Early Lessons, Volume 3Baudry's European library, 1847 |
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Page 107 - The hand of man hath not planted them ; 4 the sower hath not scattered the seeds from his hand, nor the gardener digged a place for them with his spade. Some grow on steep rocks, where no man can climb ; in shaking bogs, and deep forests, and desert islands : they spring up every where, and cover the bosom of the whole earth.
Page 37 - Whilst Lucy and her mother were getting ready to go, Harry ran to his garden, and dug some of his fine young potatoes, and put them into a basket, which he had of his own, and returned to the house; and his father asked him, what he intended to do with them. Sir...
Page 107 - Who causeth them to grow every where, and bloweth the seeds about in winds, and mixeth them with the mould, and watereth them with soft rains, and cherisheth them with dews? Who fanneth them with the pure breath of heaven ; and giveth them colours and smells, and spreadeth out their thin transparent leaves ? How doth the rose draw its crimson from the dark brown earth, or the lily its shining white...
Page 33 - Harry observed that the shadow of the tree reached almost round the stem, and he had seen in the morning, when he was at breakfast, that the shadow of the tree fell only at one side of it. He asked his father, who was passing by, the reason of this ; and his father took him to the door of the house, and desired him to look where the sun was , and he saw that it was opposite the door, and very high in the sky. Take notice, Harry, where you see the sun now, and observe where you see it this evening,...
Page 1 - Boccace ; un enfant en est capable au partir de la nourrice, beaucoup mieulx que d'apprendre à lire ou escrire. La philosophie a des discours pour la naissance des hommes, comme pour la decrepitude.
Page 13 - ... the bee did not fly away, but dropped down ; so she looked for it on the ground, and she soon found it struggling in some water, and trying with its little legs and wings to get out, but it was not strong enough. Lucy was very sorry for the bee, but she was afraid to touch it, lest she should hurtdt again, or that it should hurt her.
Page 12 - When she came to the place where the flowers were, she looked about for the prettiest, and gathered two or three of them, but when she had them in her hand, she perceived that they had not any smell; so she went to a great many more, and at last she found some that had a sweet smell.
Page 13 - Lucy was very sorry for the bee, but she was afraid to touch it, lest she should hurt it again, or that it should hurt her. She thought for a little while what she could do; and then she got a large stalk of a flower, and put it close to the bee: as soon as ever the bee felt it, he clasped his legs round it, and Lucy raised the stalk, with the bee upon it, gently from the wet ground, and laid it upon a large flower that was near her. The bee was sadly covered with dirt; but as soon as he felt that...
Page 34 - Father. It is so; and the side where it sets is called the west. Now you may always know the south and the north, wherever you are, if you know where the sun either rises or sets. If you know where it rises, stand with your left hand towards that part of the sky, and then the part of the sky before your face will be the south, and that part of the sky behind your back will be the north. In the same manner, if you know where the sun sets, turn your right hand...
Page 18 - When the smith thought that the iron was hot enough, he took it out of the fire with a pair of tongs, and put it upon the anvil, and struck it with a heavy hammer. Harry saw that the iron became soft by being made red hot; and he noticed that the smith could hammer it into whatever shape he pleased.