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FOURTH BOOK

FOR CHILDREN,

WITH NUMEROUS EXERCISES.

BY JOHN WHITE,

TEACHER OF ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY,
North St. David Street, Edinburgh.

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THIRD EDITION,

GREATLY IMPROVED AND ENLARGED.

EDINBURGH:

SOLD BY

WM. WHYTE & CO., OLIVER & BOYD, WM. WILSON;
M. OGLE, GLASGOW; JOHN SINCLAIR, DUMFRIES; JAMES
DEWAR, PERTH; A. BROWN & CO., ABERDEEN; K. DOUGLAS,
INVERNESS; W. GRAPEL, LIVERPOOL; W. & W. CLARKE,
MANCHESTER; R. BURDEKIN, YORK; AND
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON.

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THE

FOURTH BOOK.

(See Directions.)

Rule taken mason aught rude spoken lesson eight true given person straight gru'-elfrozen reason plough ru'-in broken button taught mutton freight in-trude raven tru'-ant cotton bough ripen.

EXERCISES.

The mason has taken the rude stone which lay here, and broken it to pie'-ces. He ap-plies' his rule to see if it is straight. Do not take aught that belongs' to an'-y of these cru-el boys; for they will then have reason to fall out with us. They are sure to come to ru'-in; for they waste and spoil ev'-er-y thing that is given to them. They do not learn their lessons, when in school, and they pre-vent' ev′er-y person near them from learn'-ing. One of them tore a button off my coat, and next day he played the tru'-ant. When he was sick he got gru-el to drink; and his pa-pa' gave him eight grapes, which he said would do him no harm, as he was much bet'-ter. When he was al-lowed' to eat mutton he thought it ver'-y nice.

That man holds the plough in the fur'-row, and the hors'-es draw it along af'-ter them. There is a raven fly'-ing a-cross' the field: he is look'-ing for food. When the ground is frozen hard, the plough can'-not be em-ployed'; and when it is wet with rain or melt'-ed snow, no seed can be sōwn.

Some boys and girls are taught to spin cotton when they are very young. It is true they earn a small sum by it to help to sup-ply' them-selves' with food, but their health is much hurt by so much con-fine-ment.

Cotton is got from a plant which grows and ripens in the fields. We will not in-trude' up-on' those men, who seem to be much en-gaged'.

They are pre-pa'-ring these goods to freight a ship with.

EXCEPTIONS.

Wom'-an doubt mon'-ey al'-ways moth'-er fa'-ther broth'-er fruit saun'-tered bought half'-pen-ny received' threw trouble most al'-most world.

TOM LOVEBOOK.

Tom Love'-book was a very clev'-er boy; he was very young when he went to school, and by his great at-ten'-tion he soon be-came' the head of his class. See, he is now go'-ing home af'-ter mor'ning school hours, his slate well filled with sums. He is walk'-ing a-way' with-out' see'-ing that he is car'-ry-ing his bag turned up'-side down; his Lat'-in

book has fallen out, and that good old wom'-an iş go'-ing to pick it up and give it to him; no doubt he will thank her ver'-y much, and give her a pen'ny for her pains. He is not so fool'-ish as some boys I know, who spend all their mon'-ey in gin'ger-bread; for this reason he has al'-ways a pen'-ny at hand to give in char'-i-ty, or to re-ward' an'-y bod-y who does him a kind'-ness.

EXERCISES.-What kind of a boy was Tom Lovebook? When did he go to school? How did he become the head of his class? How did he carry his bag? What is the old woman going to do? What will he give her for her pains? What does he do with his money?

CIVIL FRANK.

Lit'-tle Fran'-cis Brown was so well known for his civ'-il man'-ners and good con'-duct, that he was called Civ'-il Frank by all the vil-la-gers. He lived with his moth'-er in a lit-tle farm house; and it was his de-light', af'-ter feed-ing the pigs and pōul'-try, and milk'-ing the cow, to go and sit on a stile and see the sun set, which he thought the fi'nest sight in the world. A gen'-tle-man one day passed by, as Fran'-cis was en-joy'-ing his eve'-ning treat, and was so struck with Civ'-il Frank's man'ner, that he went home with him to his moth'-er's cot'-tage, and prom'-ised to send him ev-er-y year a pres'-ent of books and mon'-ey.

EXERCISES.-Why was Francis Brown called Civil Frank? Where did he live? What did he delight to do? What did he think the finest sight in the world? What did a gentleman promise to send him every year?

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