Reading books, adapted to the requirements of the Revised code, ed. by A.R. Grant. Standard 1-6, Volume 3Alexander Ronald Grant 1870 |
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... baby brown , And they go riding from town to town . Chairs to mend , and delf to sell ! He clashes the basins like a bell , Tea - trays , baskets , ranged in order , Plates with the alphabet round the border ! The roads are brown , and ...
... baby brown , And they go riding from town to town . Chairs to mend , and delf to sell ! He clashes the basins like a bell , Tea - trays , baskets , ranged in order , Plates with the alphabet round the border ! The roads are brown , and ...
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... ; he lies on the floor and cries like a baby ; he's no sense , not he ; he's been punished , but it's no use . " However , George was only the more anxious to see him . He was lying on the stone floor THIRD STANDARD . 7.
... ; he lies on the floor and cries like a baby ; he's no sense , not he ; he's been punished , but it's no use . " However , George was only the more anxious to see him . He was lying on the stone floor THIRD STANDARD . 7.
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... baby when asleep , the Queen of England herself could not have made him stir till she came back . Even George's lightest orders were obeyed ; so he was able to take him with him to the farmer's , where his love of animals and his ...
... baby when asleep , the Queen of England herself could not have made him stir till she came back . Even George's lightest orders were obeyed ; so he was able to take him with him to the farmer's , where his love of animals and his ...
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... baby for me ; I must run . Mrs. Thompson . My good woman , don't take on so ; perhaps it isn't true , or perhaps he will come to . Hope the best . Mrs. Thompson . Do step in , Mrs. Smith ; I'm so upset . Here's Ben Jones gone and got ...
... baby for me ; I must run . Mrs. Thompson . My good woman , don't take on so ; perhaps it isn't true , or perhaps he will come to . Hope the best . Mrs. Thompson . Do step in , Mrs. Smith ; I'm so upset . Here's Ben Jones gone and got ...
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... baby . Mrs. Jones . But I am his mother , sir ; nobody can do for a child like his own mother . It's so natural to him to have me about him . Dr. Williams . But you must keep from kissing and crying over him so . I do think his chest ...
... baby . Mrs. Jones . But I am his mother , sir ; nobody can do for a child like his own mother . It's so natural to him to have me about him . Dr. Williams . But you must keep from kissing and crying over him so . I do think his chest ...
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Page 92 - You friendly Earth, how far do you go, With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I...
Page 46 - To-whit! to-whit! to-whee! Will you listen to me? Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nest I made"?" " Not I," said the the cow, " Moo-oo! Such a thing I'd never do. I gave you a wisp of hay, But didn't take your nest away. Not I,
Page 90 - January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams. June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and lovely flowers.
Page 48 - I think I never heard Of anything so mean." "It is very cruel, too," Said little Alice Neal; "I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel?
Page 47 - oh, no! I wouldn't treat a poor bird so. I gave wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine. Baa ! Baa !" said the sheep ; " oh, no I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
Page 118 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Page 90 - You conceive that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well...
Page 48 - Don't ask me again, Why, I haven'ta chick Would do such a trick. We all gave her a feather, And she wove them together. I'd scorn to intrude On her and her brood. Cluck! Cluck!" said the hen, "Don't ask me again." "Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! All the birds make a stir! Let us find out his name, And all cry 'for shame!'" "I would not rob a bird," Said little Mary Green; "I think I never heard Of anything so mean.
Page 103 - Welsh princes, and thus ended the independence of Wales. Since that time the Welsh have been a part of the British nation, and they now weave stockings and dig coal and iron...
Page 46 - Bow-wow! I wouldn't be so mean, anyhow! I gave hairs the nest to make, But the nest I did not take. Not I,