Holiday House: A Series of TalesRobert Carter, 1839 - 252 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד iii
... till they come to years of discretion or of indiscretion , they are carefully prompted what to say , and what to think , and what to look , and how to feel ; while in most school - rooms nature has been turned out of doors with obloquy ...
... till they come to years of discretion or of indiscretion , they are carefully prompted what to say , and what to think , and what to look , and how to feel ; while in most school - rooms nature has been turned out of doors with obloquy ...
עמוד vii
... till , with various fanciful additions and new characters , they have enlarged into their present form , or rather so far beyond it , that several chapters are omitted , to keep the volume within moderate com- pass . Paley remarks ...
... till , with various fanciful additions and new characters , they have enlarged into their present form , or rather so far beyond it , that several chapters are omitted , to keep the volume within moderate com- pass . Paley remarks ...
עמוד 11
... till he goes to sea next year with my friend Gordon , who has pro- mised to rate him as a volunteer of the first class , on board the Thunderbolt . " In spite of Mrs. Crabtree's admirable " system " with children , Harry and Laura ...
... till he goes to sea next year with my friend Gordon , who has pro- mised to rate him as a volunteer of the first class , on board the Thunderbolt . " In spite of Mrs. Crabtree's admirable " system " with children , Harry and Laura ...
עמוד 15
... till dinner time , when they were obliged to finish the whole before tasting meat ; and if they refused it at dinner , the remains were kept for supper . Mrs. Crab- tree always informed them that she did it " for their good , " though ...
... till dinner time , when they were obliged to finish the whole before tasting meat ; and if they refused it at dinner , the remains were kept for supper . Mrs. Crab- tree always informed them that she did it " for their good , " though ...
עמוד 16
... till they were as round and hard as walnuts , after which , she tied on a night - cap , as tightly as possible above all , saying this would curl the hair still better . Laura could not lay any part of her head on the pillow , without ...
... till they were as round and hard as walnuts , after which , she tied on a night - cap , as tightly as possible above all , saying this would curl the hair still better . Laura could not lay any part of her head on the pillow , without ...
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added Frank afterwards amused angry Arthur's Seat asked astonishment became better burst cake Captain Digby Crabtree cried Harry Darwin dear delight dinner door Edward Ashford exclaimed eyes face fairy feel fire Frank friends fright frock garden grandmama grappled hold hand happy Harry and Laura Harry Graham Harry's Harwood head hear heard Holiday House hope horse hour hurried Lady Harriet Lady Rockville laughing Laura felt live long ladder look Lord Rockville Major Graham Master Harry Master No-book ment mind minutes Miss Laura Miss Perceval morning never night nursery observed once perfectly Peter Grey pocket poor prodigious punished round scarcely scolded seemed shilling sitting sixpence soon sorry speak stairs suddenly sure tawse tears tell thing thought told turned uncle David voice walk window wish wonder young
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עמוד 74 - I have no pleasure in them; while the sun or the light or the moon or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
עמוד 229 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
עמוד 172 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
עמוד 101 - And unrepress'd by sadness — Which brings me to my childhood back, As if I trod its very track, And felt its very gladness.
עמוד 207 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
עמוד vii - ... is better than none ; as the writing of a book, the building of a house, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip.
עמוד 189 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
עמוד 230 - Why inconsolable, as those To whom no hope is given ? Death is the messenger of peace, And calls the soul to heaven.
עמוד 248 - I laughed, and danced, and talked, and sung : And, proud of health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the hour of trial came, When sickness shook this trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no more, It then occurred, how sad 'twould be, Were this world only made for me.
עמוד 18 - Health to wear it, Strength to tear it, And money to buy another." "There is no hope for the last two things, you know, " said the young girl; "for I am sure that the flag that braved a thousand years was not half so strong as your brocade; and as to buying another, there are none to be bought in these degenerate days." The old lady's reply was probably very gracious...