wherever a number of these animals come together, they immediately combine, in society, to perform the common business of constructing their habitations; apparently acting under the most intelligent design. Though there is no appearance...
Seite 166 - Atkins had given them, the curious appearance of the honey-comb induced the children to ask many questions about bees. They knew how honey and wax were obtained and preserved by bees, from reading Miss Edgeworth's book about Little Frank, but they wanted to know a great deal more ; for they had heard their father once talking with a gentleman about the economy of bees, and they did not know what was meant by the
Seite 84 - The children shewed her the nest, and she immediately joined in their admiration of it, and its pretty inhabitants. Frederic proposed taking the nest home, — and then, said he, "Lucy and I can take care of the larks," and then we shall hear their sweet singing every day — even, you know, mamma, when it rains, so that we cannot get out." — " But, my dear little boy,
Seite 121 - Just as he spoke, we turned into a little wood, at the farther end of which was a village. " There," cried the black, joy sparkling in his eyes, " there is my native vili 150 AN ADVENTURE IN AFRICA.
Seite 118 - I was afterwards told that the blacks, having once wounded him, had hopes that they might be able to take him alive, convey him to a distance, and sell him to the Europeans, who would be glad of such a prize to send into their own country. With this view they consulted together what was best to be done, and one of them proposed taking off the roof of a hut, (which in their country could easily be done, as the roofs are small, of a circular form, and simply made of a frame-work of...