The Swiss Family Robinson; Or, Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four Sons in a Desert IslandBelford, Clarke, & Company, 1888 - 404 pàgines |
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The Swiss family Robinson; or, Adventures of a father and mother ..., Volum 81 Johann David Wyss Visualització completa - 1852 |
The Swiss Family Robinson, Or, Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four ... Johann David Wyss Visualització completa - 1880 |
The Swiss Family Robinson, Or, Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four ... Johann David Wyss Visualització completa - 1880 |
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Pàgina 108 - ... while I was penetrated with the most lively desire to impress upon the young minds of my children a subject I considered of the highest importance for their well-being, both in this world and in that which is to come. All now standing up, I repeated aloud the church service, which I knew by heart, and we sang some verses from the...
Pàgina 276 - The true principles of the brotherhood of man are the fundamental principles of the order — ,Do unto others as you would they should do unto you,
Pàgina 3 - In its pages. the useful, the moral, and the entertaining, so naturally mil with or succeed each other, that every generous taste is suited. No story can be better calculated than this of the Swiss Pastor and his Family to awaken and reward curiosity, to excite amiable sympathies, to show the young inquirer after good, that the accidents of life may be repaired by the efforts of hisown thought, and the constancy of his own industry ; and to rouse the most inert to emulation. What youthful reader...
Pàgina 183 - ... the meantime employed herself in making some wicks with the threads of sailcloth. When we saw an oily matter, of a pleasing smell and light green colour, rise to the top of the liquid the berries had yielded, we carefully skimmed it off and put it into a separate vessel, taking care to keep it warm. We continued this process till the berries were exhausted, and had produced a considerable quantity of wax; we next dipped the wicks one by one into it, while it remained liquid, and then hung them...
Pàgina 3 - ... emulation. What youthful reader of lively dispositions, who would not try to possess, or dream of the possession of, a saw, a hammer, and some nails, and hurry, in fancy, to the contrivance of a Family Bridge, a staircase to Falcon's Nest, or a parlor, abedroom.