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Page 133
... kettle boiling , and the potatoes cooked , and the house tidied when he comes home . You have plenty of time , and see that you mind what I have told you , and don't be thoughtless . " " Never fear , mother , " said Kitty , " I'll do ...
... kettle boiling , and the potatoes cooked , and the house tidied when he comes home . You have plenty of time , and see that you mind what I have told you , and don't be thoughtless . " " Never fear , mother , " said Kitty , " I'll do ...
Page 134
... kettle , and began to sweep the house . When she had finished she looked out of the window to see what o'clock it was on the town steeple . " Just half - past three , I declare , " she said to herself ; " I wonder what I will find to do ...
... kettle , and began to sweep the house . When she had finished she looked out of the window to see what o'clock it was on the town steeple . " Just half - past three , I declare , " she said to herself ; " I wonder what I will find to do ...
Page 135
... kettle had boiled over , and wet all the floor . " What a provoking kettle , " she exclaimed ; " I never saw such a kettle as that - it is always boiling over with me ; I shall have to wash part of the floor with its nonsense . " The kettle ...
... kettle had boiled over , and wet all the floor . " What a provoking kettle , " she exclaimed ; " I never saw such a kettle as that - it is always boiling over with me ; I shall have to wash part of the floor with its nonsense . " The kettle ...
Page 136
... kettle again , which she had thoughtlessly placed on the fender , and all the water ran out . Poor little Kitty was dreadfully distressed at this new mishap , for which , however , she blamed not her own thoughtlessness , but the kettle ...
... kettle again , which she had thoughtlessly placed on the fender , and all the water ran out . Poor little Kitty was dreadfully distressed at this new mishap , for which , however , she blamed not her own thoughtlessness , but the kettle ...
Page 137
... kettle has done . " Thinking of the kettle reminded her that it must be empty after its double downfall , and finding on examination that it was so , she went to the pitcher in which the water was kept , but it too was empty . " Things ...
... kettle has done . " Thinking of the kettle reminded her that it must be empty after its double downfall , and finding on examination that it was so , she went to the pitcher in which the water was kept , but it too was empty . " Things ...
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Page 12 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Page 42 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Page 112 - tis to see A whole assembly worship thee ! At once they sing, at once they pray ; They hear of heaven, and learn the way. I have been there, and still would go ; 'Tis like a little heaven below : Not all my pleasure and my play Shall tempt me to forget this day.
Page 242 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 221 - Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode The sum is this.
Page 13 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot ; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, Tis now become a history little...
Page 51 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 59 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade.
Page 42 - For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still, While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 222 - If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too.