 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children's poetry, American - 1875 - 322 pages
...with the hand that was free. In the other lay the chrysalis, and the sun shone upon it. There \vas a low crackling in the shell, and a violent motion...would his cloak, and sat on Karine's hand, breathing, ajid at liberty. In a short time wings began to appear from its back. Karine looked on with a beating... | |
 | Child life - 1884 - 314 pages
...; but I saw him lying in the coffin, and put into the grave, and how can he then come back again 1 No, no ; he is dead, and I shall never see either...heart. She saw its wings increase in size, and become colored in the brightness o£. the spring sun. Presently the new-born butterfly moved its proboscis,... | |
 | Eben Harlow Davis - Readers - 1890 - 374 pages
...within, and, behold! she saw a living insect crawl out. It threw off its shell as a man would throw off his cloak, and sat on Karine's hand, breathing, and at liberty. In a short time the wings upon its back began to unfold. Karine looked on with beating heart. She saw the wings expand... | |
 | Eben Harlow Davis - Readers - 1890 - 374 pages
...within, and, behold! she saw a living insect crawl out. It threw off its shell as a man would throw off his cloak, and sat on Karine's hand, breathing, and at liberty. In a short time the wings upon its back began to unfold. Karine looked on with beating heart. She saw the wings expand... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 250 pages
...low crackling in the shell, and a violent motion within, and, behold! a living insect crawled out, threw off its shell as a man would his cloak, and...heart. She saw its wings increase in size, and become colored in the brightness of the spring sun. Presently the new-born butterfly moved its proboscis,... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 248 pages
...low crackling in the shell, and a violent motion within, and, behold! a living insect crawled out, threw off its shell as a man would his cloak, and...heart. She saw its wings increase in size, and become colored in the brightness of the spring sun. Presently the new-born butterfly moved its proboscis,... | |
 | Mrs. Charles A. Lane - 1909 - 130 pages
...hard shell, there was a low crackling sound, and, as she opened her hand, lo ! a living insect crawled out, which threw off its shell as a man would his cloak. There it sat on Karen's hand. Presently it raised a pair of limp wings into the sunshine and Karen... | |
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... out, which threw off its shell as a man would his cloak, and sat on Karine's hand, breathing, and at liberty. In a short time wings began to appear from its back. Karine looked on with a beating heart. She saw its wings increase in size, and become... 