Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children, Volume 2An anthology composed of selections of graduated reading difficulty that includes nursery rhymes, fables, fairy tales, poems, folk tales, short stories, historical accounts, biographical profiles, excerpts from longer works, and a usage guide designed to assist with the development of reading programs. |
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... grew heavier and heavier with every step . The people of the neighborhood in which Æsop was a slave one day observed him attentively look- ing over some poultry in a pen that was near the roadside ; and those idlers , who spent more ...
... grew heavier and heavier with every step . The people of the neighborhood in which Æsop was a slave one day observed him attentively look- ing over some poultry in a pen that was near the roadside ; and those idlers , who spent more ...
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... you ? God thought about me , and so I grew . But how did you come to us , you dear ? God thought of you , and so I am here . 开 THE DISCONTENTED STONECUTTER Adapted from THE JAPANESE NCE upon THE BABY 11 THE BABY George MacDonald.
... you ? God thought about me , and so I grew . But how did you come to us , you dear ? God thought of you , and so I am here . 开 THE DISCONTENTED STONECUTTER Adapted from THE JAPANESE NCE upon THE BABY 11 THE BABY George MacDonald.
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... grew discontented and sighed and moaned bitterly over his hard lot . One day when his work seemed harder than usual and his troubles more than he could bear he cried out in despair : " Oh , I wish I could be rich and lie at ease on a ...
... grew discontented and sighed and moaned bitterly over his hard lot . One day when his work seemed harder than usual and his troubles more than he could bear he cried out in despair : " Oh , I wish I could be rich and lie at ease on a ...
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... grew green , the trees leaved out again , and everything rejoiced in a new growth . Then he sent great floods of rain upon the earth , filled the rivers till they overflowed , swept homes and herds into the sea , and destroyed the works ...
... grew green , the trees leaved out again , and everything rejoiced in a new growth . Then he sent great floods of rain upon the earth , filled the rivers till they overflowed , swept homes and herds into the sea , and destroyed the works ...
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... grew up frank and guileless as her mother wished , know- ing nothing of her own beauty or what the mirror might reflect . But there came a day of terrible misfortune to this family , till then so happy . The devoted and loving mother ...
... grew up frank and guileless as her mother wished , know- ing nothing of her own beauty or what the mirror might reflect . But there came a day of terrible misfortune to this family , till then so happy . The devoted and loving mother ...
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