Key to Knowledge ..Harris, 1841 - 268 pages |
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Page 26
... continues in season about eight months in the year , during which time the natives eat no other kind of bread . LOUISA . Where do potatoes come from ? HELEN . I have read that it is an American root , originally of Peru , whence it ...
... continues in season about eight months in the year , during which time the natives eat no other kind of bread . LOUISA . Where do potatoes come from ? HELEN . I have read that it is an American root , originally of Peru , whence it ...
Page 61
... continue in bearing until they are six or seven years old , when they are thought to begin to lose their flavour , and are removed . LOUISA . What sort of a flower does the tea - shrub bear ? MOTHER . Its flower is thought to resemble ...
... continue in bearing until they are six or seven years old , when they are thought to begin to lose their flavour , and are removed . LOUISA . What sort of a flower does the tea - shrub bear ? MOTHER . Its flower is thought to resemble ...
Page 66
... continuing to be fond of sweetmeats . LOUISA . I will forget the dirty part of the business . MOTHER . Nay , Louisa , you mistake , this is the cleanest part . The blood , being well stirred into the syrup , from its glutinous or gummy ...
... continuing to be fond of sweetmeats . LOUISA . I will forget the dirty part of the business . MOTHER . Nay , Louisa , you mistake , this is the cleanest part . The blood , being well stirred into the syrup , from its glutinous or gummy ...
Page 70
... continues to ache . LOUISA . No , we will sit very still , and amuse ourselves with some quiet play . MOTHER . I hear what you are whispering together , my dear children , and thank you for your kind consideration ; but my head is ...
... continues to ache . LOUISA . No , we will sit very still , and amuse ourselves with some quiet play . MOTHER . I hear what you are whispering together , my dear children , and thank you for your kind consideration ; but my head is ...
Page 71
... continue to think of the comfort of others as well as of your own . I will copy your disinterestedness , and forget my own pain in your pleasure . You were asking me about rum ? HELEN . Yes , mother . MOTHER . It is a spirit distilled ...
... continue to think of the comfort of others as well as of your own . I will copy your disinterestedness , and forget my own pain in your pleasure . You were asking me about rum ? HELEN . Yes , mother . MOTHER . It is a spirit distilled ...
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