A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a FatherHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 - 142 pages |
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... Towns -Commerce and Navigation . VIII . The Cod and Mackerel Fisheries . The Whale Fisheries . IX . The Country Towns -- Farming and other Employments . X. Almshouses , Schools , Meeting - houses . XI . Town Meetings . XII . Capes and ...
... Towns -Commerce and Navigation . VIII . The Cod and Mackerel Fisheries . The Whale Fisheries . IX . The Country Towns -- Farming and other Employments . X. Almshouses , Schools , Meeting - houses . XI . Town Meetings . XII . Capes and ...
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... town do you live in ? Which way is north ? Which way is south ? Which way is east ? Which way is west ? Which way is northwest ? southeast ? southwest ? northeas . How many inches in a foot ? ! ? How many feet in a yard ? How many yards ...
... town do you live in ? Which way is north ? Which way is south ? Which way is east ? Which way is west ? Which way is northwest ? southeast ? southwest ? northeas . How many inches in a foot ? ! ? How many feet in a yard ? How many yards ...
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... towns . These towns have not all the same number of peo- ple , nor the same quantity of land in them . Some towns have a ... town is large or small , we commonly speak of the number of people in it . Some towns in Massachusetts do not ...
... towns . These towns have not all the same number of peo- ple , nor the same quantity of land in them . Some towns have a ... town is large or small , we commonly speak of the number of people in it . Some towns in Massachusetts do not ...
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... town lies north of the town you are in ? What town lies south ? What , east ? What , west ? How many towns in the Commonwealth ? How many inhabitants in the Commonwealth ? ง How many inhabitants in some of the smallest towns ? How many ...
... town lies north of the town you are in ? What town lies south ? What , east ? What , west ? How many towns in the Commonwealth ? How many inhabitants in the Commonwealth ? ง How many inhabitants in some of the smallest towns ? How many ...
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... town with you . Now I have said there are three hundred and eight towns in Massachusetts . Massachu- setts , therefore , must contain a very large quantity of land ; and I suppose you would be glad to know how large it is ...
... town with you . Now I have said there are three hundred and eight towns in Massachusetts . Massachu- setts , therefore , must contain a very large quantity of land ; and I suppose you would be glad to know how large it is ...
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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.
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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.
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