Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading; and to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue. To which are Added, Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Read with ProprietyR. Christy, 1831 - 166 pages |
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... wings and legs , and then watched with pleasure their fee- ule efforts to escape from him . 2. Sometimes he collected a number of them together , and crushed them at once to death ; glorying , like many a celebrated hero , in the ...
... wings and legs , and then watched with pleasure their fee- ule efforts to escape from him . 2. Sometimes he collected a number of them together , and crushed them at once to death ; glorying , like many a celebrated hero , in the ...
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... wings , enfeebled in his feet , and his whole frame totally enervated , he was but just able to bid his friend adieu ; and to lament , with his latest breath , — that though a taste of pleasure may quicken the relish of life an ...
... wings , enfeebled in his feet , and his whole frame totally enervated , he was but just able to bid his friend adieu ; and to lament , with his latest breath , — that though a taste of pleasure may quicken the relish of life an ...
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... wings ! The kite is hovering in the air , and , disappointed of his prey , may perhaps dart upon the hen herself , and bear her off in his talons . 2. Does not this sight suggest to you the tenderness and affection of your mother ! Her ...
... wings ! The kite is hovering in the air , and , disappointed of his prey , may perhaps dart upon the hen herself , and bear her off in his talons . 2. Does not this sight suggest to you the tenderness and affection of your mother ! Her ...
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... wings his aged sire : he lodges him in safety , and supplies him with food . 2. The piety of a child is sweeter than the incense of Persia offered to the sun ; yea , more delicious than odours wafted from a field of Arabian spices , by ...
... wings his aged sire : he lodges him in safety , and supplies him with food . 2. The piety of a child is sweeter than the incense of Persia offered to the sun ; yea , more delicious than odours wafted from a field of Arabian spices , by ...
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... wings of charity shelter him from death , that thy own soul may live . 5. Whilst the poor man groans on the bed of sickness ; whilst the unfortunate languish in the horrors of a dun- geon ; or the hoary head of age lifts up a feeble eye ...
... wings of charity shelter him from death , that thy own soul may live . 5. Whilst the poor man groans on the bed of sickness ; whilst the unfortunate languish in the horrors of a dun- geon ; or the hoary head of age lifts up a feeble eye ...
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Page 91 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view ! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys, warm and low ; The windy summit, wild and high, "Roughly rushing on the sky ! The pleasant seat, the ruin'd tower, The naked rock, the shady bower ; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Page 136 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 103 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c.
Page 90 - Don't give too much for the whistle ; and I saved my money.
Page 137 - I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey.
Page 154 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Page 124 - Rest, little young One, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first in places far away...
Page 145 - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
Page 124 - What ails thee, young one? what? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee? — well both for bed and board? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be ; Rest, little young one, rest ; what is't that aileth thee ? "What is it thou wouldst seek?
Page 124 - Thou know'st that twice a day I have brought thee in this can Fresh water from the brook as clear as ever ran ; And twice in the day when the ground is wet with dew I bring thee draughts of milk, warm milk it is and new.