Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His MishapsCharles Scribner's Sons, 1901 - 301 páginas |
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... light of the bedroom candle carried by his mother , Lem had a little talk with that good woman . She had gone out of the room to hide her smiles and tears when Lem was taken , like a homesick prodigal , into his father's arms . But ...
... light of the bedroom candle carried by his mother , Lem had a little talk with that good woman . She had gone out of the room to hide her smiles and tears when Lem was taken , like a homesick prodigal , into his father's arms . But ...
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... light that night , Lem had a kindly and loving lesson which he never forgot . Even the jibing Hal was silenced by the solemn words of the mother , and he twitted Lem no more . The lesson sunk into Lem's infantile mind , and there ...
... light that night , Lem had a kindly and loving lesson which he never forgot . Even the jibing Hal was silenced by the solemn words of the mother , and he twitted Lem no more . The lesson sunk into Lem's infantile mind , and there ...
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... light by scratching . Here- tofore , the fire had been raked up at night in the ashes of the fireplace ; and when these were un- covered next morning , there were coals ready to light the brimstone matches used by all families at that ...
... light by scratching . Here- tofore , the fire had been raked up at night in the ashes of the fireplace ; and when these were un- covered next morning , there were coals ready to light the brimstone matches used by all families at that ...
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... light themselves , al- though they really didn't . Lem's father was an active man in politics ; he was a Whig , and the other party in the village were Democrats . After the self - lighting matches were invented , Democrats were called ...
... light themselves , al- though they really didn't . Lem's father was an active man in politics ; he was a Whig , and the other party in the village were Democrats . After the self - lighting matches were invented , Democrats were called ...
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... light of these , they held their meeting . " " Somebody must have been kept busy scratch- ing matches all the time , " said Lem . " And the awful smell ! " added Hal , who was standing by to hear the story . Lem thought that the awful ...
... light of these , they held their meeting . " " Somebody must have been kept busy scratch- ing matches all the time , " said Lem . " And the awful smell ! " added Hal , who was standing by to hear the story . Lem thought that the awful ...
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Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His Mishaps (Classic Reprint) Noah Brooks Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Alice Almira asked Aunt Stover Back Cove ball Boston bougars British brother cabin called Canova Captain clams cold door doughnuts Fairport boys fence fight fire floor front George George Bridges Gulf Stream Hafiz Hal's hand happened head heard Island knew laughed Lem felt Lem thought Lem's father Lemmie Lemuel Locofoco looked Madam Parker Master Parker Master Pingree Master's school mates Miss Lavinia mother Murch Ned Martin never night Old Man Leighton once Otis Stevens Parker family Parker house Pat Adams Penobscot Bay Persian boy queer Riverport rock sail salamander Sam Perkins scared schoolhouse schooner ship shipyard shore shouted side sight skating skipper small boy snow stones stood story strange street tell things told Twyford Uncle Eben village Whig wind window wonder wood wreck
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Página 144 - That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, "- %.? That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 144 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn...
Página 157 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one ; Excepting leap year, that's the time When February's days are twenty-nine.
Página 144 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 141 - And you'll see on a time, if you follow my ditty, How he took a short walk up to Washington City.
Página 142 - Our country through, It is the ball that's rolling on, For Tippecanoe and Tyler too...