Merry's Museum, Parley's Magazine, Woodworth's Cabinet and the Schoolfellow, Volumes 45-46J.N. Stearns & Company, 1863 |
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Page 104 - Stop thief, stop thief — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 69 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Page 179 - Three little kittens lost their mittens; And they began to cry, "Oh, mother, dear, We very much fear That we have lost our mittens." "Lost your mittens! You naughty kittens! Then you shall have no pie.
Page 108 - ... is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.
Page 53 - You have taken my horse," said the latter, " since heaven has willed it ; I wish you joy of it ; but I do conjure you never to tell any one how you obtained it!" "And why not?" said Daher. " Because," said the noble Arab, " another man might be really ill, and men would fear to help him. You would be the cause of many refusing to perform an act of charity, for fear of being duped as I have been.
Page 179 - WITHOUT haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast; Bear it with thee as a spell ; Storm or sunshine, guard it well! Heed not flowers that round thee bloom, Bear it onward to the tomb!
Page 104 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away, Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung. / The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul cried out — "Well done !
Page 104 - He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and ceases when he has no more to say, is in possession of some of the best requisites of man.
Page 45 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 103 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the...