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AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST DESCRIBED , DURING A VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT . DESIGNED TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PERSONS IN FORMING HABITS OF OBSERVATION , BY MRS . LOUDON , AUTHOR OF " BOTANY FOR LADIES , " " YEAR BOOK OF NATURAL ...
AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST DESCRIBED , DURING A VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT . DESIGNED TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PERSONS IN FORMING HABITS OF OBSERVATION , BY MRS . LOUDON , AUTHOR OF " BOTANY FOR LADIES , " " YEAR BOOK OF NATURAL ...
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“ Suppose you take all your coloured frocks , " said Susan , “ and leave your white ones ? " “ But , mamma says she always likes me best in white , ” said Agnes . Well , then , we will take the whites , ” said Susan , 6 and leave the ...
“ Suppose you take all your coloured frocks , " said Susan , “ and leave your white ones ? " “ But , mamma says she always likes me best in white , ” said Agnes . Well , then , we will take the whites , ” said Susan , 6 and leave the ...
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“ I was ten last October , ” replied Agnes , very much surprised at this question . ... what she was thinking about , she ventured to enquire what the man meant by speaking to her only , and why he took any interest in knowing her age .
“ I was ten last October , ” replied Agnes , very much surprised at this question . ... what she was thinking about , she ventured to enquire what the man meant by speaking to her only , and why he took any interest in knowing her age .
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1 . two , and she leant over for that purpose ; but her little arms were not long enough to reach the water . A young man who saw her trouble was about to assist her , when the old gentleman who had been their fellow traveller by the ...
1 . two , and she leant over for that purpose ; but her little arms were not long enough to reach the water . A young man who saw her trouble was about to assist her , when the old gentleman who had been their fellow traveller by the ...
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At this moment the steam - boat stopped , and the passengers were desired to walk on shore at West Cowes . ... porter to take their luggage to the Fountain Hotel , she gave her arm to her husband , to assist him to leave the vessel .
At this moment the steam - boat stopped , and the passengers were desired to walk on shore at West Cowes . ... porter to take their luggage to the Fountain Hotel , she gave her arm to her husband , to assist him to leave the vessel .
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Page 127 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page i - Glimpses of Nature ; And Objects of Interest described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight. Designed to assist and encourage Young Persons in forming habits of observation. By Mrs. LOUDON. Second Edition, enlarged. With Forty-one Illustrations. 3s. 6d. cloth. "We could not recommend a more valuable little volume. It is full of information, conveyed in the most agreeable manner."— Literary Gazette.
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Page 127 - ... within the parent or without. The eggs of Birds contain whatever is wanted for the development of the embryo, except heat, which must come from without.
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| Title | Glimpses of nature, and objects of interest described, during a visit to the Isle of Wight |
| Author | Jane Loudon |
| Publisher | Grant and Griffith, 1844 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 217 pages |
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