Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People..William Martin Darton and Company, 1851 - Children's literature |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient animals appearance Arthur baby ballium battle beautiful birds boys Britons bubble called Captain carpets castle caterpillars Cerdic Chinese colour common hazel crown cuckoo cuckoo's egg desert dogs eagle earth emperor eyes faithful feet forest Gauchos giants give hand hazel He-Haw head height Hengist hippopotamus Hodge hoeing potatoes honour horses hundred inhabitants insects island Isle of Thanet kind king King Arthur land larvæ leaves legs Lion look Margery Martin Martindale miles monkey Mordred moth mountain mountain ash Mumbo Jumbo nature nest never night noble northern pass Peter Parley Picts plain prince pups river river Lea round Saxons seen ships shores side sloth sometimes soon species spots stars sword things three blind puppies tree tribe Valentine various Vortigern Vortimer whack whole wild wing witches wood yelp young friends
Popular passages
Page 160 - did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, BO impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Eash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men
Page 160 - judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 164 - It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 136 - majestic slowness. At intervals the party thought they should be overwhelmed by these sand pillars, and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach them. Again they would retreat, so as to be almost out of sight, their summits reaching to
Page 136 - the middle, as if struck with large cannon shot. About noon they began to advance with considerable swiftness upon the party, the wind being very strong from the north. Eleven of them ranged alongside at about the distance of three miles from them, and at this interval the
Page 164 - of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night j It was the plant
Page 269 - One of these nests I procured this autumn, most artificially plaited, and composed of the blades of wheat, perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket-ball, with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovery to what part it belonged; it was so compact and well filled, that it would roll across the table without being discomposed,
Page 285 - moves his fore-legs in all directions, in order to find something to lay hold of, and, when he has succeeded, he pulls himself forward, and is thus enabled to travel onwards, but, at the same time, in so tardy and awkward a manner, as to acquire for
Page 229 - in which the author seems rather to follow the traditions of the old Welsh bards, who believed that King Arthur was not dead, but conveyed away by the fairies into some pleasant place, where he should remain for a time, and then return again and reign in as great authority as ever,
Page 31 - If repeatedly refused an orange when he attempted to take it, he would shriek violently, and swing furiously about the ropes, then return, and endeavour to obtain it. If again refused, he would roll for some time like an angry child, uttering the most piercing screams, and then suddenly starting up, rush furiously over the