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Page 119
... nurses . It is well known that in India the ele- Elephant phant is sometimes taught to take charge of children , especially if they happen to belong to his driver ; but the dog ... nurse . be even a more curious nurse CONSCIENCE . 119.
... nurses . It is well known that in India the ele- Elephant phant is sometimes taught to take charge of children , especially if they happen to belong to his driver ; but the dog ... nurse . be even a more curious nurse CONSCIENCE . 119.
Page 120
John George Wood. acting as nurse . be even a more curious nurse than the " Help " elephant . The dog Help , however , who took assistant prisoner the midnight robber , was accus- tomed to act as nurse , and performed the task as well as ...
John George Wood. acting as nurse . be even a more curious nurse than the " Help " elephant . The dog Help , however , who took assistant prisoner the midnight robber , was accus- tomed to act as nurse , and performed the task as well as ...
Page 121
... nurse if it cries . saucepan should boil over , he will call He is also put in charge of the cradle ; if the child should wake up , goes fetches the nursemaid . In these cases ... nurse my nurse had a rheumatic fever , and CONSCIENCE . J21.
... nurse if it cries . saucepan should boil over , he will call He is also put in charge of the cradle ; if the child should wake up , goes fetches the nursemaid . In these cases ... nurse my nurse had a rheumatic fever , and CONSCIENCE . J21.
Page 122
John George Wood. The nurse my nurse had a rheumatic fever , and was is seized with rheumatic fever , and left in a quite helpless . By chance one day she was left alone , propped up with pillows chair . in a large arm - chair near the ...
John George Wood. The nurse my nurse had a rheumatic fever , and was is seized with rheumatic fever , and left in a quite helpless . By chance one day she was left alone , propped up with pillows chair . in a large arm - chair near the ...
Page 138
... nurse thereupon scolded him , pretended to beat him with a pocket handkerchief , and , when he wanted to go with them , shut the door in his face . child , --and is repri- manded . He takes the reproof " One of the men , soon afterwards ...
... nurse thereupon scolded him , pretended to beat him with a pocket handkerchief , and , when he wanted to go with them , shut the door in his face . child , --and is repri- manded . He takes the reproof " One of the men , soon afterwards ...
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Page 298 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 25 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 106 - Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ; and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom...
Page 297 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 150 - I got a proof of the unseen and therefore unhelped miseries of the homeless dog. I was walking down Duke Street, when I felt myself gently nipped in the leg — I turned, and there was a ragged little terrier crouching and abasing himself utterly, as if asking pardon for what he had done. He then stood up on end and begged as only these coaxing little ruffians can. Being in a hurry, I curtly praised his performance with 'Good dog!
Page 45 - Sharks and some swordfish on the one side and an enormous whale on the other. It was in the middle of summer, and the weather being clear and the fish close to the vessel, we had a fine opportunity of witnessing the contest.
Page 307 - Mine is no narrowed creed ; And He who gave thee being did not frame The mystery of Life to be the sport Of merciless man. There is another world For all that live and move — a better one ! Where the proud bipeds, who would fain confine Infinite Goodness to the little bounds Of their own charity, may envy thee.
Page 107 - Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Page 82 - ... wings are extended to the utmost, and he keeps them in a steady flapping motion, as if in imitation of their use in flight, at the same time raising up the delicate long feathers over the back, which are spread in a chaste and elegant manner, floating like films in the ambient air.
Page 307 - But fare thee well ! Mine is no narrow creed ; And HE who gave thee being did not frame The mystery of life to be the sport Of merciless Man. There is another world For all that live and move, — a better one, Where the proud bipeds, who would fain confine INFINITE GOODNESS to the little bounds Of their own charity, may envy thee.