A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a FatherHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 - 142 pages |
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... contains three thousand five hundred inhabitants . Martha's Vineyard is about nineteen miles long , and in the broadest place , ten miles wide . The land of this island is mostly low and level , some of it is fertile , but the greater ...
... contains three thousand five hundred inhabitants . Martha's Vineyard is about nineteen miles long , and in the broadest place , ten miles wide . The land of this island is mostly low and level , some of it is fertile , but the greater ...
Page 47
... contains only six hundred and fortyseven acres , about enough for five farms . But there are no farms in Newburyport . It is laid out into lots and streets . On each side of the streets are houses , shops , and other buildings . Nearly ...
... contains only six hundred and fortyseven acres , about enough for five farms . But there are no farms in Newburyport . It is laid out into lots and streets . On each side of the streets are houses , shops , and other buildings . Nearly ...
Page 50
... a very neat town , containing over six thousand inhabitants , and is famous for the manufacture of women's shoes . About twelve hundred thousand pairs are made in this town every year . There is also a great deal 50 LETTER XIX .
... a very neat town , containing over six thousand inhabitants , and is famous for the manufacture of women's shoes . About twelve hundred thousand pairs are made in this town every year . There is also a great deal 50 LETTER XIX .
Page 66
... contains much less land than any other county in the State . It consists of only two towns , Chelsea and Bos- ton . Chelsea is small , containing only about eight hundred inhabitants . A considerable part of the town is salt marsh , the ...
... contains much less land than any other county in the State . It consists of only two towns , Chelsea and Bos- ton . Chelsea is small , containing only about eight hundred inhabitants . A considerable part of the town is salt marsh , the ...
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... contains many islands . There are more than a hun- dred , large and small . Some of them are large enough to make valuable pastures for sheep and cattle ; but most of them are very small , and many are bare rocks . By means of islands ...
... contains many islands . There are more than a hun- dred , large and small . Some of them are large enough to make valuable pastures for sheep and cattle ; but most of them are very small , and many are bare rocks . By means of islands ...
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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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