Wallace: A Franconia StoryHarper, 1850 - 203 páginas A young girl and her brother spend the summer holidays in upstate New York with their aunt and cousins. |
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... pictures of happy domestic life , portraying generally such conduct , and expressing such sentiments and feelings , as it is desirable to exhibit and express in the presence of children . The books , however , will be found , perhaps ...
... pictures of happy domestic life , portraying generally such conduct , and expressing such sentiments and feelings , as it is desirable to exhibit and express in the presence of children . The books , however , will be found , perhaps ...
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... pictures upon the slate . He had learned to draw in France , and having a great deal of originality of mind , he invented , in making his drawings , a great num- ber of singular scenes and figures , and wrote humorous inscriptions under ...
... pictures upon the slate . He had learned to draw in France , and having a great deal of originality of mind , he invented , in making his drawings , a great num- ber of singular scenes and figures , and wrote humorous inscriptions under ...
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... pictures than these . " 66 ' Yes , " said Wallace , “ I wish I could draw better . I have heard that Beechnut can draw . When did he learn ? " ny . " He learned in Paris , he says , " replied Phon- " In Paris ? " said Wallace ...
... pictures than these . " 66 ' Yes , " said Wallace , “ I wish I could draw better . I have heard that Beechnut can draw . When did he learn ? " ny . " He learned in Paris , he says , " replied Phon- " In Paris ? " said Wallace ...
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... picture was ready . Phonny and Malleville put down the rake and came to see it . It was a picture of an old woman with a basket filled with children in- stead of clothes , which she was hanging out on The drawing finished . a line ...
... picture was ready . Phonny and Malleville put down the rake and came to see it . It was a picture of an old woman with a basket filled with children in- stead of clothes , which she was hanging out on The drawing finished . a line ...
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... picture very at- tentively a minute or two , and read the writing that was under it , and then , laughing heartily , they ran off with it to Wallace . Malleville decided that it was a very good . picture indeed , and Wallace said that ...
... picture very at- tentively a minute or two , and read the writing that was under it , and then , laughing heartily , they ran off with it to Wallace . Malleville decided that it was a very good . picture indeed , and Wallace said that ...
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accident afraid Antoine asked Phonny Augusta balcony basket beautiful Beech began Bell's blueberries boat bonnet boys bridge Bunnianne called Caroline Caroline's carpet-bag carry court-martial crew door drawing encampment fastened father ferryman fire flageolet forbidden flowers Franconia garden gave Gibraltar girls give Golf Grand excursion Grey gunwale half Calf Henry's inkstand invitation Julius Cæsar lamp closet looked Malleville's Mary Bell mother Muslin oakum oars oarsmen pails paper Parker party path Phon Phonny and Malleville Phonny's picture pleasant pond precipice pretty proposed queen ready replied Beechnut replied Wallace rest rocks sail Sarah saying seats shore side sing sitting song stone stopped story sugar summer-house tall fir tell tent thing thought tion tired told took trees trunk turned village walk Wallace's window wish write yard
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