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... piece more ; and the next night a piece more , and so on till it is like your bow when it is bent , 4. It will not rise till you are gone to CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR . 21.
... piece more ; and the next night a piece more , and so on till it is like your bow when it is bent , 4. It will not rise till you are gone to CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR . 21.
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... piece of cot- ton , put him in a thimble , and carried him about in her warm pocket . 4. The history further informs us , that Tom Thamb became a greater man than his mother ; But , before we attempt to prove this , we 22 CHILD'S ...
... piece of cot- ton , put him in a thimble , and carried him about in her warm pocket . 4. The history further informs us , that Tom Thamb became a greater man than his mother ; But , before we attempt to prove this , we 22 CHILD'S ...
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... pieces ; he could make us die in a moment , and no one could save us out of his hand . 5. I will show you what is glorious . The sun is glorious . When he shineth in the clear sky ; when he sitteth on his bright throne in the heavens ...
... pieces ; he could make us die in a moment , and no one could save us out of his hand . 5. I will show you what is glorious . The sun is glorious . When he shineth in the clear sky ; when he sitteth on his bright throne in the heavens ...
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... piece ? This is gold ; it is a guinea . Here is a dollar , and half of a dollar , and a quar- ter of a dollar ; and one , two , three , four , five , six pennies . O mamma , give me the pennies . 12. What will you do with the pennies ...
... piece ? This is gold ; it is a guinea . Here is a dollar , and half of a dollar , and a quar- ter of a dollar ; and one , two , three , four , five , six pennies . O mamma , give me the pennies . 12. What will you do with the pennies ...
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... Pa ti ents , sick persons Pause , a stop Paws , the feet of a beast Peace , quietness Piece , a part Peak , the top of any thing Pique , a grudge Peal , a ring of bells " Peel , a rind Pe ter , a man's name 48 CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR .
... Pa ti ents , sick persons Pause , a stop Paws , the feet of a beast Peace , quietness Piece , a part Peak , the top of any thing Pique , a grudge Peal , a ring of bells " Peel , a rind Pe ter , a man's name 48 CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR .
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bad boys behold better big boy blessed bread bring brother butterfly Cain cake catch Chanticleer Chapter Charles child cloth cock cows dear earth eyes fair father fear fire flowers fool garden girls give gold gone grow hand Harry hast hath hear heart heaven honey honour horse hungry hurt thee idle keep kind legs lesson little boy little children live look Lord mamma man's name mercy milk moon morning mother naughty boy never night nymph papa peace Phillis poor little praise pray pretty puss quarrel rain red shoes rich rise robin says says uncle sheep sing sister soft song soul spell spin your top sweet tell thing thou Tom Thumb tongue trees uncle Toby unto virtue vowels walk white clover WILLIAM PENN wise words Yes sir
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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.