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Adam and Eve afraid AHN'S Easy Method animal Anon baboon beasts Beau'-ti-ful BIBLE blue Book of Reading brown bear called candle cloth cold Coun'-try creature dark dear Dictionary earth elephant English Conversation Favourite Story Book Gen'-tle GEORGE WATSON German and English girls GLASGOW GORILLA grass grow hair happy hare heard horse hurt In'-sects Jesus kinds of fish light little birds little boy little brother Little child Little lark LITTLE PUSSY look mamma Mary Howitt Mary Lundie Duncan Mer'-ry merry Method of Learning milk monkey moon Moun'-tains Myrrh nest night nurse Nursery OLLENDORFF'S pear Peo'-ple potatoe pretty pussy Quick'-ly Rhymes roar robin round salt sheep shell Shep'-herd sing snow SNOW DOG stars swim tail tease my mother tell Thee things Third Book Thou God seest tiger trees Use'-ful verse walk WATSON'S wings wool
Popular passages
Page 23 - JESUS, tender Shepherd, hear me ; Bless Thy little lamb to-night ; Through the darkness be Thou near me ; Keep me safe till morning light.
Page 24 - I LIKE little Pussy, her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her she'll do me no harm. So I'll not pull her tail, nor drive her away, But Pussy and I very gently will play.
Page 8 - To do to others as I would That they should do to me, Will make me honest, kind, and good, As children ought to be.
Page 34 - Like Samuel, let me say, Whene'er I read his Word, " Speak, Lord ; I would obey The voice that I have heard And when I in thy house appear, Speak, for thy servant waits to hear.
Page 66 - Oh ! it is a little lark, Singing in the morning air : Little lark, do tell me why You are singing in the sky...
Page 49 - LITTLE BROTHER. Little brother, darling boy, You are very dear to me ! I am happy — full of joy, When your smiling face I see. How I wish that you could speak, And could know the words I say ! Pretty stories I would seek, To amuse you every day : — All about the...
Page 62 - But such a cruel death he died, He was hung up and crucified, And those kind hands that did such good, They nail'd them to a cross of wood. And so he died !— and this is why He came to be a man and die; The Bible says, He came from heaven, That we might have our sins forgiven. He knew how wicked men had been, And knew that God must punish sin : So, out of pity, Jesus said, He'd bear the punishment instead.
Page 51 - And everything she says to me I must directly mind ; For when I was a baby, And could not speak or walk, She let me in her bosom sleep, And taught me how to talk. I must not tease my mother ; And when she likes to read, Or has the headache, I will step Most silently indeed.
Page 62 - And more than that, He told them too The things that GOD would have them do ; And was so gentle and so mild, He would have listened to a child.
Page 10 - I will not hurt my lit-tle dog, But stroke and pat his head ; I like to see him wag his tail, I like to see him fed. Poor lit-tle...