The Child's SpeakerA.S. Barnes and Company, 1872 |
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Alice Cary Amos Annie Aunt Aunt Sue bad scholar beast beautiful birdies blessings brother Charles child cluck Dare dear parents deeds doll's house duty earth Eliza Doolittle evil Father flowers Frank friends George girl give glad go to school grass guess she never happy HARVARD COLLEGE hear heard heart heaven hope Jane kind kite lesson light little birds little Kate Little Voice live look Lord Lying lips Maize Mary mind mischief moon morning mother neighbor nest nice night o'er obey play pleasant quadrupeds robin school-mates shine sing sister smile snow Solomon song speak stars Summer suppose sure Susan sweet teacher tell thee There's things thought thoughts inspire tit for tat told Trav tree Trust truth Twas wicked wild geese wings wish words wrong young Youth's Companion
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 177 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Seite 61 - YOU'D scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by.
Seite 169 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
Seite 177 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Seite 166 - Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Seite 172 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Seite 10 - Courage, brother ! do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night ; There's a star to guide the humble : " Trust in God, and do the right...
Seite 59 - Of the wild-flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well; How the robin feeds her young, How the oriole's nest is hung...
Seite 60 - Where the wood-grape's clusters shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural plans Of gray hornet artisans! For, eschewing books and tasks, Nature answers all he asks; Hand in hand with her he walks, Face to face with her he talks, Part and parcel of her joy, — Blessings on the barefoot boy!
Seite 167 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news.