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... continued , is scarcely less per- nicious to tender animals ( and children are such ) than to plants . Not only the complexion , but the blood itself , which is the source of complexion , loses much of its florid hue in miners ...
... continued , is scarcely less per- nicious to tender animals ( and children are such ) than to plants . Not only the complexion , but the blood itself , which is the source of complexion , loses much of its florid hue in miners ...
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... continued ; but when they fly low , and close to the ground , rain is almost surely approaching . This is explained as follows : -Swallows pursue the flies and gnats , and flies and gnats usually delight in warm strata of air ; and as ...
... continued ; but when they fly low , and close to the ground , rain is almost surely approaching . This is explained as follows : -Swallows pursue the flies and gnats , and flies and gnats usually delight in warm strata of air ; and as ...
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... continued till the child is subdued . It is not safe , on any account , for the parent to give up , and retire van- quished . The following instance of such a contest occurred a few years since . A gentleman sitting by his fireside one ...
... continued till the child is subdued . It is not safe , on any account , for the parent to give up , and retire van- quished . The following instance of such a contest occurred a few years since . A gentleman sitting by his fireside one ...
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... continued . “ And what is that ? " pointing again to the first letter " A , " said the now humbled child . " Now carry the book to your mother , and tell her what the letter is . " " What letter is that , my son ? " said the mother ...
... continued . “ And what is that ? " pointing again to the first letter " A , " said the now humbled child . " Now carry the book to your mother , and tell her what the letter is . " " What letter is that , my son ? " said the mother ...
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... continued , would infallibly bring us to our journey's end . Fatigue generally begins , and is always increased , by cal- culating in a minute the exertion of hours . Thus in looking forward in future life , let us recollect that we ...
... continued , would infallibly bring us to our journey's end . Fatigue generally begins , and is always increased , by cal- culating in a minute the exertion of hours . Thus in looking forward in future life , let us recollect that we ...
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The Reading Book Myra Barrs,Centre for Language in Primary Education (London, England) No preview available - 1996 |
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animal appear Athaliah attention beauty beneath birds bless breast bright called character cheerful child clothes cold colour Darius Hystaspes dark dear death delight duty earth Edom Egypt emery paper fairy rings feel fire flowers friends fungi gentle give Greece H. F. Lyte habits hand happy hath head heart heaven hope hour Indians infant insect Jane Judea kind kingdom of Israel labour land LANTERN FLY leaves light live look Lucy MAMMA MASTER mind morning mother nature never night o'er observed once pain parents pass Persian persons pleasure punishment quadruped reason reign render round smile soon sorrow soul spirit star sweet Syria tears tell temper tempest thee thine thing thou thought tion tree turn voice walk wigwam winds wings wish wood young
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Page 236 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 294 - Nature never 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, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 271 - For in this land of Heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of Nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 74 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 132 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.
Page 198 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestowed By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glowed...
Page 132 - 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 199 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile,) Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart— the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might...
Page 271 - Here woman reigns : the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Page 273 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.