Analytical Fourth [-sixth] Reader: Containing Practical Directions for Reading ... Designed for the Use of Classes in Common SchoolsTaintor & Company, 1867 |
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... mother and the juniper - tree . And they can smell the red cedar , in the wood of the pencils they use . Such a useful family as this is ! I must leave you to recall to yourselves how the pines furnish the tall masts for our ships . Far ...
... mother and the juniper - tree . And they can smell the red cedar , in the wood of the pencils they use . Such a useful family as this is ! I must leave you to recall to yourselves how the pines furnish the tall masts for our ships . Far ...
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... mother , do you ? " " No , I have a bad headache . I think I shall go to bed early , and see if I can't sleep it off . " " I don't believe it agrees with you to sew so much , " said Johnny . " I sometimes wish I had a sewing - machine ...
... mother , do you ? " " No , I have a bad headache . I think I shall go to bed early , and see if I can't sleep it off . " " I don't believe it agrees with you to sew so much , " said Johnny . " I sometimes wish I had a sewing - machine ...
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... mother will like . " 8. The next day was Saturday , and school did not keep . It was about the first of October . In the town where Johnny lived there were many swamps planted with cranberries , which were now ripe and ready for ...
... mother will like . " 8. The next day was Saturday , and school did not keep . It was about the first of October . In the town where Johnny lived there were many swamps planted with cranberries , which were now ripe and ready for ...
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... Mother , " said Johnny , when he got home , " if you are willing , I will keep this money . There is something very particular I want it for . " " Certainly , " said his mother . " You shall keep this , and all you earn . I am very sure ...
... Mother , " said Johnny , when he got home , " if you are willing , I will keep this money . There is something very particular I want it for . " " Certainly , " said his mother . " You shall keep this , and all you earn . I am very sure ...
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... mother willing that he should work in the shoe - shop ? What is the best use that boys can make of their time ? Is the " sewing - machine " a useful thing ? Why ? To whom is it useful ? Have people always had sewing - machines ? Do you ...
... mother willing that he should work in the shoe - shop ? What is the best use that boys can make of their time ? Is the " sewing - machine " a useful thing ? Why ? To whom is it useful ? Have people always had sewing - machines ? Do you ...
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Page 215 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Page 195 - Tinkled like iron; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away. Not seldom from the uproar I retired Into a silent bay, or sportively Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the reflex of a star That fled, and, flying still before me, gleamed Upon the glassy plain...
Page 35 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite ; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good.
Page 195 - And not a voice was idle ; with the din Smitten, the precipices rang aloud ; The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron ; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
Page 138 - Then, with eyes that saw not, I kissed her; And she, kissing back, could not know That my kiss was given to her sister, Folded close under deepening snow.
Page 196 - When we had given our bodies to the wind, And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels. Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round!
Page 220 - I sleep so sound all night, mother, that I shall never wake, If you do not call me loud when the day begins to break : But I must gather knots of flowers, and buds and garlands gay, For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o
Page 221 - ill be the happiest time of all the glad New-year: To-morrow 'ill be of all the year the maddest merriest day, For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o
Page 153 - In the country, on every side, Where far and wide, Like a leopard's tawny and spotted hide, Stretches the plain...