Harry and Lucy concluded: being the last part of Early lessons, Volume 2Baldwin and Cradock, 1837 - Brothers and sisters |
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... give his mind that disposition and those habits that may enable him to attain any part of knowledge he shall stand in need of in the future course - of his life . LOCKE . THE THIRD EDITION , REVISED AND CORRECTED LONDON : BALDWIN AND ...
... give his mind that disposition and those habits that may enable him to attain any part of knowledge he shall stand in need of in the future course - of his life . LOCKE . THE THIRD EDITION , REVISED AND CORRECTED LONDON : BALDWIN AND ...
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... give their alternate blows . Lucy tried to make Harry understand , that she thought the men were like Cyclops ; but she could not make him hear the words . In this place , it seemed in vain for human creatures to attempt to make use of ...
... give their alternate blows . Lucy tried to make Harry understand , that she thought the men were like Cyclops ; but she could not make him hear the words . In this place , it seemed in vain for human creatures to attempt to make use of ...
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... give time for the crystallization to go on slowly , so as to form perfect crystals , which can be obtained only by the slow and undisturbed eva- poration of the water . There still seemed to be some difficulty in Lucy's mind , after she ...
... give time for the crystallization to go on slowly , so as to form perfect crystals , which can be obtained only by the slow and undisturbed eva- poration of the water . There still seemed to be some difficulty in Lucy's mind , after she ...
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... give to the crystals a pretty yellow tint ; or she might mix with it any other colour she pre- ferred . Within the basket , nicely placed , Lucy found several little paper cornucopias , filled with sugar- plums , and rose , and lemon ...
... give to the crystals a pretty yellow tint ; or she might mix with it any other colour she pre- ferred . Within the basket , nicely placed , Lucy found several little paper cornucopias , filled with sugar- plums , and rose , and lemon ...
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... , that they could not bear disappointment . One , sigh Lucy was heard to give for the great toy - shop of Europe . Harry suppressed his rising sigh ; for , since the steam - engine coiner was not to be 54 CRYSTALLIZATION .
... , that they could not bear disappointment . One , sigh Lucy was heard to give for the great toy - shop of Europe . Harry suppressed his rising sigh ; for , since the steam - engine coiner was not to be 54 CRYSTALLIZATION .
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Page 323 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 183 - 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...
Page 224 - For two hundred years his definition of a network as "any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections
Page 182 - There is a small island in Lancashir called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, 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...
Page 12 - So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf, to make an apple-pie ; and at the same time a great she-bear coming up the street, pops its head into the shop.
Page 10 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Page 183 - Pie-Annet, which the people of Lancashire call by no other name than a tree goose, which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjoining, do so much abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for threepence. For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfie them by the testimonie of good witnesses*.
Page 146 - And well, with ready hand and heart, Each task of toilsome duty taking, Did one dear inmate take her part, The last asleep, the earliest waking.
Page 14 - All work and no play Makes Jack a dull boy All play and no work Makes Jack a mere toy.
Page 148 - Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert — affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man; and of sailing without that wind, which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements...