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... RICHARD JONES was a kind boy . He loved his father , and mother , and the baby : and not only these , whom he could not help loving , but he was fond of the good boys who went to the same school with him . 2. He was kind to the cat and ...
... RICHARD JONES was a kind boy . He loved his father , and mother , and the baby : and not only these , whom he could not help loving , but he was fond of the good boys who went to the same school with him . 2. He was kind to the cat and ...
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... Richard too , for he was a good boy at school , and learned his lessons well , and for this reason they liked to make him happy when he came home . 6. People are never sorry to see good boys come home ; it is only cross , idle boys that ...
... Richard too , for he was a good boy at school , and learned his lessons well , and for this reason they liked to make him happy when he came home . 6. People are never sorry to see good boys come home ; it is only cross , idle boys that ...
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... Richard was very sorry at the time , and really thought that he never would throw any more stones ; but when he saw two of his play - fellows the next day trying to throw stones as far as they could , and knew that he could send a stone ...
... Richard was very sorry at the time , and really thought that he never would throw any more stones ; but when he saw two of his play - fellows the next day trying to throw stones as far as they could , and knew that he could send a stone ...
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... Richard looked after it , with joy and pride in his eyes , he saw that it was going right across to his father's cottage . 5. Then he turned very red , and was in a sad fright . It might break a window ; it might hurt poor Rover again ...
... Richard looked after it , with joy and pride in his eyes , he saw that it was going right across to his father's cottage . 5. Then he turned very red , and was in a sad fright . It might break a window ; it might hurt poor Rover again ...
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... Richard saw it fall , and he knew that it was he that had done it all . He was half afraid to go and pick it up , but he knew he must tell the truth at home ; so he ran as fast as he could , and jumped over the wall that lay between the ...
... Richard saw it fall , and he knew that it was he that had done it all . He was half afraid to go and pick it up , but he knew he must tell the truth at home ; so he ran as fast as he could , and jumped over the wall that lay between the ...
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The Second Primary Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, With ... George Stillman Hillard No preview available - 2017 |
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asked be-câuşe beau'ti-fûl bird at home blind breeze brothers and sisters brought BUSY BEE cage CARELESS GIRL Carlo Clara cried cubs cuckoo dirty door Emma Fanny father and mother forgot Francis Frisk frock frogs gär'den garden green grew happy hear Henry hung hurt killed killed the poor kind knew lady linnet little boy little girl little lamb little Robin Redbreast look Mary mörn'ing morning moth'er nest never nice night old bear once play pleaş'ant pleased poor little bird praise pretty pretty thing Pronounced thâwt Richard RICHARD JONES Sarah sheep shining hour ships shore sight sing song soon sorry sound tâught tell thimble thing thought threw throw stones told Tom Brown tree TURKEY vocal vowel walk wěl'come William wind wings wolf woods wrong
Popular passages
Page 18 - TWINKLE, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Then the traveller in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny spark : He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.
Page 52 - In works of labor or of skill, I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
Page 106 - ... a place for every thing, and every thing in its place...
Page 31 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go; He followed her to school one day — That was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.
Page 51 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 31 - I'm not afraid — You'll keep me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" The eager children cry. "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know...
Page 59 - THAT it were my chief delight, To do the things I ought ! Then let me try with all my might To mind what I am taught. Wherever I am told to go, I'll cheerfully obey ; Nor will I mind it much, although I leave a pretty play.
Page 19 - In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye Till the sun is in the sky. As your bright and tiny spark Lights the traveller in the dark, Though I know not what you are. Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Page 24 - Young birds in their pretty nest, I must not in play Steal the birds away, To grieve their mother's breast. My mother, I know, Would sorrow so, Should I be stolen away; So I'll speak to the birds In my softest words, Nor hurt them in my play.
Page 12 - His errors, which extend in similar classes of words throughout all his dictionaries, arise from his imperfect knowledge of the power of the letter r. A moment's reflection will show that this letter has a peculiar influence on both the long and the short sound of the vowel which precedes it, in a monosyllable, or in...