The fourth book for childrenHughes and Son, 1835 |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... feed them . So he climbed up the tree and killed the young birds ; think ' - ing that was bet ' - ter than to let them die of hun ' - ger . But he could not help think ' - ing how cru - el he had been , and was very much troubled . Af ...
... feed them . So he climbed up the tree and killed the young birds ; think ' - ing that was bet ' - ter than to let them die of hun ' - ger . But he could not help think ' - ing how cru - el he had been , and was very much troubled . Af ...
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... feed and tend their young ones ; and they like to see the lit ' - tle birds in their pret ' - ty , soft , warm nests , and to hear them chirp . Some - times they look a - bout ' in the bush ' - es , and in the trees , to find birds ...
... feed and tend their young ones ; and they like to see the lit ' - tle birds in their pret ' - ty , soft , warm nests , and to hear them chirp . Some - times they look a - bout ' in the bush ' - es , and in the trees , to find birds ...
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... feed you in a new and strange way , or almost starve you to death . EXERCISES . What did one of the little boys find ? What did he say to his companions ? What do good children do when they find birds ' nests ? What often becomes of the ...
... feed you in a new and strange way , or almost starve you to death . EXERCISES . What did one of the little boys find ? What did he say to his companions ? What do good children do when they find birds ' nests ? What often becomes of the ...
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... feed on . I once saw a boy set his foot on a snail , and it put it to an ex - cru ́ - ci - a - ting pain . He said he did not see it , else he would not have done it ; and he shed tears when he saw it writhe with pain , which showed ...
... feed on . I once saw a boy set his foot on a snail , and it put it to an ex - cru ́ - ci - a - ting pain . He said he did not see it , else he would not have done it ; and he shed tears when he saw it writhe with pain , which showed ...
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Page 98 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 118 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, "We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 118 - And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Page 115 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 143 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 114 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.
Page 111 - And they set on for him by himself, and for. them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs.
Page 103 - And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Page 105 - And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them ; and he said unto them, Whence come ye ? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Page 100 - But think on me when it shall be well with thee and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.