The American Educational Readers: Arranged and Graded for the Use of Schools. Third reader

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American Book Company, 1873 - 179 sider

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Side 77 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Side 93 - A rose's brief bright life of joy, Such unto him was given ; Go — thou must play alone, my boy! Thy brother is in heaven." "And has he left his birds and flowers; And must I call in vain? And through the long, long summer hours, Will he not come again? " And by the brook and in the glade Are all our wanderings o'er? Oh ! while my brother with me play'd, Would I had loved him more !
Side 120 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Side 173 - Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get, Will it make it any easier For you to sit and fret? And...
Side 120 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Side 174 - Suppose that some boys have a horse, And some a coach and pair, Will it tire you less while walking To say it isn't fair? And wouldn't it be nobler To keep your temper sweet, And in your heart be thankful You can walk upon your feet?
Side 137 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Side 138 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Side 173 - And wouldn't it be wiser Than waiting like a dunce, To go to work in earnest, And learn the thing at once? Suppose that some boys have a horse, And some a coach and pair. Will it tire you less while walking To say, "It isn't fair?
Side 136 - All these leaves are getting ready to fly away, and they have put on these beautiful colors, because of joy.

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