Lessons in Reading: For Children in Families and Schools : with Questions on the Principal SubjectsReligious Tract Society, 1842 - 156 pages |
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... Jane one morning , when she sat reading ; " mother , mother ! " call- ing several times before her mother had time to look up . Jane ought not to have interrupted her mother while she was reading , unless on some very important occasion ...
... Jane one morning , when she sat reading ; " mother , mother ! " call- ing several times before her mother had time to look up . Jane ought not to have interrupted her mother while she was reading , unless on some very important occasion ...
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... Jane felt mortified at the reproof thus con- veyed , and could scarcely repress her tears , as she prepared to obey the direction . " Why , what is the matter , Jane ? " said her mother , laying down her book , and perceiving Jane's ...
... Jane felt mortified at the reproof thus con- veyed , and could scarcely repress her tears , as she prepared to obey the direction . " Why , what is the matter , Jane ? " said her mother , laying down her book , and perceiving Jane's ...
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... Jane's mother walked to the fire- place , stooped down to the rug , and with one or two strokes of her hand , spread it even , and smoothed out the fringe . There , that is the quiet way : now I will show you the bustling way . " Her ...
... Jane's mother walked to the fire- place , stooped down to the rug , and with one or two strokes of her hand , spread it even , and smoothed out the fringe . There , that is the quiet way : now I will show you the bustling way . " Her ...
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... Jane will have so much to say , and will make such a parade about it , that she will cause me more trouble than she can save . " " " Jane had many opportunities throughout the day of practising her new lesson , and she felt amply repaid ...
... Jane will have so much to say , and will make such a parade about it , that she will cause me more trouble than she can save . " " " Jane had many opportunities throughout the day of practising her new lesson , and she felt amply repaid ...
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Page 121 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 150 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 136 - What is that, Mother ? The eagle, boy. Proudly careering his course of joy, Firm in his own mountain vigour relying, Breasting the dark storm, the red bolt defying ; His wing on the wind, and his eye on the sun, He swerves not a hair, but bears onward, right on. Boy, may the eagle's flight ever be thine, Onward and upward, true to the line.
Page 136 - WHAT IS THAT, MOTHER ? WHAT is that, Mother ? The lark, my child ! The morn has but just looked out, and smiled ; When he starts, from his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away, with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright sphere, To warble it out, in his Maker's ear : Ever my child, be thy morn's first lays, Tuned,' like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. What is that, Mother...
Page 136 - What is that, mother ? The dove, my son ! And that low, sweet voice, like a widow's moan, Is flowing out from her gentle breast, Constant and pure, by that lonely nest, As the wave is poured from some crystal urn, For her distant dear one's quick return. Ever, my son, be thou like the dove — In friendship as faithful, as constant in love. What is that, mother...
Page 121 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 30 - Consider the lilies how they grow; they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 16 - I hear it in each breath of wind : The hills that have for ages stood. And clouds with gold and silver lined, All still repeat that God is good.
Page 139 - My healthy arm shall be thy stay, And I will soothe thy pains away, My Mother. And when I see thee hang thy head, 'Twill be my turn to watch thy bed, And tears of sweet affection shed, My Mother. For God Who lives above the skies, Would look with vengeance in His eyes, If I should ever dare despise My Mother.
Page 122 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.