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... can grow only in warm countries . In the lowlands , near the sea , you will find large fields of rice . When seen growing , it looks much like a field of wheat or tall grass . 11. Far to the south , there is no winter. IN THE LOW PLAIN . 9.
... can grow only in warm countries . In the lowlands , near the sea , you will find large fields of rice . When seen growing , it looks much like a field of wheat or tall grass . 11. Far to the south , there is no winter. IN THE LOW PLAIN . 9.
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... winter . Instead of skating and sleigh rides on Christmas and New Year's , people are working in their fields and gardens ; and a few days later the ground is green with growing plants , and the roses and other flowers are in bloom ...
... winter . Instead of skating and sleigh rides on Christmas and New Year's , people are working in their fields and gardens ; and a few days later the ground is green with growing plants , and the roses and other flowers are in bloom ...
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... , and the pine trees wrapped in hoods and mantles of snow . Thus they sleep all through the long winter , until the return of spring awakens them to new life . VII . ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI . ca - noe. ABOUT THE SPRINGS AND BROOKS . 25.
... , and the pine trees wrapped in hoods and mantles of snow . Thus they sleep all through the long winter , until the return of spring awakens them to new life . VII . ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI . ca - noe. ABOUT THE SPRINGS AND BROOKS . 25.
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... winter , was sometimes one vast sheet of snow , with only here and there a house dotting it , and not a tree nor a fence to mark one place from another . It was very dangerous then for people to try to cross the prairies ; for as the ...
... winter , was sometimes one vast sheet of snow , with only here and there a house dotting it , and not a tree nor a fence to mark one place from another . It was very dangerous then for people to try to cross the prairies ; for as the ...
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... winter , chosen men , from all parts of the State meet to make the laws that govern its people . Because they meet here , Albany is called the capital of New York . The building in which they meet is named the Capitol . 14. Six miles ...
... winter , chosen men , from all parts of the State meet to make the laws that govern its people . Because they meet here , Albany is called the capital of New York . The building in which they meet is named the Capitol . 14. Six miles ...
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Page 208 - European species which infests many different plants, and it is spread throughout our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Page 184 - You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Page 184 - The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree; It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
Page 184 - You, friendly Earth ! how far do you go With the wheat fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles ? " Ah, you are so great, and I am so small, I...
Page 214 - WThich part is dry? Which is warmer, the Atlantic or Pacific coast? Name some cultivated plants in the north, the middle, 'and the south. XVIII. How many States in the Union ? How many Territo ries? In which part are most of the States? The Territories? Where is the District of Columbia? Alaska? How did Alaska become ours? XIX. What is the government of the United States ? What is the population ? What is a republic ? What is the highest officer ? By what body are the laws made ? Of what does Congress...
Page 211 - Congress consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two senators from each State.
Page 95 - Travelers who may be obliged to spend the night in the forests must build fires all about them to keep away the jaguars and other dangerous animals. They are afraid of the flame, and will not approach it. But for this, it would not be safe for any one to go to sleep in the forests. These broad plains, through which the Amazon and its tributaries flow, are called sifaas, which means forest plains.
Page 94 - Monkeys. description, some of which are not larger than a kitten, chase each other from tree to tree, swinging by their long tails from one branch to another. Great snakes, called boa-constrictors, some of them eight or ten yards in length, hang from the trees, watching for some animal to come within their reach, when they quickly wind themselves round him, and crush him. 5. Still another terrible creature, called the jaguar,, makes his home in the forests. The young ones look like kittens, and,...
Page 8 - Some time, when you are older, you will understand why this is so : now you can only remember it. Try to remember, also, that the line where the earth and sky seem to meet, is called the horizon. 5. That part of the horizon where you see the sun rise, is called east. Where it sets, is west. The sun at noon is in the south, and high in the sky. Now, if you stand with your right hand toward the east and your left toward the west, you will face the north, and the south will be behind you. If you remember...
Page 2 - When we look around us, we see that the earth l has two kinds of surface. One is firm and solid; and we call it ground, or land. We walk or ride over it; we build our houses upon it ; we see trees and grass growing out of it ; we sow seeds in it, and soon it is covered with young, growing plants. 5. There is another part, which is not solid, but is always moving and flowing, and being stirred by the Land and Sea wind. This is water. People do not often build houses to live in, upon the water ; but...