A Phonic Reading Book for Young Children ...1876 - Readers - 132 pages |
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... silver . " " Trûe ; and I soon found that I was to be a button , for they fastened a tail to me , and rubbed me for a great length of time , till I became very bright . I was then stuck with the rest of us on a sheet of thick white ...
... silver . " " Trûe ; and I soon found that I was to be a button , for they fastened a tail to me , and rubbed me for a great length of time , till I became very bright . I was then stuck with the rest of us on a sheet of thick white ...
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... silver spoon ! Now I am used by the servants alone ; but if I were a silver spoon , it might happen that the king himself shoüld eat rice - milk with mẽ out of a gōlden dish ; whereas , being only a wooden spoon , it is nothing but meal ...
... silver spoon ! Now I am used by the servants alone ; but if I were a silver spoon , it might happen that the king himself shoüld eat rice - milk with mẽ out of a gōlden dish ; whereas , being only a wooden spoon , it is nothing but meal ...
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... silver spoon from a wooden one ? ' " Dear child , silver is heavier than wood . ' ' Then pray , make mē heaviër ! ' cried the spoon . ' I long to be as good as the rest , and I have nō patience with the sauciness of that servant . ' The ...
... silver spoon from a wooden one ? ' " Dear child , silver is heavier than wood . ' ' Then pray , make mē heaviër ! ' cried the spoon . ' I long to be as good as the rest , and I have nō patience with the sauciness of that servant . ' The ...
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... silver spoon . ' So the silversmith bōred deep into her heärt , and filled it up with melted lead , which soon härdened within it . But shē suffered all for honor's sake . Then she was silvered ōver again , and brought back to the plate ...
... silver spoon . ' So the silversmith bōred deep into her heärt , and filled it up with melted lead , which soon härdened within it . But shē suffered all for honor's sake . Then she was silvered ōver again , and brought back to the plate ...
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... silver was bought by a gōldsmith , who prepared to melt it up , in order to work it anew . The unhappy wooden spoon was bought with the rest ; she saw the furnace ready , and heard with dismay that they should âll be cast therein . Shē ...
... silver was bought by a gōldsmith , who prepared to melt it up , in order to work it anew . The unhappy wooden spoon was bought with the rest ; she saw the furnace ready , and heard with dismay that they should âll be cast therein . Shē ...
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Page 120 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden, saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 130 - Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me. " And where are they ? I pray you tell.
Page 116 - I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses ; • And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 121 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry. Few, few shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding-sheet ; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 121 - Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Page 112 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Page 111 - Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 107 - Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little Fly, Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by; With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew, -- Thinking only of her brilliant eyes , and green and purple hue; Thinking only of her crested head- -poor foolish thing! At last, Up jumped the cunning Spider , and fiercely held her fast . He dragged her up his winding stair , into his dismal den Within his little parlor --but she ne'er came out again!
Page 131 - And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there.
Page 123 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.