Stories Children Love: A Collection of Stories Arranged for Children and Young People of Various AgesCharles Welsh Dodge Publishing Company, 1909 - 439 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 15
Página 92
... you see , Alice had learned several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom , and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge , as there was no one to listen to 92 STORIES CHILDREN LOVE.
... you see , Alice had learned several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom , and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge , as there was no one to listen to 92 STORIES CHILDREN LOVE.
Página 138
... learned that he thanked him and set off home with all the speed he could , but did not get there until after the clock had struck twelve on Christmas Eve . " But where in the world have you been ? " said the old woman . " Here I have ...
... learned that he thanked him and set off home with all the speed he could , but did not get there until after the clock had struck twelve on Christmas Eve . " But where in the world have you been ? " said the old woman . " Here I have ...
Página 153
... learned to look at everything very closely . " Several hours before I met these merchants I saw the footprints of a camel , but none of a man near them . From this I knew that the camel had strayed from his master . " I soon came to a ...
... learned to look at everything very closely . " Several hours before I met these merchants I saw the footprints of a camel , but none of a man near them . From this I knew that the camel had strayed from his master . " I soon came to a ...
Página 176
... learned all his lesson . " Then out came the little boy . " How do , Doody Two Shoes , " said he , not able to speak plain . Yet this little boy had learned all his letters ; for she threw down this alphabet mixed together thus ...
... learned all his lesson . " Then out came the little boy . " How do , Doody Two Shoes , " said he , not able to speak plain . Yet this little boy had learned all his letters ; for she threw down this alphabet mixed together thus ...
Página 177
... learned all her lesson . " Then out came the little one . " So , Madge ! " says she . " So , Sally ! " answered the other , " have you learned your lesson ? " " Yes , that's what I have , " replied the little one in the country manner ...
... learned all her lesson . " Then out came the little one . " So , Madge ! " says she . " So , Sally ! " answered the other , " have you learned your lesson ? " " Yes , that's what I have , " replied the little one in the country manner ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æsop Ali Baba Alice Aquafluens asked Baba Mustapha Bear beautiful began Blue Beard brother brought Bullam captain Cassim Chicken-licken clothes cried dear Dobrunka doll door Dormouse Emperor Ernest eyes father feet fell Fir Tree fire friends gave giant girl give gold Goody Two Shoes grind hand Hatter head heard Hen-len Jack jars Jobson John Ball John Block John Crowder knew lady lived looked March Hare Margery merchants Morgiana morning mother Mouse never night old woman poor porridge replied Rip Van Winkle robbers round says ship shore side Sindbad SINDBAD THE SAILOR sister soon Sophie spelled stick Stone Face stood story teeny-tiny tell things thought Tin Soldier told took turned Ventosus Vinegar voice walked wanted wife Winkle Wolf wood words young
Pasajes populares
Página 346 - ... robbed him of his gun. Wolf, too, had disappeared, but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him, and shouted his name, but all in vain; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen. He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening's gambol, and if he met with any of the party, to demand his dog and gun. As he rose to walk, he found himself stiff in the joints, and wanting in his usual activity. "These mountain beds do not agree...
Página 343 - ... valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village ; and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend he heard a voice from a distance hallooing, "Rip Van Wnikle!
Página 299 - One afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face. They had but to lift their eyes, and there it was plainly to be seen, though miles away, with the sunshine brightening all its features. And what was the Great Stone Face? Embosomed amongst a family of lofty mountains, there was a valley so spacious that it contained many thousand inhabitants. Some of these good people dwelt in log-huts, with the black forest...
Página 338 - The women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them ; — in a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible.
Página 337 - ... there lived many years since, while the country was yet a province of Great Britain, a simple goodnatured fellow, of the name of Rip Van Winkle. He was a descendant of the Van Winkles who figured so gallantly in the chivalrous days of Peter Stuyvesant, and accompanied him to the siege of Fort Christina. He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors.
Página 90 - But I don't want to go among mad people." Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here.
Página 181 - ... effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation; when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice protested their innocence.
Página 272 - ... her stepping over it dry-shod. Elizabeth looked at the young man, who accompanied this act of devoted courtesy with a profound reverence, and a blush that overspread his whole countenance. The Queen was confused, and blushed in her turn, nodded her head, hastily passed on, and embarked in her barge without saying a word. " Come along, Sir Coxcomb," said Blount ; " your gay cloak will need the brush to-day, I wot.
Página 338 - Rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own ; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible. In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm ; it was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country ; everything about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him.
Página 90 - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't much care where -" said Alice. "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat. - so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation. "Oh, you're sure to do that,