Kind Words for His Young FriendsReligious Tract Society, 1842 - Children |
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... round his neck . Could this be done , what a treat you would have ! You would hear much that you have not heard before ; and if anything was not quite new , it would have a freshness from the pleasing manner in which it was told . If he ...
... round his neck . Could this be done , what a treat you would have ! You would hear much that you have not heard before ; and if anything was not quite new , it would have a freshness from the pleasing manner in which it was told . If he ...
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... round the whole circle . Uncle William did not reply ex- cept by a smile . Time rolled on , however , and at length a packet came into my hands , on which was the inscription , " Kind Words for his Young Friends . " These are now pre ...
... round the whole circle . Uncle William did not reply ex- cept by a smile . Time rolled on , however , and at length a packet came into my hands , on which was the inscription , " Kind Words for his Young Friends . " These are now pre ...
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... round them bright and free ! Could I but see thee once again , My own , my beautiful Champlain ! " How oft I've watched the freshening shower Bending the summer tree and flower , And felt my little heart beat high As the bright rainbow ...
... round them bright and free ! Could I but see thee once again , My own , my beautiful Champlain ! " How oft I've watched the freshening shower Bending the summer tree and flower , And felt my little heart beat high As the bright rainbow ...
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... round to the servant , and said , " Go , and tell them to fetch my trunk back ; I will not go away to break my mother's heart . " His mother , struck with his decision , replied , " George ! God has promised to bless the children that ...
... round to the servant , and said , " Go , and tell them to fetch my trunk back ; I will not go away to break my mother's heart . " His mother , struck with his decision , replied , " George ! God has promised to bless the children that ...
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... well- trained , or have been long in servitude . On their return , the elephants pass the chains round their legs , lock the padlock , and pre- sent the key as before . Here , then , is an instance of doing what 50 KIND WORDS .
... well- trained , or have been long in servitude . On their return , the elephants pass the chains round their legs , lock the padlock , and pre- sent the key as before . Here , then , is an instance of doing what 50 KIND WORDS .
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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
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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.