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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... hard , that you cannot conveniently answer them all at one lesson , you may answer a part of them , and leave the rest for another time . In this letter I shall tell you some other things relat- ing to the counties , which I wish you to ...
... hard , that you cannot conveniently answer them all at one lesson , you may answer a part of them , and leave the rest for another time . In this letter I shall tell you some other things relat- ing to the counties , which I wish you to ...
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... , nor is the sea al- ways smooth . Sometimes the wind blows very hard , and the waves roll as high as the tallest tree . Sometimes the wind splits the sails of the vessels all to rags , and breaks off the. LETTER VII . 15.
... , nor is the sea al- ways smooth . Sometimes the wind blows very hard , and the waves roll as high as the tallest tree . Sometimes the wind splits the sails of the vessels all to rags , and breaks off the. LETTER VII . 15.
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... hard . What are sea - port towns ? What is the most important business in sea - port towns ? What vessels are called ships ? Brigs and schooners ? Sloops ? Mention a number of articles that are brought from distant coun- tries in ...
... hard . What are sea - port towns ? What is the most important business in sea - port towns ? What vessels are called ships ? Brigs and schooners ? Sloops ? Mention a number of articles that are brought from distant coun- tries in ...
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... hard , but it is split easily with small iron wedges . Some people make bricks of clay ; some make paper ; and some make clocks . Some keep various kinds of goods in stores to sell , and are called traders and mer- chants . Some are ...
... hard , but it is split easily with small iron wedges . Some people make bricks of clay ; some make paper ; and some make clocks . Some keep various kinds of goods in stores to sell , and are called traders and mer- chants . Some are ...
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... hard times ; but almost all make out to get a comfortable living . Yet there are some people who are old , and sick , and unable to work ; and there are some who are idle and will not work . Some people in almost every town , lay out ...
... hard times ; but almost all make out to get a comfortable living . Yet there are some people who are old , and sick , and unable to work ; and there are some who are idle and will not work . Some people in almost every town , lay out ...
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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.