Uncle Tom's pictorial keepsakeTom (uncle, pseud) 1852 |
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... trees , which were just then bursting into leaf ; sweet it was to hear their rich musical voices , con- trasting so pleasantly with the shrill piping of the merry lark , and sweet it was to smell the perfume of the violets , which put ...
... trees , which were just then bursting into leaf ; sweet it was to hear their rich musical voices , con- trasting so pleasantly with the shrill piping of the merry lark , and sweet it was to smell the perfume of the violets , which put ...
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... trees which are earliest in leafing , for as yet not many of them could boast their full garniture , or dress , of beautiful green foliage . There was the broad- leaved Sycamore putting on its rich attire , and the Oak , and the Elm ...
... trees which are earliest in leafing , for as yet not many of them could boast their full garniture , or dress , of beautiful green foliage . There was the broad- leaved Sycamore putting on its rich attire , and the Oak , and the Elm ...
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... trees , and his pelting rains to beat down and destroy the beautiful summer flow- ers , then will he , guided by that wonderful intelligence which God has given to all living creatures , to provide for their safety and sustenance , and ...
... trees , and his pelting rains to beat down and destroy the beautiful summer flow- ers , then will he , guided by that wonderful intelligence which God has given to all living creatures , to provide for their safety and sustenance , and ...
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... trees , which formed , as it were , a line of sentinels to the wood beyond , and threw out their crooked arms on ... tree full of blossoms , and of the last to convert into pop - guns , and he therefore , at a motion from his smiling ...
... trees , which formed , as it were , a line of sentinels to the wood beyond , and threw out their crooked arms on ... tree full of blossoms , and of the last to convert into pop - guns , and he therefore , at a motion from his smiling ...
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... trees of low growth , beyond immediately adjoining which , was the wood they were about to enter . It was no less curious than pleasant to see how the old elders brightened up as the vernal season passed by , and looked upon them with ...
... trees of low growth , beyond immediately adjoining which , was the wood they were about to enter . It was no less curious than pleasant to see how the old elders brightened up as the vernal season passed by , and looked upon them with ...
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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.