Goodrich's Fifth School ReaderMorton & Griswold, 1857 - 384 pages |
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... Bee , 42. Poor Man's Garden ,. 43. The Good Reader , 44. For Mother's Sake , 45. Respect to Old Age , .. 44 64. Select Pieces , 45 65. Gunpowder - Harvest ,. 46 66. Vocal Gymnastics ,. 48 67. Lion and Giraffe , 68. Vocal Gymnastics ...
... Bee , 42. Poor Man's Garden ,. 43. The Good Reader , 44. For Mother's Sake , 45. Respect to Old Age , .. 44 64. Select Pieces , 45 65. Gunpowder - Harvest ,. 46 66. Vocal Gymnastics ,. 48 67. Lion and Giraffe , 68. Vocal Gymnastics ...
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... bees and the birds are at rest . 2. Lady - Bird , Lady - Bird , fly away home ! The glow - worm is lighting her lamp ; The dew's falling fast , and your fine speckled wings Will flag with the close - clinging damp . 3. Lady - Bird ...
... bees and the birds are at rest . 2. Lady - Bird , Lady - Bird , fly away home ! The glow - worm is lighting her lamp ; The dew's falling fast , and your fine speckled wings Will flag with the close - clinging damp . 3. Lady - Bird ...
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... like a monster on cottage and farm , Striking the dwellers with sudden alarm ; And they ran out like bees in a midsummer swarm . 8. There were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their GOODRICH'S FIFTH READER . 63 Wind in a Frolic,
... like a monster on cottage and farm , Striking the dwellers with sudden alarm ; And they ran out like bees in a midsummer swarm . 8. There were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their GOODRICH'S FIFTH READER . 63 Wind in a Frolic,
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... bee -as sure as a gun grass- -as brown as a bun- as warm as a toast As blithe as a lark- As light as a feather- As green as the 2. As rich as a Jew As cross as two sticks As sharp as a needle- As grave as a judge 3. As old as the hills ...
... bee -as sure as a gun grass- -as brown as a bun- as warm as a toast As blithe as a lark- As light as a feather- As green as the 2. As rich as a Jew As cross as two sticks As sharp as a needle- As grave as a judge 3. As old as the hills ...
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... bees ; There were cities with temples and towers ; and these All pictured in silver sheen ! 4. But he did one thing that was hardly fair ; He peeped in the cupboard , and , finding there That all had forgotten for him to prepare ...
... bees ; There were cities with temples and towers ; and these All pictured in silver sheen ! 4. But he did one thing that was hardly fair ; He peeped in the cupboard , and , finding there That all had forgotten for him to prepare ...
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Page 110 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 109 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 304 - I tell thee, thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied...
Page 121 - twas a famous victory. "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head.
Page 109 - Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Page 188 - THE thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain, While I look upward to thee. It would seem As if God poured thee from His hollow hand, And hung His bow upon thine awful front; And spoke in that loud voice, which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, The sound of many waters ; and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.
Page 120 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by: And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.
Page 166 - Say, Father, say, if yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay, unconscious of his son. ' Speak, Father ! " once again he cried, " if I may yet be gone ! And " — but the booming shots replied, and fast the flames rolled on.
Page 135 - ... the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it. with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well : The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well.
Page 82 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.