The Primary School Reader: Designed for the First Class in Primary Schools and for the Lowest Class in Grammar Schools. Pt.ThirdThomas, Cowperthwait, 1846 |
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... hands , besought his father to let him out among his brothers and sisters and other people . Then his father said , " He who makes himself hateful to the world should be contented to live away from it . " Peter promised to do better ...
... hands , besought his father to let him out among his brothers and sisters and other people . Then his father said , " He who makes himself hateful to the world should be contented to live away from it . " Peter promised to do better ...
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... hands . Then came the wish , " O that I had such a watch ! A moment after , he said to himself , " What if I should ... hand extended towards it , when he discovered still greater treasures diamond ear- rings and bracelets . " Shall I ...
... hands . Then came the wish , " O that I had such a watch ! A moment after , he said to himself , " What if I should ... hand extended towards it , when he discovered still greater treasures diamond ear- rings and bracelets . " Shall I ...
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... hands . The princess kept her word . This little boy was well brought up ; and his benefactress had the satis- faction and delight of seeing him , as he advanced in life , become a learned , good , and pious man . LESSON VIII . TABLE OF ...
... hands . The princess kept her word . This little boy was well brought up ; and his benefactress had the satis- faction and delight of seeing him , as he advanced in life , become a learned , good , and pious man . LESSON VIII . TABLE OF ...
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... hand through a broken pane . In doing this , one day , he found that a part of the sash had , by his oft - repeated weight , and from its being somewhat rotten , partly given way . Indeed , it was so much broken , that , in descending ...
... hand through a broken pane . In doing this , one day , he found that a part of the sash had , by his oft - repeated weight , and from its being somewhat rotten , partly given way . Indeed , it was so much broken , that , in descending ...
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... hands from my throat . Theodore asked me to get his ball from the top of the greenhouse , and in endeavoring to do this , I fell through the glass . " " O ! a likely story , " said several of the boys ; " he must think of something ...
... hands from my throat . Theodore asked me to get his ball from the top of the greenhouse , and in endeavoring to do this , I fell through the glass . " " O ! a likely story , " said several of the boys ; " he must think of something ...
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Page 113 - His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So,
Page 156 - Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates : In the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? And the scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge...
Page 77 - Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me. " And where are they ? I pray you tell/ She answered, " Seven are we; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two arc gone to sea; " Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother; And, in the churchyard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 168 - ... and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
Page 76 - SEVEN. -A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; •*—Her beauty made me glad. 22 " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" " How many ? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Page 163 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth, "For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more...
Page 163 - The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all : and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
Page 117 - What news? what news? your tidings tell ; Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke; And thus unto the calender In merry guise he spoke : I came because your horse would come ; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road.
Page 116 - Inclined to tarry there ; For why ? his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin, out of breath, And sore against his will, Till, at his friend the Calender's, His horse at last stood still. The...
Page 165 - He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.