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... Naughty boys tear books . 3. A cat will scratch : a dog will bark : a hog will squeal a mouse will squeak : a worm will crawl : an ant will run : a flea will hop : a frog will jump : a bird will fly . 4. Horses haul wood . Cows give ...
... Naughty boys tear books . 3. A cat will scratch : a dog will bark : a hog will squeal a mouse will squeak : a worm will crawl : an ant will run : a flea will hop : a frog will jump : a bird will fly . 4. Horses haul wood . Cows give ...
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... naughty boys say bad words . 3. What will you play ? Will you play hide and whoop ? or blind hob , or chuckers , or ball ? Or will you whip the top , or jump the rope , or shoot mar- bles ? or what will you play ? 4. Tommy says he will ...
... naughty boys say bad words . 3. What will you play ? Will you play hide and whoop ? or blind hob , or chuckers , or ball ? Or will you whip the top , or jump the rope , or shoot mar- bles ? or what will you play ? 4. Tommy says he will ...
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... naughty boy , I fancy . Good boys do not cry - little babies cry . Charles was a little baby once , and lay in the cradle ; but now you are a little boy , and can ride upon a stick . 10. See , here is Betty come from the fair : What has ...
... naughty boy , I fancy . Good boys do not cry - little babies cry . Charles was a little baby once , and lay in the cradle ; but now you are a little boy , and can ride upon a stick . 10. See , here is Betty come from the fair : What has ...
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... naughty puss , she has caught a bird , and killed it . 4. The horse neighs . The cock crows . The ass brays . The bull bellows . The cow lows . The sheep bleat . The lion roars . The wolf howls . The tyger growls . The frog croaks . The ...
... naughty puss , she has caught a bird , and killed it . 4. The horse neighs . The cock crows . The ass brays . The bull bellows . The cow lows . The sheep bleat . The lion roars . The wolf howls . The tyger growls . The frog croaks . The ...
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... naughty boy , I do not know his name ; but it was not Charles , nor George , nor Harry ; -for those are very pretty names ; but there was a robin came in at his window one very cold morning - shiver - shiver , and its poor little heart ...
... naughty boy , I do not know his name ; but it was not Charles , nor George , nor Harry ; -for those are very pretty names ; but there was a robin came in at his window one very cold morning - shiver - shiver , and its poor little heart ...
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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.