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... fell to work , and with his small sharp teeth gnaw - ing a - sun- der the knots and fas - ten - ings of the net , set the lion at li - ber - ty . There is no one so poor as not to be able to re - pay a kind - ness . Hence , we ought to ...
... fell to work , and with his small sharp teeth gnaw - ing a - sun- der the knots and fas - ten - ings of the net , set the lion at li - ber - ty . There is no one so poor as not to be able to re - pay a kind - ness . Hence , we ought to ...
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... fell down a - gain . 66 Ah , now , how awk - ward you are ! " said the lit - tle fel - low . " It was your fault en - tire - ly , " an - swer - ed his sis - ter . " TRY A - GAIN , chil - dren , " said I ; and Lu - cy once more took up ...
... fell down a - gain . 66 Ah , now , how awk - ward you are ! " said the lit - tle fel - low . " It was your fault en - tire - ly , " an - swer - ed his sis - ter . " TRY A - GAIN , chil - dren , " said I ; and Lu - cy once more took up ...
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... fell , he took it up with great glee , and car - ri - ed it a - way . " Shall we come out to - mor - row , aunt , af - ter les- sons , and TRY A - GAIN ? " " I have no ob - jec - tion , my dear , if the wea- ther is fine . And now , as ...
... fell , he took it up with great glee , and car - ri - ed it a - way . " Shall we come out to - mor - row , aunt , af - ter les- sons , and TRY A - GAIN ? " " I have no ob - jec - tion , my dear , if the wea- ther is fine . And now , as ...
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... fell into a pas - sion , and said , " No mat - ter , if it was not you who slan - der - ed me , it was your fa - ther , or some of your re - la - tions , and that is all one . " So say - ing , the wolf seiz - ed the poor , in - no ...
... fell into a pas - sion , and said , " No mat - ter , if it was not you who slan - der - ed me , it was your fa - ther , or some of your re - la - tions , and that is all one . " So say - ing , the wolf seiz - ed the poor , in - no ...
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... fell upon the toy ship and broke it . John was so much dis - tress - ed with this mis - for - tune , that he burst into tears ; but he was not angry with his tor - men - tors , for he knew that they sinned from ig - no - rance , and ...
... fell upon the toy ship and broke it . John was so much dis - tress - ed with this mis - for - tune , that he burst into tears ; but he was not angry with his tor - men - tors , for he knew that they sinned from ig - no - rance , and ...
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Page 63 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 53 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as...
Page 53 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 4 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 53 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly, to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth ; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round...
Page 3 - HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year?
Page 15 - GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree, and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all.
Page 16 - Our outward life requires them not, Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth. To comfort man — to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For whoso careth for the flowers, Will much more care for him.