Introduction to the English Reader; Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners, in Reading: And to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue, with Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Read with Propriety ...George Sherman, 1814 - 216 pages |
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... tender mind with the love of virtue and goodness , is an especial object of the present work : and , with this view , the pieces have been scrupulously selected ; and , where necessary , purified from every word and sentiment that could ...
... tender mind with the love of virtue and goodness , is an especial object of the present work : and , with this view , the pieces have been scrupulously selected ; and , where necessary , purified from every word and sentiment that could ...
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... tender concern for the happi- ness of others . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth . Deceit discovers a little mind . Cultivate the love of truth . No confidence can be placed in those who are in the habit of lying . Neglect ...
... tender concern for the happi- ness of others . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth . Deceit discovers a little mind . Cultivate the love of truth . No confidence can be placed in those who are in the habit of lying . Neglect ...
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... tender gratitude to- wards their instructors . It seems to include a great part of what is to be expected from them . Docility , which consists in readily receiving instruc- tions , and reducing them to practice , is properly the virtue ...
... tender gratitude to- wards their instructors . It seems to include a great part of what is to be expected from them . Docility , which consists in readily receiving instruc- tions , and reducing them to practice , is properly the virtue ...
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... tender eyes ; so God draws the curtains of darkness around us ; so he makes all things to be hushed and -still , that his large family may sleep in peace . Labourers spent with toil , and young children , and every little humming insect ...
... tender eyes ; so God draws the curtains of darkness around us ; so he makes all things to be hushed and -still , that his large family may sleep in peace . Labourers spent with toil , and young children , and every little humming insect ...
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... tender wife and a numerous family . " “ Do you want no more ? exclaimed the humane artist.- Come along with me : I have twelve louis - d'or in my trunk ; and they are all at your service . " The next day a friend of Pigalle's met him ...
... tender wife and a numerous family . " “ Do you want no more ? exclaimed the humane artist.- Come along with me : I have twelve louis - d'or in my trunk ; and they are all at your service . " The next day a friend of Pigalle's met him ...
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Page 167 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 103 - I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Page 194 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
Page 153 - Rest, little Young One, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my Father found thee first in places far away ; Many flocks were on the hills, but thou wert own'd by none. And thy mother from thy side for evermore was gone.
Page 187 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Page 195 - Though they bloom and look gay like the rose; Yet all our fond care to preserve them is vain, Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name by well doing my duty, This will scent like a rose when I'm dead.
Page 168 - Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, 'You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.' As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides and his shoulders and his heavy head. 'A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...
Page 175 - BEHOLD, where, in a mortal form, Appears each grace divine ; The virtues, all in Jesus met, With mildest radiance shine. 2 To spread the rays of heavenly light, To give the mourner joy, To preach glad tidings to the poor, Was his divine employ. 3...
Page 172 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who tanght that heaven-directed spire to rise ? ' The Man of Ross,
Page 167 - ... fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.