Wallace: A Franconia Story

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Harper, 1878 - 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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Página 39 - We'll jump the rope, we'll dress the doll, We'll feed my sister's birds, And read my little story books, All full of easy words. "So come and see me, Mary Ann, This afternoon at three; Come as early as you can And stay till after tea.
Página 6 - ... to feed it, while in the latter case, nearly every one will just as certainly look for a stone. Thus the growing up in the right atmosphere, rather than the receiving of the right instruction, is the condition which it is most important to secure, in plans for forming the characters of children. It is in accordance with this philosophy that these stories, though written mainly with a view to their moral influence on the hearts and dispositions of the readers, contain very little formal exhortation...
Página 5 - If a boy hears his father speaking kindly to a robin in the spring, — welcoming its coming and offering it food, — there arises at once in his own mind, a feeling of kindness toward the bird, and toward all the animal creation, which is produced by a sort of sympathetic action, a power somewhat similar to what in physical philosophy is called induction.
Página 153 - ... when the day was so warm and sunny that the clothes would dry again very soon when they came out of the water. When Parker was ready, Beechnut ordered him to lie down upon his back, near the bows of the boat, and then designated six of the biggest and strongest boys in his crew to take their places on each side of him. " Now, my men," said Beechnut, " when all is ready, I shall give you the command thus : — ' Swing once — swing twice — swing thrice and over,' and at the word ' over,' you...

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