Stories of Childhood & NatureGlobe School Book Company, 1905 |
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Page 82
... hundreds in a bunch of grapes or in a sun- flower , only a few live long , useful lives . These are some of the things against which they have to struggle . The seed falls on hard ground or the dead leaves in the forest , where it dries ...
... hundreds in a bunch of grapes or in a sun- flower , only a few live long , useful lives . These are some of the things against which they have to struggle . The seed falls on hard ground or the dead leaves in the forest , where it dries ...
Page 85
... northern countries it grows very slowly , requiring from fifty to a hundred years to bloom , hence its nickname , the century plant ; but in its warm southern home it sometimes bears flowers THE BANANA 85 The Agave, or Century Plant.
... northern countries it grows very slowly , requiring from fifty to a hundred years to bloom , hence its nickname , the century plant ; but in its warm southern home it sometimes bears flowers THE BANANA 85 The Agave, or Century Plant.
Page 102
... hundred years ago , to visit some of these mountains of the sea . If he had depended upon his own feet for getting there , it would have taken him till this day , I verily believe , but he no more thought of walking there than you or I ...
... hundred years ago , to visit some of these mountains of the sea . If he had depended upon his own feet for getting there , it would have taken him till this day , I verily believe , but he no more thought of walking there than you or I ...
Page 110
... hundred pounds a day instead of one . " This was , of course , a great advantage to the cotton - growing section , and since then the cultiva- tion of cotton has increased so steadily that the United States now produces four fifths of ...
... hundred pounds a day instead of one . " This was , of course , a great advantage to the cotton - growing section , and since then the cultiva- tion of cotton has increased so steadily that the United States now produces four fifths of ...
Page 143
... hundred and sixty - five Poor Things , all brave . And so I am making father rule it like his diary , and we've got the tuner's name down for the First of January ; and if you can think of anybody else , you must tell me , and if I ...
... hundred and sixty - five Poor Things , all brave . And so I am making father rule it like his diary , and we've got the tuner's name down for the First of January ; and if you can think of anybody else , you must tell me , and if I ...
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Page 152 - There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower, There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree, There's a smile on the fruit and a smile on the flower, And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea.
Page 126 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in.
Page 105 - DEEP in the wave is a coral grove. Where the purple mullet and goldfish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine...
Page 195 - I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was...
Page 151 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our Mother Nature laughs around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground...
Page 78 - SUMMER is coming, summer is coming. I know it, I know it, I know it. Light again, leaf again, life again, love again,' Yes, my wild little Poet. Sing the new year in under the blue. Last year you sang it as gladly. ' New, new, new, new ! ' Is it then so new That you should carol so madly? ' Love again, song again, nest again, young again,' Never a prophet so crazy ! And hardly a daisy as yet, little friend, See, there is hardly a daisy.
Page 45 - Lady-bird ! lady-bird ! fly away home ; — The field-mouse has gone to her nest, The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes, And the bees and the birds are at rest. Lady-bird ! lady-bird ! fly away home...
Page 134 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had...
Page 193 - O yes, fair sirs," the rascal laughed And his voice rang free and glad, " An idle man has so much to do That he never has time to be sad.
Page 195 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle , but disturbing all the family, My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.