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a-bout a-ny a-way an-i-mals aunt beasts Bi-ble Bible bird girl birds bread brook field cake call-ed called Carlo catch cha-sing Charles CHARLES BELL clothes Condor corn cosset cows Cup and Ball David Dick e-nough eighth Commandment Ellen Emily and Frances ev-e-ry fault fields flax flowers foolish frog garden gave give glad grass grow happy hill Howard and Francis hurt Jane John John Holt JOHN REED Joseph kind kite lambs LESSON little girl live look Lord Lord's-day ma-ny milk Moon mouse never night oft-en Ostrich oth-er parents Peggy plant play play-ed poor pretty Sabbath School SAMUEL WORCESTER scholars seeds sheep sister SOAP BUBBLES soon sorry spell sport spring teacher tell thimble things thought told topsy-turvy tree ver-y waggon walk warm wear wicked William Wilson wood words
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 2 - * An Act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of mans, charts and books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:*' and also to an act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled.
Page 126 - FOOLISH FEARS. CLARA HAMMOND had a silly habit of screaming when she saw a spider, an earwig, a beetle, a moth, or any kind of insect ; and the sound of a mouse behind the wainscot of the room made her suppose she should die with fright. The persons with whom she lived used to pity her for being afraid, and that made her fond of the silly trick, so that she became worse daily, and kept the house in a constant tumult and uproar ; for she would make as much noise about the approach of a poor insect...
Page 104 - Sixty seconds make a minute, Sixty minutes make an hour, Twenty-four hours make a day, Seven days make a week, Four weeks make a month, Twelve months make a year.
Page 128 - At the same instant she saw a slug creeping upon her frock, and she now screamed in such a frantic manner that her cries reached the house.- The company rushed out of the dining parlor, and the servants out of the kitchen. Mrs. Wilson was foremost, and in her haste to see what was the matter, she stumbled over a stone, and fell with such violence against a tree, that it cut her head dreadfully ; she was covered with a stream of blood, and was taken up for dead.
Page 132 - ... the table, nibbling some crumbs of sweetcake that had been left there. Clara now trembled from head to foot, but she had so much power over herself, that she neither moved nor cried out. This effort, though it cost her some pain at first, did her good ; for in a minute or two she left off trembling. Her fear went away by degrees, and then she could observe and wonder at the curious manner in which the spider spun long lines of thread out of its own mouth, and made them fast to each other and...
Page 132 - ... the table. Clara's book slipped from her lap, and as she stooped to catch it, that it might not fall on the floor, she was seen by the two visitors, who instantly fled away to their retreats in the greatest fright possible. Neither spider nor gray mouse appeared again that day ; and ever after Clara Hammond had courage and prudence, and took care not to do mischief to others, nor deprive herself of pleasure, by the indulgence of foolish fears.
Page 54 - Wee awl injoy gude helth. Doo rite mee ay lettur, and tel mee abowt Bosten, and ant Wite's foax, and hou soone wee ma expekt yu. Yure verry luving childe, Lucy Turner. Now, only think how much grieved and ashamed her mother must have been, when she found that Lucy had spelled only her name and one word right.
Page 121 - ... playthings, and sit under a shady tree, a little way from the house. Their mothers told them to keep still in the shade, as the heat was very great. They were also told not to go farther than the great tree, for there might be a shower; and if they were far from the house, they might get wet, and be sick. Emily and Frances had not long been at play, when Jane came up to them, and asked what they were doing. They answered- her pleasantly and kindly; but she said, "It is silly to sit under this...
Page 124 - When her father brought her home, her mother did all that she could to prevent her taking cold ; but the naughty girl had been so long wet with the rain, which was made cold by the hail, that she was very much chilled. The next day she was quite sick, and the bruises made her very sore and...