 WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able.  The Gordon Readers - Page 38by Emma K. Gordon - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Fiction - 1922 - 526 pages
...them without coming to any decision. WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN By ROBERT Louis STEVENSON A CHILD should say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And...mannerly at table ; At least as far as he is able. THE TREE By BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON THE Tree's early leaf -buds were bursting their brown : "Shall I... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen - American literature - 1922 - 880 pages
...verbatim, but I think she said, quite distinctly: "A child should always say what's true, And sIxmk when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able" — for, seeing him so olxidiently and properly humped, she repented her of her severity and, reaching... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Poetry - 1923 - 564 pages
...they go, And still beside them close I keep Until we reach the town of Sleep. V WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true, And speak when...mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. VI RAIN THE rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here,... | |
 | American Child Health Association - Child care - 1923 - 56 pages
...places — That was how, in ancient ages, Children grew to kings and sages." Meal Time and Manners. "A child should always say what's true, And speak...mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able" Play Indoors. "We built a ship upon the stairs All made of the back-bedroom chairs, And filled it full... | |
 | Literature - 1923 - 1028 pages
...Tell me not in mournful numbers. Something makes me think of Stevenson. ims? Can it be the rhymed maxA child should always say what's true And speak when...mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. A convenient summary, even admitting the humor of the last line. No wonder teachers and parents too... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - Readers - 1923 - 520 pages
...abroad Till morning in the Land of Nod. 4. WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A child should always say what 's true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. 6. AT THE SEA-SIDE When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore.... | |
 | James Earl Russell - Education - 1923 - 558 pages
...always say what's true," That is for you, Mr. Furst. "And speak when he is spoken to," That is for me. "And behave mannerly at table, At least as far as he is able." That is for you, the audience. I have not known at all what I ought to say. I do not know yet. There... | |
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - English poetry - 1924 - 624 pages
...they go, And still beside them close I keep Until we reach the Town of Sleep. WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true And speak when...mannerly at table ; At least as far as he is able. RAIN THE rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And... | |
 | Elizabeth Newman - Music - 1925 - 166 pages
...the birds a -bout the sky. The following are verses of the same rhythm by Robert Louis Stevenson : A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to. Whenever Auntie moves around Her dresses make a curious sound. Close by the jolly fire I sit To warm... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...inani munere! ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1845-1894) From A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES Whole Duty of Children A CHILD should always say what's true And speak when...mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. Foreign Lands UP into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my... | |
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