Reading books, adapted to the requirements of the Revised code, ed. by A.R. Grant. Standard 1-6, Volumen3Alexander Ronald Grant 1870 |
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... pale and fair , How pretty and how sweet you are ! And yet how long you hide your head In those soft leaves that round you spread ! I would not lift your humble face To prouder seat THIRD STANDARD . 11 The Primrose (poetry)
... pale and fair , How pretty and how sweet you are ! And yet how long you hide your head In those soft leaves that round you spread ! I would not lift your humble face To prouder seat THIRD STANDARD . 11 The Primrose (poetry)
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... pretty mate and I ; And all the time we worked at it We sang most merrily . The green leaves shade our lovely home From the hot scorching sun , So many birds live in the tree We do not want for fun . The light breeze gently rocks our ...
... pretty mate and I ; And all the time we worked at it We sang most merrily . The green leaves shade our lovely home From the hot scorching sun , So many birds live in the tree We do not want for fun . The light breeze gently rocks our ...
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Alexander Ronald Grant. We have four pretty little nests , We watch them with great care ; Full fifty eggs are in this tree , Don't tell the boys they're here . Joe Thompson robbed the nest last year , And , year before , Tom Brown . I ...
Alexander Ronald Grant. We have four pretty little nests , We watch them with great care ; Full fifty eggs are in this tree , Don't tell the boys they're here . Joe Thompson robbed the nest last year , And , year before , Tom Brown . I ...
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... pretty eye glittered so ! You fluttered and ruffled your feathers , And sang with a frightened cry , And then you rushed through the window Away between earth and sky . And every creature that met you You called with a piercing call ...
... pretty eye glittered so ! You fluttered and ruffled your feathers , And sang with a frightened cry , And then you rushed through the window Away between earth and sky . And every creature that met you You called with a piercing call ...
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... pretty well again . Whenever either were naughty , no threat was so alarming as that of becoming again their own masters . The children were as frightened as if they had been told that they should be sent to prison . From " THE ...
... pretty well again . Whenever either were naughty , no threat was so alarming as that of becoming again their own masters . The children were as frightened as if they had been told that they should be sent to prison . From " THE ...
Términos y frases comunes
Africa Alice baby beasts beautiful Belgium Bessie better bird Bob-o-link called capital carriage Charles child church clean clever County Antrim dear dinner dirty dress drink drowned Dutch England English English Channel father fish flowers fond garden girl give Government.-A head heard Holland hope horses Ireland Italy Jones Julia keep king lake Ladoga lakes land Letty little Robin Redbreast live London look mistress Mont Blanc mother mountains Naples nest never night Norris nosegays numbers Pat Maloney Patty Larkins plants poor pretty Queen river roots round Russia Ruth Scotland sent servant Siberia Smith Spain Straits of Dover tell things thought Tim Larkins to-morrow to-whit told town travellers Turkey turn for house-work wash Williams Willie wolves woman wonderful
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Página 92 - You friendly Earth, how far do you go, With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I...
Página 46 - To-whit! to-whit! to-whee! Will you listen to me? Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nest I made"?" " Not I," said the the cow, " Moo-oo! Such a thing I'd never do. I gave you a wisp of hay, But didn't take your nest away. Not I,
Página 90 - January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams. June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and lovely flowers.
Página 48 - I think I never heard Of anything so mean." "It is very cruel, too," Said little Alice Neal; "I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel?
Página 47 - oh, no! I wouldn't treat a poor bird so. I gave wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine. Baa ! Baa !" said the sheep ; " oh, no I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
Página 118 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Página 90 - You conceive that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well...
Página 48 - Don't ask me again, Why, I haven'ta chick Would do such a trick. We all gave her a feather, And she wove them together. I'd scorn to intrude On her and her brood. Cluck! Cluck!" said the hen, "Don't ask me again." "Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! All the birds make a stir! Let us find out his name, And all cry 'for shame!'" "I would not rob a bird," Said little Mary Green; "I think I never heard Of anything so mean.
Página 103 - Welsh princes, and thus ended the independence of Wales. Since that time the Welsh have been a part of the British nation, and they now weave stockings and dig coal and iron...
Página 46 - Bow-wow! I wouldn't be so mean, anyhow! I gave hairs the nest to make, But the nest I did not take. Not I,