Ways and tricks of animals, wuth stories about aunt Mary's pets |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 9
Page 5
... rounds in the fields , he saw Jack , now grown into a strong fine donkey , and he told his man he could not have him idle any longer , and that he must be sold . Poor old Mother donkey heard all this , and went JACK'S HARD LESSON . 5.
... rounds in the fields , he saw Jack , now grown into a strong fine donkey , and he told his man he could not have him idle any longer , and that he must be sold . Poor old Mother donkey heard all this , and went JACK'S HARD LESSON . 5.
Page 43
... round her , and Pink saw her old friends were laughing at her , and that she had had a fall in the world . 66 Well , you know , it takes a good deal of trouble to teach some hens , like young children , to be wise ; and Pink , as soon ...
... round her , and Pink saw her old friends were laughing at her , and that she had had a fall in the world . 66 Well , you know , it takes a good deal of trouble to teach some hens , like young children , to be wise ; and Pink , as soon ...
Page 45
... round , and she found herself put into a dark basket , and soon was on her way to the Crystal Palace . The noise of the railway , the rough jolts she got , the want of air and of fresh food for a whole day and night , were sad trials to ...
... round , and she found herself put into a dark basket , and soon was on her way to the Crystal Palace . The noise of the railway , the rough jolts she got , the want of air and of fresh food for a whole day and night , were sad trials to ...
Page 46
... round , they just gave one look at Pink , and one said to the others , ' I wonder how anyone could think of sending such a common bird to the show ; we can give her neither prize nor praise . ' " As they passed on , poor Pink hung her ...
... round , they just gave one look at Pink , and one said to the others , ' I wonder how anyone could think of sending such a common bird to the show ; we can give her neither prize nor praise . ' " As they passed on , poor Pink hung her ...
Page 49
... sop Jane When Pink was put the better for it . back into the yard , all the hens came round to have a look at her . them were so rude as to Some of laugh , in E their way . Some said , ' How smart our HOW PINK'S PRIDE HAD A FALL . 49.
... sop Jane When Pink was put the better for it . back into the yard , all the hens came round to have a look at her . them were so rude as to Some of laugh , in E their way . Some said , ' How smart our HOW PINK'S PRIDE HAD A FALL . 49.
Common terms and phrases
ADVENTURES Auntie Auntie's Author BARBARA HUTTON Binks birds Blake boys cage cheaper edition Children cloth elegant coloured CONNAUGHT RANGERS Cook cried Crown 8vo Crystal Palace dear Mamma dearest Mamma Dickey donkey door Downy Engravings false friend fancy Fcap Five Shillings Frontispiece G. A. HENTY gave GELLIE gilt edges Girls GRIFFITH AND FARRAN HARRISON WEIR Hart hens HERBERT MARTIN History horse Illus Jack JACK'S Jane Johnny Juno KATHLEEN KNOX knew lady Lessons LILY AND WALTER LILY'S LETTER look meat MODEL YACHTS morning morocco antique mother nest never nice OLIVER GOLDSMITH Pink poor Post 8vo price 6d Puss Ralph ROBERT BLOOMFIELD Robins Rory Round Series sewed Shillings and Sixpence Sixpence each-continued Small 4to soon sparrow stable STRUWWELPETER tail Tale tell thing THOMAS HOOD thought Three Shillings told took Tray TRICKS OF ANIMALS yard young
Popular passages
Page 18 - Bible Illustrations; Or, a Description of Manners and Customs peculiar to the East, and especially Explanatory of the Holy Scriptures. By the Rev. BH DRAPER. With Engravings. Fourth Edition. Revised bv Dr. KITTO, Editor of " The Pictorial Bible,
Page 17 - Mark Seaworth; a Tale of the Indian Ocean. „ Peter the Whaler; HIS EARLY LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
Page 23 - Shillings. Fanny and Her Mamma, or, EASY LESSONS FOR CHILDREN. Good in Everything, or THE EARLY HISTORY OF GILBERT HARLAND.
Page 19 - 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 3 - Crewel Work. Fifteen Designs in Bold and Conventional character, capable of being quickly and easily worked. With complete instructions. By ZETA, Author of "Ladies
Page 6 - Caxton's Fifteen O's and other Prayers. Printed by command of the Princess Elizabeth, Queen of England and France, and also of the Princess Margaret, mother of our Sovereign Lord the K^ing. By WM. CAXTON. Reproduced in Photo-Lithography by S. Ayling. Quarto, bound in parchment. New and cheaper edition, price 6s.
Page 29 - Britannia : a Collection of the Principal Passages in Latin Authors that refer to this Island, with Vocabulary and Notes. By TS CAYZER. Illustrated with a Map and 29 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6rf. True Stories from Ancient History, chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne.
Page 27 - Nine Lives of a Cat (The) : a Tale of Wonder. Written and Illustrated by CH BENNETT. 24 Coloured Engravings, sewed. Peter Piper. PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN AND PERFECT PRONUNCIATION. Coloured Illustrations, sewed. Plaiting Pictures. A NOVEL PASTIME BY WHICH CHILDREN CAN CONSTRUCT AND RECONSTRUCT PICTURES FOR THEMSELVES.
Page 30 - A Word to the Wise, or HINTS ON THE CURRENT IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING. By PARRY GWYNNE. Thirteenth Thousand. 18mo, price Gd. sewed ; or is. cloth, gilt edges. " All who wish to mind their p's and cfs should consult this little volume.
Page 9 - The Young Vocalist : a Collection of Twelve Songs, each with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, selected from Mozart, Weber, Mendelssohn, Spohr, etc.