The Primary Reader: Designed for the Younger Reading Classes, in Common Schools in the United StatesRobins & Smith, 1844 |
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... hear them , ” said Oliver . " Who were they ' ? " asked Margaret . " You know I don't tell tales , Margaret ' , " said Oliver . " But what was you going to say about the Morri- sons ' ? " inquired Elizabeth ' , raising her eyes from her ...
... hear them , ” said Oliver . " Who were they ' ? " asked Margaret . " You know I don't tell tales , Margaret ' , " said Oliver . " But what was you going to say about the Morri- sons ' ? " inquired Elizabeth ' , raising her eyes from her ...
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... hear . Several weeks passed away , and because of the snow ' , I did not see little George ' ; but when the thaw came , I put on my clogs * and went to his mother's cottage to inquire after him . I found the house very clean ' , and my ...
... hear . Several weeks passed away , and because of the snow ' , I did not see little George ' ; but when the thaw came , I put on my clogs * and went to his mother's cottage to inquire after him . I found the house very clean ' , and my ...
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... hear this ' , but getting up to look at his books , as they were placed in order on the shelf , I was surprised to see the Bible covered over with dust , whilst the other little books were quite free from it , though they looked as if ...
... hear this ' , but getting up to look at his books , as they were placed in order on the shelf , I was surprised to see the Bible covered over with dust , whilst the other little books were quite free from it , though they looked as if ...
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... hear you say so , for I was almost afraid to tell you how some- body wanted to buy them this morning , " said Alfred . " I don't see how you could think that I should be willing to sell them . Besides , mother would not want us to do so ...
... hear you say so , for I was almost afraid to tell you how some- body wanted to buy them this morning , " said Alfred . " I don't see how you could think that I should be willing to sell them . Besides , mother would not want us to do so ...
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... hear her` ; so there she lay , trembling and crying , expecting every moment that he would turn round , and , for aught she knew , eat her up . Meanwhile , her mamma and all the rest of the family were every where searching for her . As ...
... hear her` ; so there she lay , trembling and crying , expecting every moment that he would turn round , and , for aught she knew , eat her up . Meanwhile , her mamma and all the rest of the family were every where searching for her . As ...
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Page 141 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Page 141 - And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every, tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 142 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Page 139 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Page 111 - GAY, guiltless pair, What seek ye from the fields of heaven ? Ye have no need of prayer, Ye have no sins to be forgiven. Why perch ye here, Where mortals to their Maker bend ? Can your pure spirits fear The God ye never could offend ? Ye never knew The crimes for which we come to weep. Penance is not for you, Blessed wanderers of the upper deep.
Page 142 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 142 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 139 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 112 - To chirp away a life of praise. Then spread each wing, Far, far above, o'er lakes and lands, And join the choirs that sing In yon blue dome not reared with hands. Or, if ye stay, To note the consecrated hour, Teach me the airy way, And let me try your envied power. Above the crowd, On upward wings could I but fly, I 'd bathe in yon bright cloud, And seek the stars that gem the sky.
Page 139 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.