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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... feel she could never turn him out . When her own boy was about three years old , he once fell into the river that runs through the village , and he always declared that Silly Willie jumped in and saved him . No one would believe that he ...
... feel she could never turn him out . When her own boy was about three years old , he once fell into the river that runs through the village , and he always declared that Silly Willie jumped in and saved him . No one would believe that he ...
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... so new to poor Willie that it seemed to melt away in some degree the fog that was over his mind . He began to feel the greatest confidence in the Randalls , and to believe that every word they said was right A 3 THIRD STANDARD . 9.
... so new to poor Willie that it seemed to melt away in some degree the fog that was over his mind . He began to feel the greatest confidence in the Randalls , and to believe that every word they said was right A 3 THIRD STANDARD . 9.
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... feeling of our infirmities . THE PRIMROSE . Он , yellow primrose , pale and fair , How pretty and how sweet you are ! And yet how long you hide your head In those soft leaves that round you spread ! I would not lift your humble face To ...
... feeling of our infirmities . THE PRIMROSE . Он , yellow primrose , pale and fair , How pretty and how sweet you are ! And yet how long you hide your head In those soft leaves that round you spread ! I would not lift your humble face To ...
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... feel any the worse . Dr. Williams . If not the worse , I hope you are the better , and that you have learnt what comes of disobedience . Mother . Beg pardon , sir , for speaking a word , but Ben , poor boy , didn't go against his ...
... feel any the worse . Dr. Williams . If not the worse , I hope you are the better , and that you have learnt what comes of disobedience . Mother . Beg pardon , sir , for speaking a word , but Ben , poor boy , didn't go against his ...
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... feel as we do ? Tim . I suppose not . I don't know . What does it matter ? Come along , or it will be school - time . Ben . I do think farmer Willings is coming . Farmer Willings . What are all you lads after now ? Tim . Only drowning ...
... feel as we do ? Tim . I suppose not . I don't know . What does it matter ? Come along , or it will be school - time . Ben . I do think farmer Willings is coming . Farmer Willings . What are all you lads after now ? Tim . Only drowning ...
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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,