The Standard First [ -fifth] Reader, Book 3C. Sower Company, 1899 - Readers |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 15
Page 10
... father of the family looked up in dis- may and said , " The building of a wall is not possible now : no ; not with God . " The old grandmother replied , " Do not say that . God will find a way if it is His will to do so . " The night ...
... father of the family looked up in dis- may and said , " The building of a wall is not possible now : no ; not with God . " The old grandmother replied , " Do not say that . God will find a way if it is His will to do so . " The night ...
Page 17
... father was a good farmer and managed to make a comfortable living for his family . He also taught his children to work . There were no idle hands in Mr. Lock's house . John was the oldest child . He loved his home , and liked to ramble ...
... father was a good farmer and managed to make a comfortable living for his family . He also taught his children to work . There were no idle hands in Mr. Lock's house . John was the oldest child . He loved his home , and liked to ramble ...
Page 18
... father and said , 66 Father , I am thinking of college , and would like to have your permission to go in two years , if my 66 studies then fit me . " My son , I am glad you wish to go to col- lege ; but I am sorry that I cannot give you ...
... father and said , 66 Father , I am thinking of college , and would like to have your permission to go in two years , if my 66 studies then fit me . " My son , I am glad you wish to go to col- lege ; but I am sorry that I cannot give you ...
Page 20
... of the Revolution . " Ben was a poor boy . He could not go to school after he was ten years old . But the boy was really his own teacher . His father made soap and candles . He set Ben 20 THIRD READER . -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... of the Revolution . " Ben was a poor boy . He could not go to school after he was ten years old . But the boy was really his own teacher . His father made soap and candles . He set Ben 20 THIRD READER . -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Page 21
... father sent him to learn to print them . The printing - office belonged to Ben's older brother . Here , when his day's work was done , he often sat up late at night reading books that a friend had loaned him . Ben's brother was to give ...
... father sent him to learn to print them . The printing - office belonged to Ben's older brother . Here , when his day's work was done , he often sat up late at night reading books that a friend had loaned him . Ben's brother was to give ...
Contents
106 | |
108 | |
113 | |
115 | |
119 | |
124 | |
127 | |
128 | |
27 | |
29 | |
32 | |
34 | |
37 | |
41 | |
42 | |
46 | |
48 | |
49 | |
55 | |
58 | |
60 | |
63 | |
66 | |
70 | |
72 | |
76 | |
77 | |
78 | |
80 | |
83 | |
85 | |
86 | |
89 | |
92 | |
95 | |
98 | |
101 | |
103 | |
133 | |
134 | |
137 | |
139 | |
141 | |
142 | |
145 | |
150 | |
156 | |
162 | |
167 | |
169 | |
175 | |
177 | |
180 | |
183 | |
189 | |
192 | |
193 | |
194 | |
195 | |
200 | |
203 | |
207 | |
211 | |
213 | |
218 | |
222 | |
223 | |
Common terms and phrases
Alexandre Alsace asked barefoot boy basket-maker beautiful began birds boat brave bright bucket Buzz called Cedric child Christel cicada city mouse cloak cold colors country mouse crow dandelions dear dike Diogenes dipper eggs eyes Fido Floss Floss-Hair flowers frog glad grass green ground happy head heard heart Hiawatha Huldah insects Isaac Newton ivy green kill king laughed learned lesson lived looked loved master meadow morning mother mountain nest night old oaken bucket once Oscar pins plants poor pupil puppy Pussy Pussy Willow queen reading red deer reeds rich river Robert Fulton saltpeter sing Sir Rollin sleep song soon Spanish forts Sparta Spider stones straw stream sweet tadpole teacher tell things THIRD READER thought toad told walk wall wanted whip-poor-will wind young
Popular passages
Page 194 - The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Page 222 - Like the birch-leaf palpitated, As the deer came down the pathway. Then upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow; Scarce a twig moved with his motion, Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled, But the wary roebuck started, Stamped with all his hoofs together, Listened with one foot uplifted, Leaped as if to meet the arrow; Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him!
Page 193 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : — ' Pipe a song about a lamb :
Page 145 - THE BAREFOOT BOY BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace; 291 From my heart I give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy!
Page 218 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them
Page 176 - seven times" over and over. Seven times one are seven. I am old, so old. I can write a letter; My birthday lessons are done; The lambs play always, they know no better; They are only one times one.
Page 180 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew!
Page 166 - Alas, alas ! how very soon this silly little Fly, Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by ; With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew, Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue — Thinking only of her crested head — poor foolish thing ! At last, Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast.
Page 180 - THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. HOW dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view ! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Page 182 - Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips And now, far removed from the loved situation, The tear of regret will intrusively swell, As fancy reverts to my father's plantation, And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well ; The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hangs in his well.