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11. Billy said, that uncle Toby did to others as he would have others do to him. Once as he was eating dinner, a fly came buzzing about his face, and he caught it. Now I have thee, thou little rogue, says uncle Toby; but I will not kill thee: No, I will not hurt thee. So he took the fly to the door, and said to it, Go, poor rogue, I will not hurt a hair of thy head: Go, fly away, the world is wide enough for us both.

12. Billy says, that once a naughty boy caught a little goldsmith; he tied it fast with a thread, and would not let it go: then he pulled off one of its legs, and crammed it into his dirty pocket, and hurt the poor thing very much.-Naughty boy! How would you like to have a great giant catch you, and pull off one of your arms, and break your bones, and then cram you into his росket? You would not like it at all: so the goldsmith does not like it.

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13. Once Billy found a grasshopper in the room, and the maid was going to kill it; but Billy said, she must not kill it, she must give it to him. he took it to the door, just as uncle Toby did the fly, and said to it, Go, little grasshopper, hop away; I will not kill thee; No, I will not hurt thee. The world is wide enough for us both: Go, little grasshopper, hop away to the pasture, and eat white clover.

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11. Billy said, that uncle Toby did to others as he would have others do to him. Once as he was eating dinner, a fly came buzzing about his face, and he caught it. Now I have thee, thou little rogue, says uncle Toby; but I will not kill thee: No, I will not hurt thee. So he took the fly to the door, and said to it, Go, poor rogue, I will not hurt a hair of thy head: Go, fly away, the world is wide enough for us both.

12. Billy says, that once a naughty boy caught a little goldsmith; he tied it fast with a thread, and would not let it go: then he pulled off one of its legs, and crammed it into his dirty pocket, and hurt the poor thing very much.-Naughty boy! How would you like to have a great giant catch you, and pull off one of your arms, and break your bones, and then cram you into his pocket? You would not like it at all: so the goldsmith does not like it.

13. Once Billy found a grasshopper in the room, and the maid was going to kill it; but Billy said, she must not kill it, she must give it to him. So he took it to the door, just as uncle Toby did the fly, and said to it, Go, little grasshopper, hop away; I will not kill thee; No, I will not hurt thee. The world is wide enough for us both: Go, little grasshopper, hop away to the pasture, and eat white clover.

14. Now I will tell you what Billy said to the butterfly: Butterfly! whither goest thou, little simpleton? Seest thou not that hungry bird watching thee? His bill is sharp, and ready open to devour thee, Come then, come hither; he will be afraid of me, and will not then dare to touch thee. Buterfly pretty butterfly! come and rest on this. lower that I hold in my hand.

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15. Butterfly! I will not pull off thy wings, nor hurt thee: No, o; thou art little and helpless, like my little sister. I only wish to look on thee nearer; I want to see thy little head, and to examine thy long body, and thy beautiful wings, speckled with a thousand different colours- -Butterfly! pretty butterfly! come and rest on this flower that I hold in my hand.

16. Butterfly, I will not keep thee long; I know thou hast not long to live. When the summer is over thou wilt be no more and as for me I shall be only six years old. Thou hast not a moment to lose from enjoying this short life; but thou mayest feed and regale thyself all the time I look at thee. Butterfly! pretty butterfly! come rest on this flower that I hold in my hand.

Pray-ers, pi-ty, rag-ged, A-gur's, chap-ter, Pro-verbs, va-ni-ty, rich-es, wash-ed, satch-el, Ches-ter, Lan-cas-ter, Bur-ling-ton, Je-sus, suf-fer, king-dom, bles-sed, run-ning, ge-ne-ral, Wash-ington, con-stant-ly, ser-vi-tude, in-fant, glo-ri-ous, em-pires, scep-tres, par-son, law-yer, pre-si-dent, ei-ther, fin-est, o-ra-tor, kis-sed, tur-tle, ba-lanc-ed, cen-tre.

Chapter XXIV. Twenty-fourth.

MORE ABOUT BILLY,

1. When Billy went to bed he always said his prayers, and desired that God would bles his papa and mamma, and his brothers and sisters: he prayed that God would have pity on poor little boys and girls who are hungry, and cold, and ragged, and have no friends to take care of them.

2. Billy found Agur's prayer in the xxxth chapter of Proverbs; and here it is: Two things have I desired of thee; deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies M

give me neither poverty nor rishes; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of God in vain.

3. When Billy got up in the morning, he washed his hands and face clean, and said his prayers; then flew away to his satchel for his book; and while the maid was getting breakfast for him to eat, he was getting some good lesson to read. He could spell Chester, Lancaster, and Burlington.

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4. Then were brought unto Christ little children, that he should put his hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them: But Jesus said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hands on them and blessed them.

5. Once Billy came running to his mamma; he was almost out of breath; he said that General Washington was coming to town, and they were going to fire the great guns. Hark! says he, do you hear the drums ?-then his mamma said to him, come, Billy, can you say a speech for these ladies? -Billy would always do as he was bid-he made his bow, and began:

6. Americans? place constantly before your eyes, the deplorable scene of your servitude, and the enchanting picture of your deliverance. Begin with the infant in his cradle: let the first word he lisps be, WASHINGTON!

O Washington! thrice glorious name!

What due rewards can man decree;
Empires are far below thy aim,

And sceptres have no charms for thee;
Virtue alone has thy regard,

And she shall be thy great reward.

7. The ladies were all delighted to hear Billy peak so well. One said he should be a parson,

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