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... Cloth . FIRST INFANT READER ... ... 2d . 3d . SECOND " " " ... ... 2d . 3d . THIRD " " ... 3d . 4d . FOURTH " " ... 4d . 5d . The Modern School Readers . Strongly bound in cloth . ... 8d . Iod . FIRST READER ... ... SECOND READER ...
... Cloth . FIRST INFANT READER ... ... 2d . 3d . SECOND " " " ... ... 2d . 3d . THIRD " " ... 3d . 4d . FOURTH " " ... 4d . 5d . The Modern School Readers . Strongly bound in cloth . ... 8d . Iod . FIRST READER ... ... SECOND READER ...
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... clothes the rugged shores ; all around are swelling domes of rock , rounded by the ancient glacier , and roughened by the action of the atmosphere ; and above them rise cliff , and gully , and scar , crowned at last by shattered peaks ...
... clothes the rugged shores ; all around are swelling domes of rock , rounded by the ancient glacier , and roughened by the action of the atmosphere ; and above them rise cliff , and gully , and scar , crowned at last by shattered peaks ...
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... cloths were made by hand in almost all parts of Scotland , and these home occupations have not quite died out , for in some parts of the Highlands and in the Shetlands the women employ themselves during the long winter evenings in ...
... cloths were made by hand in almost all parts of Scotland , and these home occupations have not quite died out , for in some parts of the Highlands and in the Shetlands the women employ themselves during the long winter evenings in ...
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... cloth , canvas , and coarse linen . It is a town of some importance as a port . 3. Montrose is another port on the Forfar coast at the mouth of the South Esk , connected with many im- portant events in Scottish history . The town has a ...
... cloth , canvas , and coarse linen . It is a town of some importance as a port . 3. Montrose is another port on the Forfar coast at the mouth of the South Esk , connected with many im- portant events in Scottish history . The town has a ...
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... clothing , drink , timber , shelter , shade . " 8. The animal * life of India is not less varied and interesting than the vegetable . Monkeys of many kinds inhabit the jungles , and even the trees close to the villages . Poisonous ...
... clothing , drink , timber , shelter , shade . " 8. The animal * life of India is not less varied and interesting than the vegetable . Monkeys of many kinds inhabit the jungles , and even the trees close to the villages . Poisonous ...
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Atlantic Australia banks beautiful Britain British broken called Cape capital centre chief climate cloth coast colony consists cotton course covered district divided Dominion east eastern England English exports extends falls feet fertile Firth five flow forests four Galway Ganges gold half harbour Head height hence highest Highlands hills important includes India inhabitants Ireland island Isle joined lakes land largest less LESSON Loch lower manufactures means million mountains mouth native navigable nearly north-west northern numerous occupies Ocean peaks places plains population port portion possession present productions province rain range region rise river rocks rocky round Scotland season separate settlement sheep ships shores side slopes south-west southern square miles streams summer surface town trade trees United valleys varied vast Wales western whole wild winds winter wood
Popular passages
Page 83 - Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.
Page 83 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls.
Page 153 - ... of which we speak. In winter, a dazzling surface of purest snow; in early summer, a vast expanse of grass and pale pink roses; in autumn too often a wild sea of raging fire. No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets; no solitude can equal the loneliness of a night-shadowed prairie: one feels the stillness, and hears the silence, the wail of the prowling wolf makes the voice of solitude audible, the stars look down through infinite silence upon a silence almost as intense.
Page 83 - The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the...
Page 158 - Autumn, in honor of this high holiday, had collected together all the past glories of the year, adding them to her own; she borrows the gay colors that have been lying during the summer months among the flowers, in the fruits, upon the plumage of the bird, on the wings of the butterfly, and working them together in broad and glowing masses, she throws them over the forest to grace her triumph.
Page 127 - It is beautifully situated— as regards the water, just at the point where the river becomes sea. It has quays and wharves, at which vessels of small tonnage can lie, in the very heart of the town. Vessels of any tonnage can lie a mile out from its streets. It is surrounded by hills and mountains, from which views can be had which would make the fortune of any district in Europe.