Sunny Days, Or: A Month at the Great Stowe |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 13
Page 37
... wild with delight . We never saw anything so grand before . Aunt Gommie said it was like one of the waterfalls in Switzerland . The noise was so great when we got close to it that we could hardly hear ourselves speak . Tita's eyes were ...
... wild with delight . We never saw anything so grand before . Aunt Gommie said it was like one of the waterfalls in Switzerland . The noise was so great when we got close to it that we could hardly hear ourselves speak . Tita's eyes were ...
Page 47
... wild vast place . He came back , however , always ; but then he would keep jumping up on every rock we passed , and turning head over heels over it . Once he gave us a dreadful fright . There are some deep holes in some parts of the ...
... wild vast place . He came back , however , always ; but then he would keep jumping up on every rock we passed , and turning head over heels over it . Once he gave us a dreadful fright . There are some deep holes in some parts of the ...
Page 49
... wild , and Bessie whis- pered to me , - ' Suppose he should be a gipsy , and try to steal us ! ' I whispered back , - Syd would fight , and so could I , for that matter . We would protect you , Bessie ! ' But I felt rather uneasy for ...
... wild , and Bessie whis- pered to me , - ' Suppose he should be a gipsy , and try to steal us ! ' I whispered back , - Syd would fight , and so could I , for that matter . We would protect you , Bessie ! ' But I felt rather uneasy for ...
Page 60
... wild - flowers there were to be found , and of how much there was to learn about them . She taught us to dry them carefully , spreading them out in blotting paper , and putting them under a heavy weight to press ; and several rainy days ...
... wild - flowers there were to be found , and of how much there was to learn about them . She taught us to dry them carefully , spreading them out in blotting paper , and putting them under a heavy weight to press ; and several rainy days ...
Page 68
... wild to go and meet dear papa and mamma up the lane . Aunt Gommie said , ' Fly , then ! ' and we did fly , to put on our hats , and were back again before she had time to turn round , she said . As we went up the lane we snatched the ...
... wild to go and meet dear papa and mamma up the lane . Aunt Gommie said , ' Fly , then ! ' and we did fly , to put on our hats , and were back again before she had time to turn round , she said . As we went up the lane we snatched the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adventures answered asked Aunt Gommie Author basket Bessie Blanche Brown called carry Children climb cloth coloured course cried dear delightful dinner door Engravings eyes fancy Fcap fields frightened Frontispiece gilt edges give hand happy head hear heard hedge History HOOD Illustrations jump kitchen knew LADY laughing leave Lessons lived look lovely Mabel milk Minnie moor morning nearly never night nurse once ourselves papa papa and mamma plain play poor Post 8vo river rock Rose round Royal 16mo running screamed Second Edition seemed Short side Stories Stowe Super-royal sure tell thing Third Edition thought Tita told took tree turned waterfall WEIR wish wonder wood Written Young
Popular passages
Page 27 - WithEngravings, 3s. 6d. plain ; 4s. 6d. coloured. Fruits of Enterprise ; Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia. Fourteenth Edition, with six Engravings by BIRKET FOSTER. Price 3s. cloth. The Garden; Or, Frederick's Monthly Instructions for the Management and Formation of a Flower Garden. Fourth Edition. With Engravings by SowKRBr.
Page 6 - Trimmer's History of the Robins. Written for the Instruction of Children on their treatment of Animals. With 24 Illustrations by HARRISON WEIR.
Page 27 - The Ladder to Learning. A Collection of Fables, arranged progressively in words of One, Two, and Three Syllables. Edited by Mrs.
Page 23 - The African Wanderers ; Or, the Adventures of Carlos and Antonio; embracing interesting Descriptions of the Manners and .Customs of the Western Tribes, and the Natural Productions of the Country.
Page 12 - Seven Birthdays (The), or THE CHILDREN OF FORTUNE. By KATHLEEN KNOX. Starlight Stories, TOLD TO BRIGHT EYES AND LISTENING...
Page 24 - WORKS BY THE AUTHOR OF MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES. Fanny and her Mamma ; Or, Easy Lessons for Children. In which it is attempted to bring Scriptural Principles into daily practice. Illustrated by J. GILBERT. Third Edition. 16mo, 2s. 6d. cloth ; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. "A little book in beautiful large clear type, to suit the capacity of infant readers, which we can with pleasure recommend.
Page 30 - The Modern British Plutarch; Or, Lives of Men distinguished in the recent History of our Country for their Talents, Virtues and Achievements. By WC TAYLOR, LL.D. Author of "A Manual of Ancient and Modern History,
Page 17 - Our Soldiers, or ANECDOTES OF THE CAMPAIGNS AND GALLANT DEEDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. By WHG KINGSTON. With Frontispiece.
Page 25 - LEICESTER'S SCHOOL. By CHARLES and MARY LAMB. 3. THE HISTORY OF THE ROBINS. By MRS. TRIMMER. 4. MEMOIR OF BOB, THE SPOTTED TERRIER. 5. KEEPER'S TRAVELS IN SEARCH OF HIS MASTER. 6. THE SCOTTISH ORPHANS. By LADY STODDABT. 7. NEVER WRONG; or, THE YOUNG DISPUTANT; and "IT WAS ONLY IN FUN.
Page 17 - Hurricane Hurry, or THE ADVENTURES OF A NAVAL OFFICER DURING THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.