McGuffey's New 4th, 6th, Eclectic Reader, Volume 4

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Wilson, Hinkle & Company, 1857 - 472 pages
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Page 212 - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. 2. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a """treasure ; For often, at noon, when returned from 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...
Page 58 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 215 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 212 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew!
Page 159 - The full-grown condor measures, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, from...
Page 82 - Remember all who love thee, All who are loved by thee ; Pray, too, for those who hate thee, If any such there be ; Then for thyself in meekness, A blessing humbly claim, And link with each petition Thy great Redeemer's name.
Page 215 - Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end; Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest.
Page 58 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 83 - tis e'er denied thee In solitude to pray, Should holy thoughts come o'er thee, When friends are round thy way...
Page 210 - Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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