The New Century First [-- ] Reader, Book 3Rand, McNally & Company, 1899 - Readers |
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... grew , and the branch told it to the tree . And when the tree heard the plaintive mur- mur , it rustled all over , and sent back word to the leaf , " Do not be afraid ; hold on tightly , and you shall not go until you want to . " And so ...
... grew , and the branch told it to the tree . And when the tree heard the plaintive mur- mur , it rustled all over , and sent back word to the leaf , " Do not be afraid ; hold on tightly , and you shall not go until you want to . " And so ...
Page 12
... grew all summer long until October . And when the bright days of autumn came the little leaf saw all the leaves around be- coming very beautiful . Some were yellow , and some were scarlet , and some were striped with both colors . Then ...
... grew all summer long until October . And when the bright days of autumn came the little leaf saw all the leaves around be- coming very beautiful . Some were yellow , and some were scarlet , and some were striped with both colors . Then ...
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... Leon- ard as they walked under the maples that grew on either side of the road . derful how they have grown . " It is won- They were like little sticks when I set them out . " 2 " The one at the end of the row ,. A WALK IN THE WOODS . 15.
... Leon- ard as they walked under the maples that grew on either side of the road . derful how they have grown . " It is won- They were like little sticks when I set them out . " 2 " The one at the end of the row ,. A WALK IN THE WOODS . 15.
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... brought mother an apple . A boy named Dick worked for our master . He often came into the meadow to pick the blackberries which grew by the fence . When he had eaten all he wanted , he would 26 NEW CENTURY THIRD READER .
... brought mother an apple . A boy named Dick worked for our master . He often came into the meadow to pick the blackberries which grew by the fence . When he had eaten all he wanted , he would 26 NEW CENTURY THIRD READER .
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... grew tall the little larks grew strong , and their proud mother counted the days until they should be able to fly . One day , while she was away , the farmer and his son came to look at the grain . " My son , " said the farmer , " this ...
... grew tall the little larks grew strong , and their proud mother counted the days until they should be able to fly . One day , while she was away , the farmer and his son came to look at the grain . " My son , " said the farmer , " this ...
Common terms and phrases
ALFRED TENNYSON asked Banquo beautiful bees birds blue weather Bob-o'-link bright blue weather brook butterfly canoe caterpillar CELIA THAXTER chee chickadee-dee child chrysalis cloak colors Confucius cried dear earth elves eyes Ezekiel fairy fall farmer father fire fish flew flowers Frances Willard Garoffi gold golden grain grass green grew ground happy heart HELEN HUNT JACKSON Hephæstus Hiawatha Karine Karine's king leaf leap leaves little brother little larks live looked Macbeth merry Midas mother Mount Olympus nettle never night October's bright blue oŭs play poor pretty Prince Dolor Raggedy replied river salmon Scrooge shining sing snow song Spink star story sunshine sweet tell things thought told took tree turned Uncle Robert Violet walk warm WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind wings wonderful woodchuck woods yellow yellow water-lily Zeus
Popular passages
Page 51 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Page 117 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long: And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 95 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff
Page 94 - The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.
Page 73 - TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end.
Page 103 - WHERE GO THE BOATS? DARK brown is the river, Golden is the sand. It flows along forever, With trees on either hand. Green leaves a-floating, Castles of the foam, Boats of mine a-boating — Where will all come home? On goes the river And out past the mill, Away down the valley, Away down the hill. Away down the river, A hundred miles or more, Other little children Shall bring my boats ashore.
Page 144 - Aid the dawning tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men; Aid it, paper — aid it type, — Aid it, for the hour is ripe, And our earnest must not slacken Into play; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way!
Page 188 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Page 232 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business : let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 119 - No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the...