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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... numbers of pigs are sent off for sale to other coun- tries . Belfast , in County Antrim , is another big town ; there flax is spun into yarn . Scenery . In the south of Ireland there are beau- tiful lakes , called the Lakes of Killarney ...
... numbers of pigs are sent off for sale to other coun- tries . Belfast , in County Antrim , is another big town ; there flax is spun into yarn . Scenery . In the south of Ireland there are beau- tiful lakes , called the Lakes of Killarney ...
Página 124
... number of highway robbers , brigands as they are called , who stop travellers , rob , and sometimes murder them . Then , if you went to Spain , I hope you would not like the national sport . What do I mean by that ? In England I think ...
... number of highway robbers , brigands as they are called , who stop travellers , rob , and sometimes murder them . Then , if you went to Spain , I hope you would not like the national sport . What do I mean by that ? In England I think ...
Página 125
... numbers of bees , for the sake of the honey . The chief trade is wine - making , for many vines grow in Spain . It is a very hot country , so hot that in the towns everybody goes to sleep in the middle of the day for two hours ...
... numbers of bees , for the sake of the honey . The chief trade is wine - making , for many vines grow in Spain . It is a very hot country , so hot that in the towns everybody goes to sleep in the middle of the day for two hours ...
Página 126
... numbers of orange - trees . You have seen Seville oranges in the shops . At Seville there is the largest tobacco manufactory in Europe . The Spanish are very fond of smoking . There is a cathedral in this town , where is the tomb of ...
... numbers of orange - trees . You have seen Seville oranges in the shops . At Seville there is the largest tobacco manufactory in Europe . The Spanish are very fond of smoking . There is a cathedral in this town , where is the tomb of ...
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... numbers of wooden toys . They are specially clever in wood - carving . They work hard in other ways also ; they make capital roads , and are fond of gardening . Indeed , they cultivate every bit of ground they can get at . — Chief Towns ...
... numbers of wooden toys . They are specially clever in wood - carving . They work hard in other ways also ; they make capital roads , and are fond of gardening . Indeed , they cultivate every bit of ground they can get at . — Chief Towns ...
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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,