The school managers' series of reading books. Standard 1-6. Intr. primer [and] Standard 1-6, Volume 2Alexander Ronald Grant 1874 |
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... night , when the little ones were gone to bed . " Oh , mother , I would give anything to get Willie away ! he'll die , shut up there ! all he cared for was being in the fields and the woods , and he knows ever so much about birds , and ...
... night , when the little ones were gone to bed . " Oh , mother , I would give anything to get Willie away ! he'll die , shut up there ! all he cared for was being in the fields and the woods , and he knows ever so much about birds , and ...
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... night , and the next , gave it into the charge of his head man . Willie begged to stay with him , and the man said , " Well , you'll be no good , but still you'll be company , so you may stay . " George told him , as long as the man ...
... night , and the next , gave it into the charge of his head man . Willie begged to stay with him , and the man said , " Well , you'll be no good , but still you'll be company , so you may stay . " George told him , as long as the man ...
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... night , we will , and live on bread and water to pay it , if you do but bring him to . Oh , my poor child ! speak to me , do , or I shall leave my senses , I shall . Dr. Williams . My good woman , I am not think- ing about my bill ; but ...
... night , we will , and live on bread and water to pay it , if you do but bring him to . Oh , my poor child ! speak to me , do , or I shall leave my senses , I shall . Dr. Williams . My good woman , I am not think- ing about my bill ; but ...
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Alexander Ronald Grant. a night . If he is left to her , and she follows my orders till to - morrow , I believe that , please God , all is safe . Mrs. Jones . Oh , father , you will never let my precious child be took from me , when he's ...
Alexander Ronald Grant. a night . If he is left to her , and she follows my orders till to - morrow , I believe that , please God , all is safe . Mrs. Jones . Oh , father , you will never let my precious child be took from me , when he's ...
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... night , as they are going from home suddenly to - morrow . I've been slaving at them since six o'clock , and have got them done . Now would you , my girl , take the barrow and wheel them up to Franklin's for me ? " " Certainly not ...
... night , as they are going from home suddenly to - morrow . I've been slaving at them since six o'clock , and have got them done . Now would you , my girl , take the barrow and wheel them up to Franklin's for me ? " " Certainly not ...
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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 91 - 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 gillyflowers. August brings the sheaves of corn, Then the harvest home is...
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 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 103 - WALES is a pretty little country, like England's baby brother. It was conquered long ago by a king of England, who promised the people that they should have a prince to govern them who could not speak a word of English. He then told them his own son, a baby, who could not speak any language at all, should be their prince. Since that time the eldest son of the King of England has been called the Prince of Wales. Wales is very mountainous, and numbers of little sheep graze on the green hills. Welsh...
Page 149 - Africa is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea ; on the west, by the Atlantic Ocean ; on the east, by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean...
Page 91 - Apricots and gillyflowers. August brings the sheaves of corn, Then the harvest home is borne. Warm September brings the fruit, Sportsmen then begin to shoot.
Page 72 - Dip for it, grope for it — Tis such a loss! Jane finds a drop of dew, Fan finds a stone; I find the thimble, Which is mother's own! Run with it, fly with it — Don't let it fall; All did their best for it — Mother thanks all. Just as we give it her, — Think what a shame! — Ned says he's sure That it isn't the same!