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Simple lessons. had been told to come home at that hour , felt great - ly trou - bled . The temp - ta - tion to stay was al - most too strong to be re - sist - ed . The eld - er bro - ther , how - ever , had_the_cou - rage to whis - per ...
Simple lessons. had been told to come home at that hour , felt great - ly trou - bled . The temp - ta - tion to stay was al - most too strong to be re - sist - ed . The eld - er bro - ther , how - ever , had_the_cou - rage to whis - per ...
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... felt be - fore . And when these boys went to bed that night , they felt that they had done their duty , and that they had given their pa - rents plea - sure ; and these thoughts gave them far more hap - pi - ness than they could have en ...
... felt be - fore . And when these boys went to bed that night , they felt that they had done their duty , and that they had given their pa - rents plea - sure ; and these thoughts gave them far more hap - pi - ness than they could have en ...
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... harm in touching them . You do not think I mean to steal them , I suppose . " So Ned put his hand into the orange - man's basket , and he took up an orange , and he felt it ; and when he had felt it , he smelled it SIMPLE LESSONS . 45.
... harm in touching them . You do not think I mean to steal them , I suppose . " So Ned put his hand into the orange - man's basket , and he took up an orange , and he felt it ; and when he had felt it , he smelled it SIMPLE LESSONS . 45.
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Simple lessons. and when he had felt it , he smelled it . " It smells very sweet , " said he ; " and it feels very ripe ; I long to taste it ; I will only just suck one drop of juice at the top . " Saying these words , he put the orange ...
Simple lessons. and when he had felt it , he smelled it . " It smells very sweet , " said he ; " and it feels very ripe ; I long to taste it ; I will only just suck one drop of juice at the top . " Saying these words , he put the orange ...
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... felt something touch his hind legs , he gave a sudden kick , and Ned fell backwards just as he had seized the orange . Ned screamed with pain ; and at the scream all the people came out of the public - house to see what was the matter ...
... felt something touch his hind legs , he gave a sudden kick , and Ned fell backwards just as he had seized the orange . Ned screamed with pain ; and at the scream all the people came out of the public - house to see what was the matter ...
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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.