The Easy Reader, Or, Introduction to the National Preceptor: Consisting of Familiar and Progressive Lessons Designed to Aid in Thinking, Spelling, Defining, and Correct ReadingDurrie & Peck, 1833 - 144 páginas |
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... King Richard , 12. Prince Arthur , 16. Edward's Escape , STORIES HIST . ENG . ( 6 17. The Conquest of Wales , ( 6 19. The Two Brothers , 20. The Two Brothers continued , 21. Waiting for Dinner , 24. The Murder in the Tower , STORIES ...
... King Richard , 12. Prince Arthur , 16. Edward's Escape , STORIES HIST . ENG . ( 6 17. The Conquest of Wales , ( 6 19. The Two Brothers , 20. The Two Brothers continued , 21. Waiting for Dinner , 24. The Murder in the Tower , STORIES ...
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... kings of Eng- land of the name of Henry . The first king of this name had a son called William ; who was as you may suppose , a great favorite with his father , for he had no other son . 2. So it was expected that Prince William would be ...
... kings of Eng- land of the name of Henry . The first king of this name had a son called William ; who was as you may suppose , a great favorite with his father , for he had no other son . 2. So it was expected that Prince William would be ...
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... king , his father , from France to England , and if he had sailed in the same ship with the king he would have arrived safe as the king did ; but the prince delayed , and was not ready to go with his father , as he ought to have been ...
... king , his father , from France to England , and if he had sailed in the same ship with the king he would have arrived safe as the king did ; but the prince delayed , and was not ready to go with his father , as he ought to have been ...
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... king , who was very fond of his son , when he heard of his death , was so sorry that he fainted away , and never was ... King Richard . 1. THERE was once a king of England , called Richard the first , who was one of the bravest men in ...
... king , who was very fond of his son , when he heard of his death , was so sorry that he fainted away , and never was ... King Richard . 1. THERE was once a king of England , called Richard the first , who was one of the bravest men in ...
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... King Richard's time , a people who were called Infidels , ( or Unbelievers , because they did not believe in our Savior , ) obtained possession of a Holy City , called Jerusalem , about which you read in the Bible , and all the ...
... King Richard's time , a people who were called Infidels , ( or Unbelievers , because they did not believe in our Savior , ) obtained possession of a Holy City , called Jerusalem , about which you read in the Bible , and all the ...
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Página 142 - He went to the windows of those who slept, And over each pane like a fairy crept. Wherever he breathed, wherever he...
Página 35 - Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again"; So I piped: he wept to hear. "Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read.
Página 115 - A rose's brief bright life of joy, such unto him was given ; go — thou must play alone, my boy! thy brother is in heaven.' 'And has he left his birds and flowers ; and must I call in vain? and through the long, long summer hours, will he not come again? 'And by the brook and in the glade are all our wanderings o'er? Oh! while my brother with me played, would I had loved him more!
Página 127 - What is that, Mother ?— The eagle, boy !— Proudly careering his course of joy ; Firm, on his own mountain vigor 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, and true to the line. What is that, Mother...
Página 128 - midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things? Not there, not there, my child! Is it far away, in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold, Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand? Is it there, sweet mother! that better land? Not there, not there, my child...
Página 127 - What is that, Mother ? The swan, my love ! He is floating down, from his native grove ; No loved one, now, no nestling, nigh, He is floating down, by himself, to die; Death darkens his eye, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song, is the last, he sings. Live so, my love, that when death shall come, Swanlike and sweet, it may waft thee home!
Página 141 - THE Frost looked forth one still, clear night, And whispered, " Now I shall be out of sight; So through. the valley and over the height, In silence I'll take my way. I will not go on like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain. But I'll be as busy as they!
Página 125 - Content thee, boy, in my bower to dwell ! Here are sweet sounds, which thou lovest well ; Flutes on the air in the stilly noon, Harps which the wandering breezes tune ; And the silvery wood-note of many a bird, Whose voice was ne'er in thy mountains heard.
Página 135 - ... it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield of gold in so public a place as this : for my part, I wonder even a silver one is not too strong a temptation for the devotion of some people who pass this way ; and it appears by the date, that this has been here above three years.
Página 126 - Thy mother is gone from her cares to rest, She hath taken the babe on her quiet breast; Thou would'st meet her footstep, my boy, no more, Nor hear her song at the cabin door. Come thou with me to the vineyards nigh, And we'll pluck the grapes of the richest dye.