Kind Words for His Young FriendsReligious Tract Society, 1842 - Children |
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... desirable that I should tell you something about him . He cannot describe himself , and therefore I ask you to accept the present sketch from the hand of a friend . I want you to be interested in him , though you cannot look up in his ...
... desirable that I should tell you something about him . He cannot describe himself , and therefore I ask you to accept the present sketch from the hand of a friend . I want you to be interested in him , though you cannot look up in his ...
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... desirable , but , alas ! there was only one wagon , and that he says , " was a cripple ; " what was to be done ? No smiths nor car- penters were to be found in that desert , and the missionary had not been used to work at the bench or ...
... desirable , but , alas ! there was only one wagon , and that he says , " was a cripple ; " what was to be done ? No smiths nor car- penters were to be found in that desert , and the missionary had not been used to work at the bench or ...
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... desirable to en- counter it . Of this the following fact is a proof . A few years ago , a flood in the Alps caused great distress to many , and the keeper of a bridge and his family were exposed to imminent danger from the rising of the ...
... desirable to en- counter it . Of this the following fact is a proof . A few years ago , a flood in the Alps caused great distress to many , and the keeper of a bridge and his family were exposed to imminent danger from the rising of the ...
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... desirable is it , then , that the skin should be kept clean ! The skin , too , receives , or absorbs , as it is called , as well as carries off . Persons who have been shipwrecked , seeking the preser- vation of life in an open boat ...
... desirable is it , then , that the skin should be kept clean ! The skin , too , receives , or absorbs , as it is called , as well as carries off . Persons who have been shipwrecked , seeking the preser- vation of life in an open boat ...
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Alps amuse animal arms asked beak beautiful Champlain bird bosom branches breast brother cherished child clean cleanliness clothes companion danger dear deck delighted dirty dress dropped elephant emus evils father and mother feeling give goat hand hear heard heart HOME AFFECTION honour hour India insects instance keeper kind know Uncle William larch laugh little boy little creature little girl look Lord Lucretia mamma mind morning native neighbour never observed pain papa parents pass perspiration pily plant play playmate pleased pleasure plumage poor remember reply roll round seen seized Sir Walter Scott sister skin soon stories strong words suffer SWITZERLAND tell temper tender thee once thing thou thought told took trees trunk Ungka unkind uttered walk windmill wise wish wolves wrong young friends young person
Popular passages
Page 23 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 28 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother ; Woman, behold thy son ! Then saith he to the disciple ; Behold thy Mother ! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own iiome.
Page 24 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 28 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Page 63 - For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 41 - The wise and active conquer difficulties, By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make th
Page 20 - I view the old cottage so dear, Where I sported, a babe, without sorrow or fear : I would leave this great city, so brilliant and gay, For a peep at my home on this fair summer-day.
Page 24 - These were the old-fashioned boxes that had garnished his mother's toilette, when he, a sickly child, slept in her dressing-room — the silver taper-stand which the young advocate had bought for her with his first five-guinea fee — a row of small packets inscribed with her hand, and containing the hair of those of her offspring that had died before her — his father's snuff-box and etui-case — and more things of the like sort, recalling *
Page 24 - On lifting up his desk, we found arranged in careful order a series of little objects, which had obviously been so placed there that his eye might rest on them every morning before he began his tasks.
Page 20 - I view the old mansion so dear, Where I sported, a babe without sorrow or fear : I would leave this great city, so brilliant and gay, For a peep at my home on this pure summer- day.