Stories of England and her forty countiesJarrold and Sons [and three other Publishers], 1849 - 164 halaman |
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Halaman 51 - And Mr. Giffard did also much conjure Richard to have a special care of his charge ; to which commands the two brothers yielded ready obedience. Whilst Richard and William were thus sent for, his majesty had been advised to rub his hands on the back of the chimney, and with them his face, for a disguise, and some person had disorderly cut off his hair.
Halaman 120 - Kingston, had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Halaman 164 - No science is more generally interesting than that which explains the common phenomena of life. We see that salt and snow are both white, a rose red, leaves green, and the violet a deep purple; but how few persons ever ask the reason why ! We know that a flute produces a musical sound, and a cracked bell a discordant one, — that fire is hot, ice cold, and a candle luminous, — that water boils when subjected to heat, and freezes from cold ; but when a child looks up into our face...
Halaman 164 - ... how few persons ever ask the reason why! We know that a flute produces a musical sound, and a cracked bell a discordant one — that fire is hot, ice cold, and a candle luminous — that water boils when subjected to heat, and freezes from cold ; but when a child looks up into our face and asks us
Halaman 164 - The object of the present book is to explain about 2000 of these questions (which are often more easily asked than answered) in language so simple that a child may understand it, yet not so childish as to offend the scientific. In order to secure the strictest accuracy in the answers...
Halaman 109 - The fire having continued all this night, (if I may call that night which was as light as day for ten miles round...
Halaman 100 - Church hath as many windows as there are days in the year ; as many pillars and pilasters as there are hours ¡ and as many gates as months.