The fourth book for childrenHughes and Son, 1835 |
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Page 79
... known to be very fond of fruit . He runs down hares and rabbits by pur - su'- ing them like a slow hound . His voice is a sort of yelping bark . Al - though ' the fox is very de - struc ' - tive to poultry- yards and game , and some ...
... known to be very fond of fruit . He runs down hares and rabbits by pur - su'- ing them like a slow hound . His voice is a sort of yelping bark . Al - though ' the fox is very de - struc ' - tive to poultry- yards and game , and some ...
Page 80
... is hunting the fox a favourite field sport ? How many miles has he been known to run ? What have procured for him the character of cunning ? How did a certain fox that had been frequently chased , escape ? What happened to the dogs 80.
... is hunting the fox a favourite field sport ? How many miles has he been known to run ? What have procured for him the character of cunning ? How did a certain fox that had been frequently chased , escape ? What happened to the dogs 80.
Page 83
... known to seize young lambs , kids , and even fawns , which it destroys for the sake of drinking their blood . Its disposition , however , is so noble that it never de - scends ' to make a prey of the smaller , and harmless birds ...
... known to seize young lambs , kids , and even fawns , which it destroys for the sake of drinking their blood . Its disposition , however , is so noble that it never de - scends ' to make a prey of the smaller , and harmless birds ...
Page 84
... known to live ? What did an eagle do to a woman's child in the Orkney Islands ? Who observed this ? What did they do ? What did a peasant resolve to do ? How did he get to the island ? Did he rob the What happened when he was yet up to ...
... known to live ? What did an eagle do to a woman's child in the Orkney Islands ? Who observed this ? What did they do ? What did a peasant resolve to do ? How did he get to the island ? Did he rob the What happened when he was yet up to ...
Page 115
... , while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren . And he wept aloud ; and the Egyp- tians and the house of Pharaoh heard . And Joseph said unto his brethren , I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer ...
... , while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren . And he wept aloud ; and the Egyp- tians and the house of Pharaoh heard . And Joseph said unto his brethren , I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer ...
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Page 98 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 118 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, "We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 118 - And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Page 115 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 143 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 114 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.
Page 111 - And they set on for him by himself, and for. them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs.
Page 103 - And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Page 105 - And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them ; and he said unto them, Whence come ye ? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Page 100 - But think on me when it shall be well with thee and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.