The school managers' series of reading books. Standard 1-6. Intr. primer [and] Standard 1-6, Volumen2Alexander Ronald Grant 1874 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 11
Página 95
... mountains of ice may be seen sailing about it . On the south is the English Channel , which , in one place , separates us by only 21 miles from the coast of France . On the east , is the German Ocean , over which blows the east wind ...
... mountains of ice may be seen sailing about it . On the south is the English Channel , which , in one place , separates us by only 21 miles from the coast of France . On the east , is the German Ocean , over which blows the east wind ...
Página 97
... mountains or high hills . The highest are in the north ; on one of them , called Helvellyn , a young man once lost his ... mountain in Derbyshire , called the Peak , and there is found the pretty shining spar used for chimney ornaments ...
... mountains or high hills . The highest are in the north ; on one of them , called Helvellyn , a young man once lost his ... mountain in Derbyshire , called the Peak , and there is found the pretty shining spar used for chimney ornaments ...
Página 104
... mountains called the Cheviot Hills . Long , long ago , the people who lived in the south of Scotland and the north of England were always quarrelling , and stealing each other's things . The border land , as that part of the country was ...
... mountains called the Cheviot Hills . Long , long ago , the people who lived in the south of Scotland and the north of England were always quarrelling , and stealing each other's things . The border land , as that part of the country was ...
Página 106
... mountain in Scotland is Ben Nevis , in the Highlands , which is more than 4,000 feet high . The biggest lake is Loch , or Lake , Lomond , which is twenty - four miles long . The largest river is the Tay . The principal islands belonging ...
... mountain in Scotland is Ben Nevis , in the Highlands , which is more than 4,000 feet high . The biggest lake is Loch , or Lake , Lomond , which is twenty - four miles long . The largest river is the Tay . The principal islands belonging ...
Página 113
... Mountains . - Alps , between France and Italy ; Pyrenees , between France and Spain . Government . - A Republic . Religion . - Roman Catholic , but other religions are allowed , and there are a good many Protestants . BELGIUM . BELGIUM ...
... Mountains . - Alps , between France and Italy ; Pyrenees , between France and Spain . Government . - A Republic . Religion . - Roman Catholic , but other religions are allowed , and there are a good many Protestants . BELGIUM . BELGIUM ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alice arithmetic prize aunt baby battle of Waterloo beasts beautiful Bessie better bird Bob-o-link brings called Charles child clean clever clothes coo-coo cried dear dress drink drowned Emly England English father fish flowers fond garden girl give head heard hope horse hovel Jones Julia keep king kissing and crying land Letty little Robin Redbreast little schooner live look master mistress mother Musgrove nest never night Norris nosegays Number Pat Maloney Patty Larkins plants plenty poor pretty red cook roots round Russia Ruth sail sang schooner Scotland servant shillings sing slate Smith Spain speak stole sums sure tell there's things thought Tim Larkins to-morrow to-whit told town tuberous root Turkey turn for house-work Whale William the Norman Williams Willie woman wonder word
Pasajes populares
Página 92 - You friendly Earth! how far do you go With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles And people upon you for thousands of miles? "Ah, you are so great, and I am so small, I...
Página 91 - January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs Skipping by their fleecy dams. June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers. August brings the sheaves of corn, Then the harvest home is...
Página 46 - To-whit! to-whit! to-whee! Will you listen to me? Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nest I made"?" " Not I," said the the cow, " Moo-oo! Such a thing I'd never do. I gave you a wisp of hay, But didn't take your nest away. Not I,
Página 48 - I think I never heard Of anything so mean." "It is very cruel, too," Said little Alice Neal; "I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel?
Página 47 - oh, no! I wouldn't treat a poor bird so. I gave wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine. Baa ! Baa !" said the sheep ; " oh, no I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
Página 118 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Página 103 - WALES is a pretty little country, like England's baby brother. It was conquered long ago by a king of England, who promised the people that they should have a prince to govern them who could not speak a word of English. He then told them his own son, a baby, who could not speak any language at all, should be their prince. Since that time the eldest son of the King of England has been called the Prince of Wales. Wales is very mountainous, and numbers of little sheep graze on the green hills. Welsh...
Página 149 - Africa is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea ; on the west, by the Atlantic Ocean ; on the east, by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean...
Página 91 - Apricots and gillyflowers. August brings the sheaves of corn, Then the harvest home is borne. Warm September brings the fruit, Sportsmen then begin to shoot.
Página 72 - Dip for it, grope for it — Tis such a loss! Jane finds a drop of dew, Fan finds a stone; I find the thimble, Which is mother's own! Run with it, fly with it — Don't let it fall; All did their best for it — Mother thanks all. Just as we give it her, — Think what a shame! — Ned says he's sure That it isn't the same!