The Second Reader of the School and Family SeriesHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 154 pages |
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... live on the earth . The earth is not flat , as it seems to us to be . It is like a round ball . Men sail round the earth , or the world , in ships . The world does not stand still , but it turns round like a top . It is said to turn on ...
... live on the earth . The earth is not flat , as it seems to us to be . It is like a round ball . Men sail round the earth , or the world , in ships . The world does not stand still , but it turns round like a top . It is said to turn on ...
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... lives in a den or hole , which he often makes near a farm - house . He hides in this den by day , and when night comes on he leaves his den , and goes slyly to the farm - yard . a lamb . He is fond of a duck , or a hen , or a goose , or ...
... lives in a den or hole , which he often makes near a farm - house . He hides in this den by day , and when night comes on he leaves his den , and goes slyly to the farm - yard . a lamb . He is fond of a duck , or a hen , or a goose , or ...
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... lives , for the most part , on the leaves of plants and trees . When the cold days come , the snail seeks out some hole , where it lies till the spring returns . It lies in a torpid state for five or six months . LESSON XV . HARVEST ...
... lives , for the most part , on the leaves of plants and trees . When the cold days come , the snail seeks out some hole , where it lies till the spring returns . It lies in a torpid state for five or six months . LESSON XV . HARVEST ...
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... live ' , and grow ' , and die ' ; but they do not think ' , and feel ' , as we do . They have roots to draw up their ... live out of the water . A bird has two legs ' , and two feet ' , and two wings . Most birds can fly in the air , and ...
... live ' , and grow ' , and die ' ; but they do not think ' , and feel ' , as we do . They have roots to draw up their ... live out of the water . A bird has two legs ' , and two feet ' , and two wings . Most birds can fly in the air , and ...
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... go in flocks , and live on grass or hay . They are fond of meal . From the sheep we get wool , and from the wool cloth is made . The skin of the sheep , when dressed , is used for. PART II . ] 333 WILLSON'S SECOND READER .
... go in flocks , and live on grass or hay . They are fond of meal . From the sheep we get wool , and from the wool cloth is made . The skin of the sheep , when dressed , is used for. PART II . ] 333 WILLSON'S SECOND READER .
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Page 121 - It Is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord : and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High; To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning: and thy faithfulness every night.
Page 121 - O praise the Lord, all ye nations : ' Praise Him, all ye people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us : And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
Page 53 - I like little pussy, her coat is so warm, And if I don't hurt her, she'll do me no harm ; So I'll not pull her tail, nor drive her away, But pussy and I very gently will play.
Page 55 - To do to others as I would That they should do to me, Will make me honest, kind, and good, As children ought to be.
Page 98 - 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...
Page 62 - A boy who always told the truth, And never, never told a lie. And when he trotted off to school, The children all about would cry, " There goes the curly-headed boy — The boy that never tells a lie.
Page 96 - Tis being. and doing, And having, that make All the pleasures and pains • Of which beings partake. To be what God pleases, — To do a man's best, And to have a good heart, Is the way to be blest.
Page 103 - The lark is up to meet the sun, The bee is on the wing, The ant her labor has begun, The woods with music ring.
Page 45 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...