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On one part of his ground he sowed the seeds of early vege : tables ; and when
he had finished his own work , he begged his papa to allow him to assist William
occasionally , that he might become acquainted with the names of the trees ...
On one part of his ground he sowed the seeds of early vege : tables ; and when
he had finished his own work , he begged his papa to allow him to assist William
occasionally , that he might become acquainted with the names of the trees ...
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... which grew against the walls , all round the garden , and he was quite sorry to
see the boughs , loaded with pretty pink flowers , cut off and cast away ; for he
imagined the blossoms would all have become fruit , had they been left on the
trees ...
... which grew against the walls , all round the garden , and he was quite sorry to
see the boughs , loaded with pretty pink flowers , cut off and cast away ; for he
imagined the blossoms would all have become fruit , had they been left on the
trees ...
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every blossom produced fruit , it would have been very small , as the trees were
overloaded ; but by taking off the superfluous branches , the flowers which
remained would become fruit of a larger and finer sort ; and this operation , he
told ...
every blossom produced fruit , it would have been very small , as the trees were
overloaded ; but by taking off the superfluous branches , the flowers which
remained would become fruit of a larger and finer sort ; and this operation , he
told ...
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It was a mezereon , whose flowers appear before the leaves : it bears a pretty
green berry , which afterwards becomes red , and is poisonous . The dwarf
almond - tree had also produced its early blossoms of delicate pink colour .
It was a mezereon , whose flowers appear before the leaves : it bears a pretty
green berry , which afterwards becomes red , and is poisonous . The dwarf
almond - tree had also produced its early blossoms of delicate pink colour .
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I will some day show you this most useful plant , and tell you what a process it
goes through before it becomes thread . ” Frank thanked his mamma for her
explanation , which he promised to remember ; and told her he should watch the
growth ...
I will some day show you this most useful plant , and tell you what a process it
goes through before it becomes thread . ” Frank thanked his mamma for her
explanation , which he promised to remember ; and told her he should watch the
growth ...
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Page 78 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, — dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high.
Page 52 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 1 - Then she sang Handel's song — " What though I trace each herb and flower That decks the morning dew? Did I not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew...
Page 122 - The berries and fruit are somewhat of an oval shape, about the size of a cherry, and of a dark-red color when ripe. Each of these contains two cells, and each cell a single seed, which is the coffee as we see it before it undergoes the process of roasting. — Coffee is an article of but recent introduction.
Page 66 - ... Richmond, at the battle of Bofworth Field ; and to exemplify the atrocity of Richard, I have introduced his Falfe Accufation of Haftings on the one fide, and the Death of the two Young Princes in the Tower on the other. " To contraft with thefe preceding tragical fubjects, I have in the centre reprefented the Marriage of Henry the Seventh, with the Daughter of Edward the Fourth, the Union of the White and Red Rofes ; and on one hand, as an image of peace and happinefs, I have introduced young...