The Child's Instructor: Consisting of Easy Lessons for Children ...Samuel Marks, 1817 - 103 pages |
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... moon to rise ; He toucheth the stars with his finger , and they run their course with gladness . 2. God made the world , and all things that are in the world : He makes us all , and takes care of us , both when we are asleep , and when ...
... moon to rise ; He toucheth the stars with his finger , and they run their course with gladness . 2. God made the world , and all things that are in the world : He makes us all , and takes care of us , both when we are asleep , and when ...
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... moon , or the stars are not darken- ed , nor the clouds return after the rain . i Ri - sing , thun - der , light - ning , farmer , car - ries , mil - ler , ba - ker , bis - cuit , peach - es , cher - ries , ap B2 ples , parch - ed , ri ...
... moon , or the stars are not darken- ed , nor the clouds return after the rain . i Ri - sing , thun - der , light - ning , farmer , car - ries , mil - ler , ba - ker , bis - cuit , peach - es , cher - ries , ap B2 ples , parch - ed , ri ...
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... moon . How large and red it is ! The moon is round now , because it is full moon : but it will not be quite so round to - mor - row night ; it will loose a small piece ; and the next night it will loose a piece more ; and the next night ...
... moon . How large and red it is ! The moon is round now , because it is full moon : but it will not be quite so round to - mor - row night ; it will loose a small piece ; and the next night it will loose a piece more ; and the next night ...
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... moon to be seen . 5. Then there will be a new moon , and you will see it when it is near night ; it will be crook- ed and sharp at each end ; but it will grow more and more , till , at last , in two weeks time , it will be a round full moon ...
... moon to be seen . 5. Then there will be a new moon , and you will see it when it is near night ; it will be crook- ed and sharp at each end ; but it will grow more and more , till , at last , in two weeks time , it will be a round full moon ...
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... moon : O pretty moon . The moon shines for us at night when the sun has gone to bed . Good moon . Once there was a boy who was humoured in every thing , and he cried for the moon : That is my moon , says he , give me the moon ; I will have ...
... moon : O pretty moon . The moon shines for us at night when the sun has gone to bed . Good moon . Once there was a boy who was humoured in every thing , and he cried for the moon : That is my moon , says he , give me the moon ; I will have ...
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Page 96 - The world recedes — it disappears ; Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting...
Page 36 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 90 - Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 58 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 93 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise ; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Page 70 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 101 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 66 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 37 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
Page 41 - FROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise : Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. 2 Eternal .are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.