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Page 57
... inch long , or more , at the other . If a number of little girls prepare them of different sizes and colours , they look very prettily when they are all in rapid motion . LEAP , FROG , LEAP ! A CIRCLE of little THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . 57.
... inch long , or more , at the other . If a number of little girls prepare them of different sizes and colours , they look very prettily when they are all in rapid motion . LEAP , FROG , LEAP ! A CIRCLE of little THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . 57.
Page 71
... the string three or four inches long at the mouth , tie the strings together , and pull them up and down ; they look very much like two birds fighting . DROR THE MAT 10 THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . www . EMW JJAN THE. THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . 71.
... the string three or four inches long at the mouth , tie the strings together , and pull them up and down ; they look very much like two birds fighting . DROR THE MAT 10 THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . www . EMW JJAN THE. THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . 71.
Page 112
... inch wide ; near the edges , holes must be made for the reception of the straws . If you wish to have the basket as large at the bottom as at the top , cut your pieces of cardboard of the same size ; but if you wish it smaller at bottom ...
... inch wide ; near the edges , holes must be made for the reception of the straws . If you wish to have the basket as large at the bottom as at the top , cut your pieces of cardboard of the same size ; but if you wish it smaller at bottom ...
Page 115
... inch longer than the other ; one doubling must be put through the other , and repassed so as to form a perfect little platform of four squares ; thus : + In this engraving the dark parts are intended to show THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . 115.
... inch longer than the other ; one doubling must be put through the other , and repassed so as to form a perfect little platform of four squares ; thus : + In this engraving the dark parts are intended to show THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK . 115.
Page 120
... is to light cigars , lamps , & c . There is a great variety in the manner of making them . paper about an inch wide ; Double a strip of cut it across the width into very fine rows ; begin to cut at 120 THE GIRI'S OWN BOOK .
... is to light cigars , lamps , & c . There is a great variety in the manner of making them . paper about an inch wide ; Double a strip of cut it across the width into very fine rows ; begin to cut at 120 THE GIRI'S OWN BOOK .
Common terms and phrases
ALLSPICE amusement answer basket beads beautiful bees bird bottom Buff butterfly called catch centre circle colours cord corner Cupid comes dance diamond doll Duaterra edge engraving fairies Fanny fastened feather fingers flowers four French garden genteel Grand Mufti gum Arabic half hands HARRIET head heart hold holes HONEY POTS horn house that Jack imitate inch insects isinglass Jack built Jack Straws jardin JULIA knit lady laugh leaves letter little girls look love my love Lucy manner MARIA Marion Mary MILES TO BABYLON narrow neatly needle never Panjandrum paper pass pasteboard pay a forfeit Peter Piper piece pincushion play players pretty PUZZLES Queen rabbit Ratel ribbon Rose round says Serein sewed side silk sing sometimes SOPHIA spermaceti stick stitches straw string thing thread tree turn wand word Zealand
Popular passages
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.