The School board readers. Standard i(iii-vi), ed. by a former H.M. inspector of schools, Volume 6 |
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... brought him a piece of bread and a great pot of butter - milk , which he thought the best food he ever had eaten . After he had rested upon this hay - mow and fed upon this diet two days and two nights , in the evening before the third ...
... brought him a piece of bread and a great pot of butter - milk , which he thought the best food he ever had eaten . After he had rested upon this hay - mow and fed upon this diet two days and two nights , in the evening before the third ...
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... brought against a man in the town for taking a child from London from an infected house . Alderman Hooker told us it was the child of a very able citizen in Gracious Street , a saddler , who had buried all the rest of his children of ...
... brought against a man in the town for taking a child from London from an infected house . Alderman Hooker told us it was the child of a very able citizen in Gracious Street , a saddler , who had buried all the rest of his children of ...
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... brought in the last night , from the Lord Mayor ; that it is increased about 600 more than the last , which is quite contrary to our hopes and expectations , from the coldness of the late season . For the whole general number is 8,297 ...
... brought in the last night , from the Lord Mayor ; that it is increased about 600 more than the last , which is quite contrary to our hopes and expectations , from the coldness of the late season . For the whole general number is 8,297 ...
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... brought to the carriage and language of a gentleman , though his body be as well proportioned , and his joints as supple , and his natural parts not any way inferior . The legs of a dancing - master , and the fingers of a musician ...
... brought to the carriage and language of a gentleman , though his body be as well proportioned , and his joints as supple , and his natural parts not any way inferior . The legs of a dancing - master , and the fingers of a musician ...
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... brought him off the island , came in , he received them with the greatest indifference with relation to the prospect of going off with them , but with great satisfaction in an opportunity to help and refresh them . The man frequently ...
... brought him off the island , came in , he received them with the greatest indifference with relation to the prospect of going off with them , but with great satisfaction in an opportunity to help and refresh them . The man frequently ...
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Page 229 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Page 166 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 163 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him...
Page 198 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was.
Page 195 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 179 - When first on this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild...
Page 177 - Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, , Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere,...
Page 164 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Page 195 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 193 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...