Reading books, adapted to the requirements of the Revised code, ed. by A.R. Grant. Standard 1-6, Volumen3Alexander Ronald Grant 1870 |
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... drink ; not more to do than is good for you ; and better wages than you could expect . What ever would you have ? Letty . Well , what I should really like , would be to be a dress - maker , like Patty Larkins . Mother . How silly you do ...
... drink ; not more to do than is good for you ; and better wages than you could expect . What ever would you have ? Letty . Well , what I should really like , would be to be a dress - maker , like Patty Larkins . Mother . How silly you do ...
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... drink ; and I am put about , and sent about , and don't seem to do as I like all day long . Mother . Because , dear child , you thought you were going to be a mistress , and it turns out you are a servant . But , depend upon it , if you ...
... drink ; and I am put about , and sent about , and don't seem to do as I like all day long . Mother . Because , dear child , you thought you were going to be a mistress , and it turns out you are a servant . But , depend upon it , if you ...
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... drink too much , which is as bad for plants as for people . Only give them drink when they are thirsty , which you will know by seeing the ground dry . And as you are more thirsty in hot weather than in cold , you will soon remember ...
... drink too much , which is as bad for plants as for people . Only give them drink when they are thirsty , which you will know by seeing the ground dry . And as you are more thirsty in hot weather than in cold , you will soon remember ...
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... drink , and sing , and howl , as they call it , for grief . Sometimes the whisky drinking produces quarrels . I heard of a wake where one of the mourners was killed in a drunken fight , so then there was another " wake " for him . When ...
... drink , and sing , and howl , as they call it , for grief . Sometimes the whisky drinking produces quarrels . I heard of a wake where one of the mourners was killed in a drunken fight , so then there was another " wake " for him . When ...
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... drink , unless you boil and filter some ; for though there is so much water in Amsterdam , it is nearly all bad ; and bad water is a sort of poison , it causes dreadful illness , very often cholera . I fancy that the people in Amsterdam ...
... drink , unless you boil and filter some ; for though there is so much water in Amsterdam , it is nearly all bad ; and bad water is a sort of poison , it causes dreadful illness , very often cholera . I fancy that the people in Amsterdam ...
Términos y frases comunes
Africa Alice arithmetic prize baby battle of Waterloo beasts beautiful Belgium Bessie better bird brings called capital carriage Charles child church clean clever County Antrim dear dress drink drowned Dutch England English father flowers fond garden girl give Government.-A heard hope horses Ireland Italy Jones Julia keep king lake Ladoga lakes land leaves exactly alike Letty little Robin Redbreast little schooner live London look mistress mother mountains Musgrove nest never night Norris nosegays numbers Pat Maloney Patty Larkins plants plenty poor pretty Queen remember river roots round Russia Ruth sail schooner Scotland servant shillings slate Spain Straits of Dover sums tell things thought Tim Larkins to-morrow told town travellers tuberous root Turkey turn for house-work Williams Willie wolves woman wonder
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 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 90 - 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 lovely flowers.
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 90 - You conceive that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well...
Página 48 - Don't ask me again, Why, I haven'ta chick Would do such a trick. We all gave her a feather, And she wove them together. I'd scorn to intrude On her and her brood. Cluck! Cluck!" said the hen, "Don't ask me again." "Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! All the birds make a stir! Let us find out his name, And all cry 'for shame!'" "I would not rob a bird," Said little Mary Green; "I think I never heard Of anything so mean.
Página 103 - Welsh princes, and thus ended the independence of Wales. Since that time the Welsh have been a part of the British nation, and they now weave stockings and dig coal and iron...
Página 46 - Bow-wow! I wouldn't be so mean, anyhow! I gave hairs the nest to make, But the nest I did not take. Not I,