The fourth book for childrenHughes and Son, 1835 |
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... 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 ' - THE ...
... 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 ' - THE ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... thought , could not ; and it would be a great deal bet / -ter , she said to her - self ' , to have pret ' - ty young birds in her hand that might be touched with - out ' harm , and would in 8 THE LITTLE GIRL AND HER KITTEN. ...
... thought , could not ; and it would be a great deal bet / -ter , she said to her - self ' , to have pret ' - ty young birds in her hand that might be touched with - out ' harm , and would in 8 THE LITTLE GIRL AND HER KITTEN. ...
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... thought they would be much hap ' - pi - er with her than they were a - mong the branch ' - es and leaves of the trees . But when the old bird flew back , af - ter she had been seek ' - ing food for her young , and found her nest gone ...
... thought they would be much hap ' - pi - er with her than they were a - mong the branch ' - es and leaves of the trees . But when the old bird flew back , af - ter she had been seek ' - ing food for her young , and found her nest gone ...
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... thought she would take them out , and so she did , and they were all dead . When she saw this she cried , and found she had been very cru ' - el , and said she would nev ' - er take poor lit ' - tle birds a - gain ' from their moth ...
... thought she would take them out , and so she did , and they were all dead . When she saw this she cried , and found she had been very cru ' - el , and said she would nev ' - er take poor lit ' - tle birds a - gain ' from their moth ...
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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.