A Book for Massachusetts Children,: In Familiar Letters from a Father, for the Use of Families and SchoolsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins., 1829 - 132 pages |
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... side of it ; that Connecticut , Rhode Island , and the sea bound it on the south side ; that the sea bounds it on the east side ; and that New York bounds it on the west side . Vermont , New Hampshire , Rhode- Island " 6 LETTER III .
... side of it ; that Connecticut , Rhode Island , and the sea bound it on the south side ; that the sea bounds it on the east side ; and that New York bounds it on the west side . Vermont , New Hampshire , Rhode- Island " 6 LETTER III .
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... Connecticut , and New York are States . So you see there are other States beside Mas- sachusetts . There are indeed many others , but I cannot speak of them at present . The sea , which touches Massachusetts on a part of the south side ...
... Connecticut , and New York are States . So you see there are other States beside Mas- sachusetts . There are indeed many others , but I cannot speak of them at present . The sea , which touches Massachusetts on a part of the south side ...
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... Connecticut and the Merrimack . But the Connecticut is much larger than the Merri- mack . Neither of these rivers begins in Mas- sachusetts . The head of the Connecticut is in New Hampshire , a State , which , you remem- ber , lies ...
... Connecticut and the Merrimack . But the Connecticut is much larger than the Merri- mack . Neither of these rivers begins in Mas- sachusetts . The head of the Connecticut is in New Hampshire , a State , which , you remem- ber , lies ...
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... Connecticut is about four hundred miles . The land on the banks of the river is very rich , and many of the towns are very pleasant and flourishing . As the Connecticut runs along through Massachusetts , several rivers run into it . In ...
... Connecticut is about four hundred miles . The land on the banks of the river is very rich , and many of the towns are very pleasant and flourishing . As the Connecticut runs along through Massachusetts , several rivers run into it . In ...
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... Connecticut , into the sea . This is a fine river , and has much rich land on its banks . All these rivers you will find on the map , with a number of others besides . Long flat boats pass up and down the Connecticut and the Merrimack ...
... Connecticut , into the sea . This is a fine river , and has much rich land on its banks . All these rivers you will find on the map , with a number of others besides . Long flat boats pass up and down the Connecticut and the Merrimack ...
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Page 128 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 50 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 11 - In all of these cases salicylate of methyl had a well-marked effect on the pain, causing it to cease in a variable time and for a longer or shorter period according to the nature of the case, and bringing about a cure in a few days. The drug...
Page 3 - How many inches in a foot ? How many feet in a yard ? How many yards in a rod ? How many rods in a mile ? What place, house, or other object, is a mile from the place where you are ? LETTER II. THE Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the same as the State of Massachusetts. A State ? or Commonwealth, contains a great many people, living under the same government;—that 1 s, having the same rulers, and obeying the same laws.
Page 129 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." They rest from their labors and their works do follow them.
Page 6 - Hampshire, may be toward the north also; then the top of the map will be north, the bottom, south, the right hand, east, the left hand, west.
Page 53 - Nothing indeed can be more gloomy than the State Prison. If you were to go into it, to see how it looks, it would make you shudder. There are now about fifty wicked persons in it ; but I do hope that no New Hampshire child that reads this letter will ever behave so bad as to be locked up in that dreadful place.