The Moral Class-bookWilliam Chambers W. and R. Chambers, 1856 - 168 pages |
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... passed along , Robert observed a bird's nest in a hedge . The parent bird , which was sitting in the nest , flew out at their approach ; and when they looked in , they saw three young ones , which she had just been feeding . Robert ...
... passed along , Robert observed a bird's nest in a hedge . The parent bird , which was sitting in the nest , flew out at their approach ; and when they looked in , they saw three young ones , which she had just been feeding . Robert ...
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... passed by and carried them to Gon . At that city , Linschoten , a writer of good credit , assures us that he himself saw them land , supped with the two brothers that very night , beheld the younger with his stumps , and had the story ...
... passed by and carried them to Gon . At that city , Linschoten , a writer of good credit , assures us that he himself saw them land , supped with the two brothers that very night , beheld the younger with his stumps , and had the story ...
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... passed by and carried them to Gon . At that city , Linschoten , a writer of good credit , assures us that he himself saw them land , supped with the two brothers that very night , beheld the younger with his stumps , and had the story ...
... passed by and carried them to Gon . At that city , Linschoten , a writer of good credit , assures us that he himself saw them land , supped with the two brothers that very night , beheld the younger with his stumps , and had the story ...
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... passed , but in vain . He now sought assistance from the king , not knowing who he was . Alphonso in- stantly dismounted from his horse , and setting himself to help the man , soon freed the mule , and brought it upon safe ground . The ...
... passed , but in vain . He now sought assistance from the king , not knowing who he was . Alphonso in- stantly dismounted from his horse , and setting himself to help the man , soon freed the mule , and brought it upon safe ground . The ...
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... passed , That I may give for every day A good account at last . - WATTS . When we read the lives of distinguished men , in any department , we find them almost always celebrated for the amount of labour they could perform . Demosthenes ...
... passed , That I may give for every day A good account at last . - WATTS . When we read the lives of distinguished men , in any department , we find them almost always celebrated for the amount of labour they could perform . Demosthenes ...
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Page 50 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience and I will pay thee all.
Page 20 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 21 - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor, as Poor Richard says; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 79 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 46 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life When they can know and feel that they have been Themselves the fathers and the dealers-out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Page 49 - I'll not hurt a hair of thy head : — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape ; — go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee ? -This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
Page 22 - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Page 50 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 50 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 20 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.