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... lived in the next house to the one in which these two lit - tle boys lived , came up and said , with an im - plor - ing look , " I am go - ing home at half - past eight . Now , do stay a lit - tle while long - er , and then we shall go ...
... lived in the next house to the one in which these two lit - tle boys lived , came up and said , with an im - plor - ing look , " I am go - ing home at half - past eight . Now , do stay a lit - tle while long - er , and then we shall go ...
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... lived . www m MRS BARBAULD . THE OLD MAN AND THE BUNDLE OF STICKS . An old man had many sons , who were often quar - rell - ing with each other . When the father had used every means in his power to re - con- cile them , and make them ...
... lived . www m MRS BARBAULD . THE OLD MAN AND THE BUNDLE OF STICKS . An old man had many sons , who were often quar - rell - ing with each other . When the father had used every means in his power to re - con- cile them , and make them ...
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... lived many years in great comfort , re - spect - ed by all who knew him . mm THE MILK - MAID . A country maid , who was walking very quietly with a pail of milk upon her head , fell into the fol - low - ing train of thought : - " The ...
... lived many years in great comfort , re - spect - ed by all who knew him . mm THE MILK - MAID . A country maid , who was walking very quietly with a pail of milk upon her head , fell into the fol - low - ing train of thought : - " The ...
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... lived in the finest part of London a gentleman named Mr Belmore , who had a little daughter called Laura . Now , Laura was thought to be a very pretty girl . She had a beautiful rosy face , with white flaxen hair falling in curls over ...
... lived in the finest part of London a gentleman named Mr Belmore , who had a little daughter called Laura . Now , Laura was thought to be a very pretty girl . She had a beautiful rosy face , with white flaxen hair falling in curls over ...
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Simple lessons. Near the place where Laura's father resided , there lived in a back street a poor woman , whose husband had been a printer ; but he had died of fever , and left his wife and a little daughter , Emma , without any means of ...
Simple lessons. Near the place where Laura's father resided , there lived in a back street a poor woman , whose husband had been a printer ; but he had died of fever , and left his wife and a little daughter , Emma , without any means of ...
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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.