The History of Sandford and Merton: A Work Intended for the Use of Children : Three Volumes in OneWarner & Hanna, 1809 - 403 pages |
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Page 63 - ... it up from the outer air, the other to form a communication with the inner room ; this contributed greatly to keep the large room warm when once heated.
Page 357 - ... capable of interesting them. We seem to forget, that it is upon the qualities of the female sex that our own domestic comforts and the education of our children must depend. And what are the comforts or the education which a race of beings, corrupted from their infancy, and unacquainted with all the duties of life, are fitted to bestow...
Page 169 - The ass was restless, and the goats kept bleating for some days, after which they heard no more of them. Two of the goats, however, being left alive and near the manger, they felt them, and found that one of them was big, and would kid, as they recollected, about the middle of April ; the other gave milk, wherewith they preserved their lives.
Page 168 - ... and feeble voice told him : ' I have always trusted in God and you, that you would not forsake me.' The other brother and the husband then went down, and found still alive the wife, about forty-five, the sister, about thirty-five, and a daughter, about thirteen years old.
Page 121 - She went off a second time as before, and having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again, and with signs of inexpressible fondness, went round one and round the other, pawing them and moaning.
Page 169 - The ass was tied to the manger, but got loose by kicking and struggling, and threw down the little vessel, which they found, and afterwards used to hold the melted snow, which served them for drink. Very fortunately, the manger was under the main prop of the stable, and so resisted the weight of the snow.
Page 170 - On the sixth day the boy sickened, and six days after desired his mother, who all this time had held him in her lap, to lay him at his length in the manger. She did so, and taking him by the hand felt it was very cold ; she then put her hand to his mouth, and finding that cold likewise, she gave him a little milk ; the boy then cried, ' Oh, my father is in the snow ! Oh father ! father !
Page 44 - All the persons present were astonished and delighted with the story, to find that even the fiercest beasts are capable of being softened by gratitude, and moved by humanity; and they unanimously joined to entreat for the pardon of the unhappy man from the governor of the place. This was immediately granted to him ; and he was also presented with the lion, who had in this manner twice saved the life of Androcles.
Page 39 - It is better to die than to continue to live in §uch hardships and misery as I am obliged to suffer. I am determined therefore to run away from my master. If I am taken again, I know that I shall be punished with a cruel death ; but it is better to die at once, than to live in misery. If I escape, I must...
Page 43 - When the destined moment arrived, the unhappy man was exposed, unarmed, in the midst of a spacious area, enclosed on every side, round which many thousand people were assembled to view the mournful spectacle. Presently a dreadful yell was heard, which struck the spectators with horror; and a monstrous lion rushed out of a den, which was purposely set open, and darted forward with erected mane, and flaming eyes, and jaws that gaped like an open sepulchre.