Wood Magic: A FableCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1882 - 263 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 5
A Fable Richard Jefferies. body . He had a nephew , quite a lively young fellow , in the cucumber frame on the other side of the lilac bushes , at whom Bevis also peered nearly every day after they had lifted the frame and propped it up ...
A Fable Richard Jefferies. body . He had a nephew , quite a lively young fellow , in the cucumber frame on the other side of the lilac bushes , at whom Bevis also peered nearly every day after they had lifted the frame and propped it up ...
Page 51
... young green fern on the other side ( just as Pan would have done ) under the thick thorn bushes , and so out into the next field . It was the very field where he and Pan had wandered be- fore , only another part of it . There was his ...
... young green fern on the other side ( just as Pan would have done ) under the thick thorn bushes , and so out into the next field . It was the very field where he and Pan had wandered be- fore , only another part of it . There was his ...
Page 88
... young rook was yonder across the meadow . For he was as big and as black as his father and mother , who were with him ; and yet he kept on cawing to them to stuff his beak with sweets . Bevis , who had another large slice in his pocket ...
... young rook was yonder across the meadow . For he was as big and as black as his father and mother , who were with him ; and yet he kept on cawing to them to stuff his beak with sweets . Bevis , who had another large slice in his pocket ...
Page 96
... young , is really so very , very , old that he has quite lost his memory , and cannot remember what was done yesterday . He did not even know which way the moorhen went just now , when I inquired , having a message to send to my ...
... young , is really so very , very , old that he has quite lost his memory , and cannot remember what was done yesterday . He did not even know which way the moorhen went just now , when I inquired , having a message to send to my ...
Page 136
... young nuts ; he knew they were not ripe , but he picked one and bit it with his teeth , just to feel how soft it There were several very nice sticks , some of which he had half a mind to stay and cut , and put his hand in his pocket for ...
... young nuts ; he knew they were not ripe , but he picked one and bit it with his teeth , just to feel how soft it There were several very nice sticks , some of which he had half a mind to stay and cut , and put his hand in his pocket for ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ah Kurroo Khan army asked Bailiff barbarians beautiful jay began Bevis dear birds bough Brook butterfly by-and-by cannon-stick Cassell caught chack chaffinch chink Choo Hoo Cloctaw cloth copse council cowslips Crow cunning dead dragon-fly eyes feathers fell field flew flint Galpin gone grass Hare hawk hear heard hedge hill hole hollow Hoo's Humble-bee Illustrations jackdaw Kauc Ki Ki king Kapchack knew library binding listen locket looked Ludgate Hill magpies minute missel-thrush morning Mouse nest never night numbers once orchard palace peck perched Petter pigeons Prince Tchack-tchack rabbit rooks round secret shoot shouted sing Sir Bevis Squirrel starling Stoat sure talking tell things thought thrush Toad told tomtit trap tree Vols waggon waiting Weasel Wind wood wood-pigeons young
Popular passages
Page 488 - The Encyclopaedic Dictionary. A New and Original Work of Reference to all the Words in the English Language, with a Full Account of their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use.
Page 490 - Galpin & Co.'s Complete Catalogue, containing a List of Several Hundred Volumes, including Bibles and Religious Works, Fine-Art Volumes, Children's Books, Dictionaries, Educational Works, History, Natural History, Household and Domestic Treatises, Handbooks and Guides, Science, Travels, &c.
Page 488 - Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words that have a Tale to Tell.
Page 488 - PROSE, us. 6d. Dictionary of English Literature. Being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors and their Works. By W. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 720 pages, extra fcap.
Page 484 - United States, Cassell's History of the. With 600 Illustrations and Maps. 1,950 pages, extra crown 410. Complete in Three Vols. , cloth, £i 7s.
Page 485 - Edited by the Right Rev. CJ ELLICOTT, DD, Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. Complete in 5 Vols., 2is.
Page 488 - POEMS, 12s. 6d. VOL. II. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ENGLISH RELIGION, us. 6d. VOL. III. ENGLISH PLAYS, us. 6d. VOL. IV. SHORTER WORKS IN ENGLISH PROSE, us. 6d. VOL. V. LONGER WORKS IN ENGLISH VERSE AND PROSE, us. 6d. *»* Vol.
Page 490 - The Countries of the World. By ROBERT BROWN, MA, Ph.D., FLS, FRGS Complete in Six Vols., with about 750 Illustrations, 4t0, 7s.
Page 487 - Poultry. By L. WRIGHT. With 50 Coloured Plates and numerous Wood Engravings. Demy 410, cloth, 31s. 6d. ; half-morocco, £2 2s. The Illustrated Book of Pigeons. By R. FULTON. Edited by L. WRIGHT. With Fifty Coloured Plates and numerous Engravings. Demy 410, cloth, 31s.