My Awkward Cousin, Or, Caroline's Visit to Her Great-aunt's Poultry YardAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1848 - 107 pages |
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... , another passage equally disturbed me . " You are placed , my daughter , little as you wished it , in a way to gain , from the experience of your aunt , some useful ideas on the habits and manners of do- mestic animals THE GOOD PEOPLE .
... , another passage equally disturbed me . " You are placed , my daughter , little as you wished it , in a way to gain , from the experience of your aunt , some useful ideas on the habits and manners of do- mestic animals THE GOOD PEOPLE .
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ideas on the habits and manners of do- mestic animals . There is nothing more interesting to any age than the study of natural history . It would give your aunt pleasure , I am sure , to tell you her daily observations , and I am ...
ideas on the habits and manners of do- mestic animals . There is nothing more interesting to any age than the study of natural history . It would give your aunt pleasure , I am sure , to tell you her daily observations , and I am ...
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... habits , and those of her son , had cost them . " Will you go and see my pets ? " she asked , smiling . " Yes , aunt , let us go now . " Then she kissed me in her turn , and led me out with an air of triumph . It seems very strange to ...
... habits , and those of her son , had cost them . " Will you go and see my pets ? " she asked , smiling . " Yes , aunt , let us go now . " Then she kissed me in her turn , and led me out with an air of triumph . It seems very strange to ...
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... habits in a tame state , which produces a great change of instinct . The wild goose , or the wild duck , is no more awkward or foolish than the pigeon or the hen , whose pretty ways we so much admire . They are well worth ob- serving ...
... habits in a tame state , which produces a great change of instinct . The wild goose , or the wild duck , is no more awkward or foolish than the pigeon or the hen , whose pretty ways we so much admire . They are well worth ob- serving ...
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... habit of looking at them without reflec- tion , and with prejudices adopted and handed down from age to age , makes us indifferent to that which ought to excite our curiosity . Thus every one vaguely knows the story of the geese of the ...
... habit of looking at them without reflec- tion , and with prejudices adopted and handed down from age to age , makes us indifferent to that which ought to excite our curiosity . Thus every one vaguely knows the story of the geese of the ...
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