 | Noah Webster - Children - 1816 - 182 pages
...pretend to beat him down from the tret with grass only. Well, well, said the old Man, if neither wordi nor grass, will do, I must try what virtue there is...hasten down from the tree and beg the old Man's pardon, MORAL. ^^* TABLE X^XII. In all words ending in ,.n unaccented, w is silent, and a has hi 3::: sound.... | |
 | Charles Chauncey Burr - Universalism - 1844 - 152 pages
...well quote the fable of the old man and the rude boy upon his apple tree, especially the phrase, " If neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones." This, surely, says as much about the future world as the text hi Psalms. And why will he not allow... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1857 - 904 pages
...not. Won't you? said the old Man, then I will fetch you down ; so he palled up some tufts of Gross, and threw at him ; but this only made the Youngster...hasten down from the tree and beg the old Man's pardon. " MORAL. " If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a... | |
 | Hervey Scott - Fairfield County (Ohio) - 1877 - 336 pages
...the tree with grass only. Well, well, said the old man, if neither words nor grass will do, I will try what virtue there is in stones, so the old man...down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon." GRAPE CULTURE. I am indebted to Mr. JF Bovring, of Lancaster, for the following approximative synopsis... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - Indians of North America - 1882 - 502 pages
...not. ' Won't you ?' said the old man ; ' then I will fetch you down ;' so he pulled up some tufts of grass and threw at him ; but this only made the youngster...down from the tree, and beg the old man's pardon. " MORAL. — If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - African Americans - 1882 - 496 pages
...man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. ' Well, well,'said the old man,'if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones.' So the old man pelted him.heartily with stones, which soon made the young chap hasten down from the tree, and beg the old... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - Arbor Day - 1890 - 528 pages
..."Well, well," said the old man, "if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there ¡sin stones ; " so the old man pelted him heartily with...hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon. MORAL. If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a more... | |
 | Clifton Johnson - Education - 1904 - 436 pages
...tree with grass only. FABLE I.—O/tbe BOY tbat Jiole APPLES; From a Webster's speller dated 1 789. Well, well, said the old Man, if neither words nor...hasten down from the tree and beg the old Man's pardon. MORAL If good words and gentle means ivill not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a more... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Gordon Augustus Southworth - English language - 1906 - 264 pages
...you?" said the old man, " then I will fetch you down." So he pulled up some turf or grass and threw it at him. But this only made the youngster laugh, to...hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon. LESSON LXXV THE SQUIRREL Before trying to talk or write about " The Squirrel ", see what you can learn... | |
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Won't you ?' said the old man ; ' then I will fetch you down ;' so he pulled up some tufts of grass and threw at him ; but this only made the youngster laugh, to think the old man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. ' Well,... 
