Old-world Questions and New-world AnswersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1885 - 369 pages |
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... illustrations of which meet one at every turn in Mas- sachusetts . We saw mountain farms , in the neighbour- hood of Winsted , going begging for customers at a tenth of their original cost , and found a dwindling population in all ...
... illustrations of which meet one at every turn in Mas- sachusetts . We saw mountain farms , in the neighbour- hood of Winsted , going begging for customers at a tenth of their original cost , and found a dwindling population in all ...
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... illustrated the family virtues by conduct . The fervent desire of every New Englander is to trace his lineage to one among the handful of God - fearing and courageous men who first colonized America . He cares little to go back farther ...
... illustrated the family virtues by conduct . The fervent desire of every New Englander is to trace his lineage to one among the handful of God - fearing and courageous men who first colonized America . He cares little to go back farther ...
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... was then explained how the essential parts of a plant consist of roots , stems , leaves and flowers ; the functions of G these organs were explained and illustrated on the black board COMMON SCHOOLS - A TOWN MEETING . 81.
... was then explained how the essential parts of a plant consist of roots , stems , leaves and flowers ; the functions of G these organs were explained and illustrated on the black board COMMON SCHOOLS - A TOWN MEETING . 81.
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Daniel Pidgeon. these organs were explained and illustrated on the black board , reference being made all the while to the speci- mens in the children's hands . Finally , each scholar was told to draw a plant diagrammatically on the ...
Daniel Pidgeon. these organs were explained and illustrated on the black board , reference being made all the while to the speci- mens in the children's hands . Finally , each scholar was told to draw a plant diagrammatically on the ...
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... illustrations fertile . No class could ever fall asleep in their hands . They are proud of their position and fired with a laudable ambition to maintain the credit of the school ; a little too sensitive of blame , and a little too ...
... illustrations fertile . No class could ever fall asleep in their hands . They are proud of their position and fired with a laudable ambition to maintain the credit of the school ; a little too sensitive of blame , and a little too ...
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