A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a FatherHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 - 142 pages |
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... sand people . The quantity of land in Boston is less than that in many other towns in the Commonwealth ; but the number of inhabitants is four or five times as large . When we say a town is large or small , we commonly speak of the ...
... sand people . The quantity of land in Boston is less than that in many other towns in the Commonwealth ; but the number of inhabitants is four or five times as large . When we say a town is large or small , we commonly speak of the ...
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... sand being loose is blown about by the wind , and the pine shrubs are sometimes killed , by being buried in it . On Cape Cod , however , there are many farms and smaller tracts made quite productive by cultivation . The people LETTER ...
... sand being loose is blown about by the wind , and the pine shrubs are sometimes killed , by being buried in it . On Cape Cod , however , there are many farms and smaller tracts made quite productive by cultivation . The people LETTER ...
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... sand . These heaps of sand are covered with bushes , which bear a sort of plum , called the beach plum . When these plums are ripe , many people go to the island to gather them . Plum Island is joined to the land by a bridge . There is ...
... sand . These heaps of sand are covered with bushes , which bear a sort of plum , called the beach plum . When these plums are ripe , many people go to the island to gather them . Plum Island is joined to the land by a bridge . There is ...
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... sand . * It is sometimes difficult for ves- sels to get into the river ; but when they have entered it , they can ... sand , when a ridge of sand lies across it , and comes so near the top of the water as to make it difficult for vessels ...
... sand . * It is sometimes difficult for ves- sels to get into the river ; but when they have entered it , they can ... sand , when a ridge of sand lies across it , and comes so near the top of the water as to make it difficult for vessels ...
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... sand and pebbles , a mile and a half long . On one side of this ridge where the sea breaks , is a fine , hard , smooth beach , very pleasant to ride and walk upon . A great many people go to Nahant , to enjoy the sea breezes , to walk ...
... sand and pebbles , a mile and a half long . On one side of this ridge where the sea breaks , is a fine , hard , smooth beach , very pleasant to ride and walk upon . A great many people go to Nahant , to enjoy the sea breezes , to walk ...
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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.