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Page 263
... Duaterra . His father had agreed that he should work for the Captain , to pay his passage to England and back again . He had been to London , and was now on his way home to his native island . One day , he was so very lazy and saucy ...
... Duaterra . His father had agreed that he should work for the Captain , to pay his passage to England and back again . He had been to London , and was now on his way home to his native island . One day , he was so very lazy and saucy ...
Page 264
... Duaterra still laid up in his heart the remembrance of the whipping he had received . He told his father of it , and made him promise to kill every one on board , except Robert and his child . One day , when they were all on shore , the ...
... Duaterra still laid up in his heart the remembrance of the whipping he had received . He told his father of it , and made him promise to kill every one on board , except Robert and his child . One day , when they were all on shore , the ...
Page 267
... Duaterra wanted to tattoo little Mary's face ; but Robert would not con sent to it ; for in his heart he resolved to send her back to England , the first good chance he could get . Robert was now Duaterra's brother , because he had ...
... Duaterra wanted to tattoo little Mary's face ; but Robert would not con sent to it ; for in his heart he resolved to send her back to England , the first good chance he could get . Robert was now Duaterra's brother , because he had ...
Page 268
... Duaterra would make her his wife . John Morris agreed to take care of her , and deliver her safely into the hands of her old nurse , Betty . Robert did rot know how to write ; but he folded up the tattered remains of the black gown Mary ...
... Duaterra would make her his wife . John Morris agreed to take care of her , and deliver her safely into the hands of her old nurse , Betty . Robert did rot know how to write ; but he folded up the tattered remains of the black gown Mary ...
Page 271
... treat her like a great lady , as she is ; for notwithstanding her lace , and her diamonds , she will always seem to him like his own little darling Mary . " Duaterra was very angry when he first found Mary had THE GIRLS OWN BOOK . 271.
... treat her like a great lady , as she is ; for notwithstanding her lace , and her diamonds , she will always seem to him like his own little darling Mary . " Duaterra was very angry when he first found Mary had THE GIRLS OWN BOOK . 271.
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Page 95 - So he died, and .she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top; and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.
Page 87 - As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig ; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile ; and so the old woman got home that night.
Page 85 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the farmer sowing his corn That kept the cock that crowed in the morn That waked the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 85 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 78 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four- and -twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie! When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 94 - So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie ; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. " What
Page 85 - ... the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 280 - Rose talked to her, she wanted to go away in silence ; and when a pocket-mirror was found in her sister's room, broken into a thousand pieces, she felt sorely tempted to conceal that she did the mischief. But she was so anxious to be made beautiful, that she did as she would be done by. All the household remarked how Marion had changed. " I love her dearly," said Rose,
Page 90 - ROBERT ROWLEY rolled a round roll round, A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round ; Where rolled the round roll Robert Rowley rolled round ? CLXXVII.
Page 84 - HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT THIS is the house that Jack built. This is the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.