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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... Dutch like straight walks and square flower - beds , which look formal . Most of our bulbs , hyacinths , tulips , & c . , come from Holland . Dutch tulips are especially famous . The Dutch have an ugly trick of cutting their trees and ...
... Dutch like straight walks and square flower - beds , which look formal . Most of our bulbs , hyacinths , tulips , & c . , come from Holland . Dutch tulips are especially famous . The Dutch have an ugly trick of cutting their trees and ...
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... Dutch eat meat and fruit cooked together , with a quantity of oil ; and very often meat which is not cooked at all , but only smoked . A good deal of cheese is made in Holland . You have seen little round cheeses , called Dutch cheeses ...
... Dutch eat meat and fruit cooked together , with a quantity of oil ; and very often meat which is not cooked at all , but only smoked . A good deal of cheese is made in Holland . You have seen little round cheeses , called Dutch cheeses ...
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Alexander Ronald Grant. Religion . - Protestant . Language . - The Dutch language is not pretty , but sounds like bad German and broken English . Chief Towns . - Amsterdam and Rotterdam . Can you guess why both these names , and many ...
Alexander Ronald Grant. Religion . - Protestant . Language . - The Dutch language is not pretty , but sounds like bad German and broken English . Chief Towns . - Amsterdam and Rotterdam . Can you guess why both these names , and many ...
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... Dutch ones , make toys , to be sold in other countries . Germans have quick brains , for they write very in- teresting books . They are clever with their voices , for they sing very beautifully ; and clever with their hands , for they ...
... Dutch ones , make toys , to be sold in other countries . Germans have quick brains , for they write very in- teresting books . They are clever with their voices , for they sing very beautifully ; and clever with their hands , for they ...
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Africa Alice arithmetic prize baby battle of Waterloo beasts beautiful Belgium Bessie better bird brings called capital carriage Charles child church clean clever County Antrim dear dress drink drowned Dutch England English father flowers fond garden girl give Government.-A heard hope horses Ireland Italy Jones Julia keep king lake Ladoga lakes land leaves exactly alike Letty little Robin Redbreast little schooner live London look mistress mother mountains Musgrove nest never night Norris nosegays numbers Pat Maloney Patty Larkins plants plenty poor pretty Queen remember river roots round Russia Ruth sail schooner Scotland servant shillings slate Spain Straits of Dover sums tell things thought Tim Larkins to-morrow told town travellers tuberous root Turkey turn for house-work Williams Willie wolves woman wonder
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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,