Uncle Tom's pictorial keepsakeTom (uncle, pseud) 1852 |
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Page 7
... mother , and thy brethren , indeed , bow unto thee ? " Jacob did not wish these dreams of future greatness to make Joseph vain or proud : neither did they . God , who in those days worked by ' signs and wonders , ' evidently intended ...
... mother , and thy brethren , indeed , bow unto thee ? " Jacob did not wish these dreams of future greatness to make Joseph vain or proud : neither did they . God , who in those days worked by ' signs and wonders , ' evidently intended ...
Page 11
... mother . Puss seeing the danger of her offspring , flew on the hawk , who was obliged to give up the kitten ; the fight became dreadful to both parties ; for the hawk by the strength of his wings , and the sharp- ness of his talons ...
... mother . Puss seeing the danger of her offspring , flew on the hawk , who was obliged to give up the kitten ; the fight became dreadful to both parties ; for the hawk by the strength of his wings , and the sharp- ness of his talons ...
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... mother kind ; Manly AUTUMN next we view ; With ripe fruit and wheat - sheaves laden ; Stern old WINTER comes behind , - Thus " the Children of the Year ' " " On the earth by turns sppear . The child under the guidance of this spirit of ...
... mother kind ; Manly AUTUMN next we view ; With ripe fruit and wheat - sheaves laden ; Stern old WINTER comes behind , - Thus " the Children of the Year ' " " On the earth by turns sppear . The child under the guidance of this spirit of ...
Page 65
... mother went before the mournful group , proclaiming all the good qualities of her boy ; and by her clasped hands and streaming eyes showed how she suffered . The quality for which she chiefly praised the boy , formed of itself the ...
... mother went before the mournful group , proclaiming all the good qualities of her boy ; and by her clasped hands and streaming eyes showed how she suffered . The quality for which she chiefly praised the boy , formed of itself the ...
Page 73
... mother brought them some juicy fir - cones to eat , and then seated herself outside the nest upon a long crooked branch to wash her face with her fore - feet . While she was thus employed a large falcon dropped , like a great stone out ...
... mother brought them some juicy fir - cones to eat , and then seated herself outside the nest upon a long crooked branch to wash her face with her fore - feet . While she was thus employed a large falcon dropped , like a great stone out ...
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amid animals Annette asked AUTUMN basket beautiful birds Bistory blossoms brethren Bretwalda bright called Canaan Canute CHARLES MACKAY cheerful child clouds colour corn Crocus Cuckoo Daisy dear delight dream earth Effie Egypt Emma Esther eyes father fear flowers friends garden golden green H. G. ADAMS Haman hand happy hear heard heaven Heptarchy Jews John John Bunyan Joseph Julius Cæsar Kildermekée king king's knew land leaves lived looked mamma MARY HOWITT meadows Mordecai morning mother Nebuchadnezzar nest papa Pharaoh poet Poet's Corner poor Potiphar Potipherah pray Prince purple Nightshade Robin round Saxons season seemed seen silver singing sleep snow Snowdrop soon Spring Starling stood storm SUMMER sunshine sweet tell thee things thou thought told took tree unto violets voice wicked wild Wilmot wind WINTER wood worm young
Popular passages
Page 308 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky. The prouder beauties of the field In gay but quick succession shine, Race after race their honours yield, They flourish and decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moons and stars their courses run, Wreathes the whole circle of the year, Companion of the Sun.
Page 57 - The seven good kine are seven years: and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Page 55 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Page 48 - And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.
Page 142 - Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours. The...
Page 204 - THE VIOLET. DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew, Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.
Page 58 - And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Page 58 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land...
Page 205 - I am coming, I am coming! Hark! the little bee is humming; See! the lark is soaring high In the bright and sunny sky; And the gnats are on the wing, Wheeling round in airy ring.
Page 59 - And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.