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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... sun , So many birds live in the tree We do not want for fun . The light breeze gently rocks our nest And hushes us to sleep , We're up betimes to sing our song , And the first daylight greet . I have a secret I would like The little ...
... sun , So many birds live in the tree We do not want for fun . The light breeze gently rocks our nest And hushes us to sleep , We're up betimes to sing our song , And the first daylight greet . I have a secret I would like The little ...
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... laid on her lips its beak . So the wind blew rather softly , The sun shone rather more bright , And love was the little secret That gave to her life some light . And you with whom love is plenty , Oh , 32 SECOND STANDARD .
... laid on her lips its beak . So the wind blew rather softly , The sun shone rather more bright , And love was the little secret That gave to her life some light . And you with whom love is plenty , Oh , 32 SECOND STANDARD .
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... sun , it is day ; when it turns away , it is night . The sun stands still . The world is about 24,000 miles round . You will see on the map , that the world is covered by land and water . But there is three times as much water as land d ...
... sun , it is day ; when it turns away , it is night . The sun stands still . The world is about 24,000 miles round . You will see on the map , that the world is covered by land and water . But there is three times as much water as land d ...
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... sun makes the white snow look a lovely rose colour . For many years no one ever tried to climb to the top ; but lately people have succeeded in getting there , by sleeping half - way up amongst the rocks . Travellers tie themselves ...
... sun makes the white snow look a lovely rose colour . For many years no one ever tried to climb to the top ; but lately people have succeeded in getting there , by sleeping half - way up amongst the rocks . Travellers tie themselves ...
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... Sun . " It has had many imitators , but like most imitations , they have been but puny counterfeits . " - Baily's Magazine of Sports . " A whole boy's library in itself . " - Army and Navy Gazette . THE BOY'S HOME BOOK OF SPORTS , GAMES ...
... Sun . " It has had many imitators , but like most imitations , they have been but puny counterfeits . " - Baily's Magazine of Sports . " A whole boy's library in itself . " - Army and Navy Gazette . THE BOY'S HOME BOOK OF SPORTS , GAMES ...
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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!