Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People..William Martin Darton and Company, 1866 |
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... hoop too , so familiar with us boys , formed one of the first sports of Greek children . It was sometimes made of bronze , about three feet in diameter , and adorned with little spherical bells and moveable rings , which jingled while ...
... hoop too , so familiar with us boys , formed one of the first sports of Greek children . It was sometimes made of bronze , about three feet in diameter , and adorned with little spherical bells and moveable rings , which jingled while ...
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... hoops , then zig - zagged , then oscillated , and , lastly , tried to bottomatop itself ; and in the midst of all these gym- nastics Tom suddenly observed that the wretched beast had slipped his tail through the bunghole of the cask ...
... hoops , then zig - zagged , then oscillated , and , lastly , tried to bottomatop itself ; and in the midst of all these gym- nastics Tom suddenly observed that the wretched beast had slipped his tail through the bunghole of the cask ...
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... hoops , or what not ? Seated not so elevated as in a houdah , on the back of an elephant , or so dignified as some are between the bumps of a camel , over a wide desert they stumbled , through a sea of sand they tumbled , till , by a ...
... hoops , or what not ? Seated not so elevated as in a houdah , on the back of an elephant , or so dignified as some are between the bumps of a camel , over a wide desert they stumbled , through a sea of sand they tumbled , till , by a ...
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... Hoops , Tops , and Hummers - The Police in a Quandary - Hoops , Proper and Improper-- Leaping and Walking on Poles - Slinging Stones , and how this Game may be Played without Danger - Bows and Arrows - The Days of old English Archery ...
... Hoops , Tops , and Hummers - The Police in a Quandary - Hoops , Proper and Improper-- Leaping and Walking on Poles - Slinging Stones , and how this Game may be Played without Danger - Bows and Arrows - The Days of old English Archery ...
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... hoop , the spinning of a top , or the shooting of a marble . But one of the greatest of all lessons we may learn is this - In all games and sports play fairly . " Fair play is a jewel , " says the proverb ; therefore let fair play be ...
... hoop , the spinning of a top , or the shooting of a marble . But one of the greatest of all lessons we may learn is this - In all games and sports play fairly . " Fair play is a jewel , " says the proverb ; therefore let fair play be ...
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Alfred amusement angle Anne Boleyn ball BARNABY RUDGE beautiful boat bowl Bruges bull called cheer Christmas colour cross and pile delight ditto DOMBEY AND SON England English ENGRAVINGS equal eyes feet Fieldfare fire flowers French George Measom girls glass glory gold golden hours Greek boys hand head heard heart holy honour hoops king leaped lion LITTLE DORRIT London look manufacture marbles MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT Miltiades Moon morning mother natives never noble PARLEY'S ANNUAL PICKWICK PAPERS pins play players poor pottery pretty Prince prize quoit quum Railway rises or sets Romans round Sally Sharpus SHILLING side SKETCHES BY BOZ soon sport square star stones streets Sunday after Trinity tail Temple thee thing thou tiger town trees turn wall WEST CORNWALL RAILWAYS whole Wolsey young youth
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Página 336 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Página 136 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Página 145 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares described on the sides which contain the right angle.
Página 46 - ... their booty from this and other spoliations, that gold in Syria speedily fell to one half its former value. In the confusion, the Zealots and robbers, who had the defence of the place, succeeded in forcing their way through the upper city, there to make their last stand. The plundering and butchering being over for the present, the Romans carried their standards around the burning Temple, and set them up before the eastern gate, where they offered sacrifices, and saluted Titus as
Página 38 - The two great parties concurred in defence of the city; but when the urgent occasion had passed, they turned their arms against each other. Thus there was two-fold war, and the lifeblood of Jerusalem was drained without respite. John defended the temple and the Castle of Antonia, and Simon the rest of the city. The space which their previous devastations had cleared within the city, served them for a field of battle against each other ; from which, when occasion required, they unanimously hastened...
Página 135 - Having alighted, he immediately took his chamber and went to bed, where his sickness still increased. Three days after, " on Tuesday even, master Kingston came to him, and bade him good-morrow, for it was about six of the clock, and asked him how he did. Sir, quoth he, I tarry but the pleasure of God, to render up my poor soul into His hands.