A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a FatherHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 - 142 pages |
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... not understand this very well now ; but as you grow older , you will understand it better . • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts con- tains a great many people . You know a hun- dred is a pretty large number , and a thousand LETTER II . 3.
... not understand this very well now ; but as you grow older , you will understand it better . • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts con- tains a great many people . You know a hun- dred is a pretty large number , and a thousand LETTER II . 3.
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... grow in countries where the so cold as in Massachusetts . winter is not But then we have apples , pears , peaches , and plums , which do not grow where lemons and oranges are found . The vessels that sail on the ocean are of various ...
... grow in countries where the so cold as in Massachusetts . winter is not But then we have apples , pears , peaches , and plums , which do not grow where lemons and oranges are found . The vessels that sail on the ocean are of various ...
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... grow up . Beside the district , or common schools , there are many others , called private schools ; and in many of the towns there are schools , called academies . Your teacher or some oth- er friend , will explain to you the ...
... grow up . Beside the district , or common schools , there are many others , called private schools ; and in many of the towns there are schools , called academies . Your teacher or some oth- er friend , will explain to you the ...
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... grow older you will know all about them . All the officers chosen at this meeting are called town officers . At this meeting the people commonly vote the sum of money the town will raise to pay the schoolmasters , to support the poor ...
... grow older you will know all about them . All the officers chosen at this meeting are called town officers . At this meeting the people commonly vote the sum of money the town will raise to pay the schoolmasters , to support the poor ...
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... grow wider and deeper by having more rivers run into them , till they reach the sea . The place where a river runs into another river , or into the sea , is called the mouth of the river . The other end is called the head of the river ...
... grow wider and deeper by having more rivers run into them , till they reach the sea . The place where a river runs into another river , or into the sea , is called the mouth of the river . The other end is called the head of the river ...
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Page 136 - 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.
Page 12 - 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 137 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." They rest from their labors and their works do follow them.
Page 6 - I have got a picture of Massachusetts, drawn on purpose for you to look at. This picture is called a map of Massachusetts ; and you can see by it what the shape of Massachusetts is. You can see that its shape is very irregular. When you look at the map, you must be careful to turn your face toward the north, and hold the map, so that the words, Vermont, New 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 - 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 18 - When the men see a whale, they get out of their ship into their boats, and row towards him. One man stands at the head of the boat, holding a sharp iron spear in his hand, called a harpoon ; and when the boat comes close to ' the whale, the man throws the harpoon at him with all his might.