Mary Erskine: A Franconia StoryHarper & brothers, 1850 - 202 páginas |
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... fire could be heard through it . The mouth of the oven how- ever opened into another small room connected with the kitchen , which was called the baking- The children went out into the baking- room , to warm themselves by the oven fire ...
... fire could be heard through it . The mouth of the oven how- ever opened into another small room connected with the kitchen , which was called the baking- The children went out into the baking- room , to warm themselves by the oven fire ...
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... fire . He chose for the burn- ing , the afternoon of a hot and sultry day , when a fresh breeze was blowing from the west , which he knew would fan the flames and increase the conflagration . It was important to do this , as the amount ...
... fire . He chose for the burn- ing , the afternoon of a hot and sultry day , when a fresh breeze was blowing from the west , which he knew would fan the flames and increase the conflagration . It was important to do this , as the amount ...
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... fire , to a little eminence from which they could survey the whole scene . " Look , " said he , " is not that beautiful ? Did you ever see a better burn ? " " I don't know much about burns , " said Mary Erskine , " but I can see that it ...
... fire , to a little eminence from which they could survey the whole scene . " Look , " said he , " is not that beautiful ? Did you ever see a better burn ? " " I don't know much about burns , " said Mary Erskine , " but I can see that it ...
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... fire - place was made of stones . The roof was formed of sheets of hemlock bark , laid , like slates upon rafters made of the stems of slender trees . Albert promised Mary Erskine that , as soon as the snow came , in the winter , to ...
... fire - place was made of stones . The roof was formed of sheets of hemlock bark , laid , like slates upon rafters made of the stems of slender trees . Albert promised Mary Erskine that , as soon as the snow came , in the winter , to ...
Página 46
... fire , and Albert was busy at some ingenious workmanship , on the other ; or thought of the beautiful prospect which she should enjoy in the spring and summer follow- ing ; when fields of waving grain , rich with promises of plenty and ...
... fire , and Albert was busy at some ingenious workmanship , on the other ; or thought of the beautiful prospect which she should enjoy in the spring and summer follow- ing ; when fields of waving grain , rich with promises of plenty and ...
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50 cents 66 Mary accordingly Albert Anne Sophia asked Mary Bell asked Mary Erskine baby barn baskets of chips Beechnut began Bell's Bella breakfast brook called cents chil climb corner cows desk dipper don't you forget door dren farm finished fire Franconia glad Gordon guardian half Calf hand happy horse hundred dollars JARED SPARKS Jemmy Judge of Probate Julius Cæsar Keep land learn to write letters Letters of Administration live LL.D looked Madame Guyon Mary Erskine's house morning mother Muslin neral night night lamp oven oxen pail paper path pause Phonny and Malleville Phonny's play pleasant pleasure Queen Bess ready replied road Sheep extra side skine sleep Sligo spider cake spring stoop strawberries thing Thomas thought told took trees village vols wagon walked window wished woods
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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...
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