The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volumen 1 |
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... wood , during several days , whereby the seeds are afterwards more easily separated . As the cotton does not all ripen at the same time , the gatherers have to go over the same plantation many times . If the cotton is not gathered soon ...
... wood , during several days , whereby the seeds are afterwards more easily separated . As the cotton does not all ripen at the same time , the gatherers have to go over the same plantation many times . If the cotton is not gathered soon ...
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... wooden rollers , placed horizontally , one above the other , on a stand a few feet from the ground , and moving round nearly in contact . The upper roller is turned by a handle , and the lower is carried along. 22 THE HOME FRIEND . 22 ...
... wooden rollers , placed horizontally , one above the other , on a stand a few feet from the ground , and moving round nearly in contact . The upper roller is turned by a handle , and the lower is carried along. 22 THE HOME FRIEND . 22 ...
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... wooden mallet , and its vibrations open the knots of the cotton , shake from it the dust and dirt , and raise it into a downy fleece . The hand - mill and the bow have been used from time imme- morial in many parts of Asia , and they ...
... wooden mallet , and its vibrations open the knots of the cotton , shake from it the dust and dirt , and raise it into a downy fleece . The hand - mill and the bow have been used from time imme- morial in many parts of Asia , and they ...
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... wood , and was generally from eight to twelve inches in length . At the top was a slit or clasp , for attaching the thread , so that the weight of the spindle might keep it stretched . The lower end was inserted in a whorl or wheel ...
... wood , and was generally from eight to twelve inches in length . At the top was a slit or clasp , for attaching the thread , so that the weight of the spindle might keep it stretched . The lower end was inserted in a whorl or wheel ...
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... wood , forming a clasp , and acting in the place of as many fingers and thumbs as there were threads . This clasp ... wooden clasp , this was closed with the left hand , and then drawn along the horizontal frame to a considerable ...
... wood , forming a clasp , and acting in the place of as many fingers and thumbs as there were threads . This clasp ... wooden clasp , this was closed with the left hand , and then drawn along the horizontal frame to a considerable ...
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Página 264 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 236 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Página 178 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Página 2 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Página 134 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Página 2 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Página 95 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Página 291 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings ; and of the provinces I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts ; so I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Página 601 - And the man of God said, Where fell it ? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.