This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...must do it by degrees, ' said the captain of the army. So he went on hammering away with the hilt of his sword, till he cracked the flower-pot. Here you see him at it. He has just made one hole. Of course this took a long time. While it was going on, what do you think the handsome young man did? Why, he went and paid ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...must do it by degrees, ' said the captain of the army. So he went on hammering away with the hilt of his sword, till he cracked the flower-pot. Here you see him at it. He has just made one hole. Of course this took a long time. While it was going on, what do you think the handsome young man did? Why, he went and paid his addresses to the beautiful young woman, and got her to promise to marry him. And they lived happy ever after. This was Tommy's novel.. But, I say, Tom, ' said Tom's big sister, 'you can't draw a pretty young woman. Look what an ugly old witch you have made! Let me make you a picture of a nice young couple courting!' So she did, and here they are. THE BEE'S CONCERT. F course you are acquainted with all the details of the Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast--if not, the grumpiest School-Board man ought to be after you at once, since you must be lamentably deficient in the merest elements of a sound English education. But I will take the fact of your familiarity with that memorable entertainment for granted. Fired with emulation, a bee determined to give a Promenade Concert a la Jullien, and so great were the numbers that attended it nobody could promenade. Spiders for that occasion only--as indeed was the case with most present--were admitted into the hive, in order that they might hang the boxes, that is, the combs, with silk. The bee conducted in person, and the lamented M. Jullien himself could not have done so more energetically. The poor bee was bathed in perspiration, wax that is to say, before the concert was over, and fastened to its own desk. A novelty was introduced at this concert, --a peal of Canterbury bells was rung, under the impression that they would sound like those of Canterbury Cathedral. This expectation was not rea...
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Add this copy of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard to cart. $33.52, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard to cart. $63.35, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
