The Child's Instructor: Consisting of Easy Lessons for Children ...Samuel Marks, 1817 - 103 pages |
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... of beer Ere , before E'er , ever F Fain , gladly Fane , a weathercock Feign , to dissemble Faint , languid Feint , a sha attack Fair , beautiful ; clear Fare , food Feat , an action Feet , plural CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR . 45.
... of beer Ere , before E'er , ever F Fain , gladly Fane , a weathercock Feign , to dissemble Faint , languid Feint , a sha attack Fair , beautiful ; clear Fare , food Feat , an action Feet , plural CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR . 45.
Page 56
... fair . Mm was a monkey that came over sea : Nn was a negro that sigh'd to be free : Oo was an oyster that liv'd upon brine- Pp was a pumpkin and grew on a vine : Qq was a quaker who always lov'd peace- Rr was religion which makes ...
... fair . Mm was a monkey that came over sea : Nn was a negro that sigh'd to be free : Oo was an oyster that liv'd upon brine- Pp was a pumpkin and grew on a vine : Qq was a quaker who always lov'd peace- Rr was religion which makes ...
Page 57
... Fair and easy goes far . Fat paunches , lean plates . 4. Gentleness begets friends . Give an inch and take an ell . He plays best who wins . Hope well and have well , Hope keeps the heart whole . nour good men . 5. Trust before you try ...
... Fair and easy goes far . Fat paunches , lean plates . 4. Gentleness begets friends . Give an inch and take an ell . He plays best who wins . Hope well and have well , Hope keeps the heart whole . nour good men . 5. Trust before you try ...
Page 78
... fair opportunity of- fers ; and then open it as sparingly as the mat- ter will let you . Just observations and reflec- tions upon men and things , give wisdom ; those are the great books of learning , which are too seldom read . 10. The ...
... fair opportunity of- fers ; and then open it as sparingly as the mat- ter will let you . Just observations and reflec- tions upon men and things , give wisdom ; those are the great books of learning , which are too seldom read . 10. The ...
Page 84
... fairs , and making mischief between friends and families . Go along sirrah , for I will have no such rascals in my regiment . - Then came great P , with little p . 16. Mr. P , says he , you are a prating puppy , always talking about ...
... fairs , and making mischief between friends and families . Go along sirrah , for I will have no such rascals in my regiment . - Then came great P , with little p . 16. Mr. P , says he , you are a prating puppy , always talking about ...
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bad boys behold better big boy blessed bread bring brother butterfly Cain cake catch Chanticleer Chapter Charles child cloth cock cows dear earth eyes fair father fear fire flowers fool garden girls give gold gone grow hand Harry hast hath hear heart heaven honey honour horse hungry hurt thee idle keep kind legs lesson little boy little children live look Lord mamma man's name mercy milk moon morning mother naughty boy never night nymph papa peace Phillis poor little praise pray pretty puss quarrel rain red shoes rich rise robin says says uncle sheep sing sister soft song soul spell spin your top sweet tell thing thou Tom Thumb tongue trees uncle Toby unto virtue vowels walk white clover WILLIAM PENN wise words Yes sir
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Page 96 - The world recedes — it disappears ; Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting...
Page 36 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 90 - Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 58 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 93 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise ; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Page 70 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 101 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 66 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 37 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
Page 41 - FROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise : Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. 2 Eternal .are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.