The Standard Second Reader: Containing Introductory Exercises in Articulation, an Explanatory Index, Reading Lessons, &cJ.L. Shorey, 1868 - 216 pages |
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Page iii
... young . * A plan adopted in the Edinburgh elementary schools is this : The teacher writes on the black - board the successive letters form- ing a word , the pupil telling the teacher what letters to put down . When the word is finished ...
... young . * A plan adopted in the Edinburgh elementary schools is this : The teacher writes on the black - board the successive letters form- ing a word , the pupil telling the teacher what letters to put down . When the word is finished ...
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... young mind . Only very simple ideas are to be roused , and such matters alluded to as may be supposed to interest and encourage the dawning faculties . " Come , let us walk out into the fields . The sun shines in the sky . As an example ...
... young mind . Only very simple ideas are to be roused , and such matters alluded to as may be supposed to interest and encourage the dawning faculties . " Come , let us walk out into the fields . The sun shines in the sky . As an example ...
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... young faculties are excited to listen , to comprehend , and to answer . He cons over and reads his lesson , not with the bald design of repeating it , or drawling monotonously over the words , but of acquiring informa tion , and ...
... young faculties are excited to listen , to comprehend , and to answer . He cons over and reads his lesson , not with the bald design of repeating it , or drawling monotonously over the words , but of acquiring informa tion , and ...
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... young ; but the verdict of our most intelligent teachers seems to be , that the tendency in our elementary books is to underrate the intelligence of the child . It has been my aim to unite a proper and unaffected simplicity with a pure ...
... young ; but the verdict of our most intelligent teachers seems to be , that the tendency in our elementary books is to underrate the intelligence of the child . It has been my aim to unite a proper and unaffected simplicity with a pure ...
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... Young Birds ,. 173 , 175 . 122 101. Benjamin West , . 123 102. Inattentive School - boy , 124 , 126 103 , 104. The Lost Children , 128 105. The Seasons , . .128 106. The Happy Children , . 129 107 , 108. Story of a Dog , 132 109 ...
... Young Birds ,. 173 , 175 . 122 101. Benjamin West , . 123 102. Inattentive School - boy , 124 , 126 103 , 104. The Lost Children , 128 105. The Seasons , . .128 106. The Happy Children , . 129 107 , 108. Story of a Dog , 132 109 ...
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Page 136 - Favors. 1 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God ! My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I 'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 212 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Page 213 - He taught me also, and said unto me, 'Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Page 124 - A rose's brief, bright life of joy, Such unto him was given ; — Go ! thou must play alone, my boy ! Thy brother is in heaven.
Page 128 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 214 - But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Page 58 - THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree, and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Page 212 - Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes : fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Page 93 - Come up, come up, for the world is fair, Where the merry leaves dance in the summer air !" And the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come, to the branches high...
Page 213 - Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.