American Popular Lessons: Chiefly Selected from the Writings of Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, and Other Approved WritersRoe Lockwood, 1848 - 251 pages |
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... seen , and what you have done ; you , who understand what is meant by the words , " I have done it , " or , " I have not , " you can understand what is meant by a liar , and a boy of truth . Frank and Robert were two little boys about ...
... seen , and what you have done ; you , who understand what is meant by the words , " I have done it , " or , " I have not , " you can understand what is meant by a liar , and a boy of truth . Frank and Robert were two little boys about ...
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... seen them upon others , but he had never worn any in his life . The next day the old man made him go to the town and lay out his money . Jack had not been gone long , before his daddy saw him come back without his shoes and stockings ...
... seen them upon others , but he had never worn any in his life . The next day the old man made him go to the town and lay out his money . Jack had not been gone long , before his daddy saw him come back without his shoes and stockings ...
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... seen . Jack did not know what to do ; he thought he would try to find the people of the island , but he was afraid of them . He knew that white men are some- times very cruel to negroes ; that they make slaves of them , and beat them ...
... seen . Jack did not know what to do ; he thought he would try to find the people of the island , but he was afraid of them . He knew that white men are some- times very cruel to negroes ; that they make slaves of them , and beat them ...
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... seen a horse which was sick like the kan's horse . Jack went to see the kan's sick horse ; he begged his servants to let him try if he could not cure the horse , and they asked their master , who consented . Jack prepared a dose for the ...
... seen a horse which was sick like the kan's horse . Jack went to see the kan's sick horse ; he begged his servants to let him try if he could not cure the horse , and they asked their master , who consented . Jack prepared a dose for the ...
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... seen another person rewarded , I think I may be re- warded for the same good action . When my mother praised my brother Edward , and gave him a table for keeping his room in good order , I began to keep my room in better order ; and you ...
... seen another person rewarded , I think I may be re- warded for the same good action . When my mother praised my brother Edward , and gave him a table for keeping his room in good order , I began to keep my room in better order ; and you ...
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Page 166 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 167 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD OF HOSTS, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 165 - Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Page 167 - And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Page 201 - 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.
Page 168 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
Page 163 - And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him : for this is he.
Page 168 - Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
Page 163 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 136 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.