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have such a naughty, disobedient girl in her house.

39. "Thus Harriet not only offended her aunt, and was deprived of playing in her beautiful garden, but after she went home, she became very sick, and was obliged to take many disagreeable medicines, and lie in bed two or three weeks.

40. "Her good little sister staid with her aunt the whole day, and after dinner she had some of the nice cherries and pears, and was happy and beloved by every one. Now which had my little girl rather be like, the wicked and miserable Harriet, or the good little Sarah."

41. Adaline cried and sobbed so much, that she could not speak, and Mrs. Singleton sat her down on her little stool, and went away, and said that she would come back again very soon, and hear what her danghter had to say.

42. In a few minutes she opened the door, and accidentally saw her little Adaline kneeling upon the floor, and heard her pray to God to forgive her the dreadful sin of telling a lie.

43. Mrs. Singleton felt very glad, and she took her child in her arms and kissed her, and said she would not punish her, because she felt penitent; but that if she ever did such a wicked thing again, she was afraid that God would afflict her with sickness as he did the naughty little Harriet.

44. Adaline threw her arms around her mother's neck, and promised to try very hard never to be so naughty again.

45. Mrs. Singleton went to the tin box, and took out some sweetmeats and gave them to her daughter, who was very happy, in sitting again by the side of her mother, and eating them.

46. I have since heard that Adaline never afterwards took what did not belong to her, but she became very good, and was beloved by every one that knew her.

LESSON XXIX.

CRUELTY TO INSECTS CONDEMNED.

1. A CERTAIN youth indulged himself in the cruel entertainment of torturing and killing flies. He tore off their wings and legs, and then watched with pleasure their feeble efforts to escape from him.

2. Sometimes he collected a number of them together, and crushed them at once to death; glorying, like many a celebrated hero, in the devastation he committed.

3. His tutor remonstrated with him, in vain, on this barbarous conduct. He could not persuade him to believe that flies are capable of pain, and have a right, no less than ourselves, to life, liberty, and enjoyment.

4. The signs of agony, which, when tormented, they express, by the quick and various contortions of their bodies, he neither understood nor regarded.

5. The tutor had a microscope; and he desired his pupil, one day, to examine a most beautiful and surprising animal.

6. "Mark," said he, "how it is studded from head to tail with black and silver, and its body all over beset with the most curious bristles! The head contains the most lively eyes encircled with silver hairs; and the trunk consists of two parts which fold over each other.

7. "The whole body is ornamented with plumes and decorations, which surpass all the luxuries of dress, in the courts of the greatest princes."

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8. Pleased and astonished with what he saw the youth was impatient to know the name and properties of this wonderful animal. It was withdrawn from the magnifier; and when offered to his naked eye, proved to be a poor fly, which had been the victim of his wanton cruelty.

LESSON XXX.

HEALTH.

1. WHO is she that with graceful steps, and with a lively air, trips over yonder plain?

2. The rose blushes on her cheeks; the sweetness of the morning breathes from her lips; joy, tempered with innocence and modesty, sparkles in her eyes; and the cheerfulness of her heart appears in all her movements.

3. Her name is Health: she is the daughter of Exercise and Temperance. Their sons inhabit the mountains and the plain.

4. They are brave, active, and lively, and partake of all the beauties and virtues of their

sister.

5. Vigour strings their nerves, strength dwells in their bones, and labour is their delight all the day long. The employments of their father excite their appetites; and the repasts of their mother refresh them. To combat the passions is their delight; to conquer evil habits, their glory.

6. Their pleasures are moderate, and therefore they endure their repose is short, but sound and undisturbed. Their blood is pure; their minds are serene; and the physician does not find the way to their habitations.

LESSON XXXI.

THE LOOKING GLASS; OR, ILL

HUMOR

COR

RECTED.

1. THERE was a little stubborn dame,
Whom no authority could tame;
Restive by long indulgence grown,
No will she minded but her own.

2. At trifles oft she'd scold and fret;
Then in a corner take a seat,
And sourly moping all the day,
Disdain alike to work or play.

3. Papa all softer arts had tried,
And sharper remedies applied;
But both were vain; for every course
He took still made her worse and worse.

4. Mamma observ'd the rising lass,
By stealth retiring to the glass,
To practise little airs unseen,
In the true genius of thirteen.

5. On this a deep design she laid,
To tame the humour of the maid:
Contriving, like a prudent mother,
To make one folly cure another.

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