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Page 155 - Hieing away to the home of her rest, Where she and her mate have scooped their nest, Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view In the pathless depths of the parched karroo.
Page 143 - His stature was not very tall; Lean he was; his legs were small, Hosed within a stock of red; A buttoned bonnet on his head, From under which did hang, I ween, Silver hairs both bright and sheen; His beard was white trimmed round; His countenance blithe and merry found; A sleeveless jacket, large and wide, With many plaits and...
Page 230 - King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he call'd the tailor lown.
Page 101 - One misty, moisty morning When cloudy was the weather, I chanced to meet an old man Clothed all in leather. He began to compliment And I began to grin — 'How do you do?
Page 47 - Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full; One for my master, And one for my dame, And one for the little boy Who lives in the lane.
Page 77 - ... fed with pieces of leaves, and finally they eat whole leaves. The worms are great feeders. An ounce of eggs will produce enough worms to eat about a ton of leaves during their short lives. They are fed five or more times in one day, and eat most at night. The silkworms grow rapidly. At first they are so small that they can easily crawl through a pin hole in the white paper on which they are hatched, and a paper full of such holes is usually laid over the egg sheet in order that the worms may...
Page 93 - ... to investigate relate to garments made by means of one thread only, the work being known as knitting. We have all watched our mothers and grandmothers knitting stockings, mittens, and other such things. Some of us have worn tam-o'-shanters made of wool, and many KNITTING. THE STORY OF THE STOCKING Knitting. of our girls have had, I dare say, knitted caps as bright colored as that of Little Red Ridinghood. When out sledding or skating on an icy cold day, there is nothing equal to mittens; and...
Page 4 - Angora, in Turkey, south of the Black Sea. The leather of her shoes might squeak of its life on the back of a kid on the edge of the Desert of Sahara ; and the rubbers, that keep the leather dry, could tell of the Indians who gathered it as the sap of trees on the banks of the Amazon River. Every girl of our party has articles upon her which began their existence far, far away ; and if one of our boys were to travel back to all the places from which the things he is now wearing came, he would be...
Page 93 - Jacquard, the most exquisite colors and patterns can be put together by machinery. The weaver has a card of little squares that shows him just how the colored threads are to go, and there is a combination of large cards and of needles or wires by which the loom turns out the pattern desired. This invention was made by Jacquard more than one hundred years ago, and among the first pieces of cloth woven by it was a robe of magnificent brocaded silk for Josephine, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, then...
Page 133 - Islands. They spend their winters in the warmer seas, many going through the passes of the Aleutian Islands into the Pacific Ocean, and swimming about in latitudes as far south as Puget Sound and San Francisco. Others, chiefly the older males, remain in Bering Sea ; and in the milder winters, some will even stay here on these islands. No matter how far the seals may go, they will come back the next year, and, beginning in May, populate the Pribilofs throughout the summer.