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Page 9 - Throughout the whole interview she seemed to be looked upon by both ladies as a child, and played the part so well, sitting prim and silent on her chair, that I could hardly help humming as I looked at her: 'Hold up your head, Turn out your toes, Speak when you're spoken to, Mend your clothes.
Page 75 - ... little fists, and fell peacefully asleep. Next morning, when he woke, he discovered the existence of the farm-yard. He was filled with wonder and delight. He looked out on the fowls, the cow, the old one-eyed horse, and the pig. The pig was a special attraction. The fascination lasted for days and days, and it was the most difficult thing in the world to get him to come in to meals, and when he did appear, he was covered with straw and manure, his hair was all cobwebs, his boots soaking with...
Page 51 - ... weapons, and his habitual rapine ; the other, standing in the mire, patiently expects the glimpse of its fugitive prey. The woodpecker never forsakes the trees round which he is appointed to creep : The snipe must for ever remain in the marshes, the lark in its furrows, and the warbler in its groves. All the granivorous birds seek the inhabited countries, and attend on the progress of cultivation ; while those which prefer wild fruits and berries, perpetually fly before us, and cherish the wilds,...
Page 36 - POCKETS. Let no modern lady housekeeper, who has a bag-like slip of silk inserted in the skirt of her dress — let no demoiselle with a three-inch pocket stitched into her pretty little apron — or a bustling country dame with a white jane pocket behind, imagine that they understand a tithe — which means the tenth part — of the utility or comprehensiveness of GRANDMAMMA'S POCKETS ! CHAPTER IV.
Page 14 - They did not know where they were going or what they were going to do, but they were off-loaded.
Page 120 - The bon-bon box was also in this pocket, and a little silver nut-cracker ; in fact, everything seemed to find space and place in these wonderful pockets ; and, considering, they were not so very heavy.
Page 119 - ... housewife, containing every description of needle, from the Brobdignag " packing " to the graceful
Page 39 - But grandmamma had also her state pockets: white satin, run with coloured silks to imitate natural flowers. These were put on on birth and festival days.
Page 38 - ... a large silver nutmeg grater, with a cunningly-devised case at one end to hold the nutmeg ; a
Page 39 - Annie always looked at these pockets with veneration ; they really were venerable specimens of bygone times. Grandmamma's ordinary pockets were, as I have said, quilted so as to resemble very much what servants call a