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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 laughed , you would laugh as heartily as ever you did ; if he were grave
...
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 laughed , you would laugh as heartily as ever you did ; if he were grave
...
Page 60
hear was some person in the hedge laughing most outrageously . And who was
this ? It was an old man with whom they had long been acquainted , who told
them that knowing what cowards such braggarts were , and hearing this man
about ...
hear was some person in the hedge laughing most outrageously . And who was
this ? It was an old man with whom they had long been acquainted , who told
them that knowing what cowards such braggarts were , and hearing this man
about ...
Page 82
... teacher where he lived , but he made no answer , and turned his head away . A
little boy in the same class said that this lad lived nowhere . The teacher ,
surprised at such a statement , inquired what it meant , when the little boy told
him that ...
... teacher where he lived , but he made no answer , and turned his head away . A
little boy in the same class said that this lad lived nowhere . The teacher ,
surprised at such a statement , inquired what it meant , when the little boy told
him that ...
Page 88
No sooner did you hear the word quarrelsome , than the red colour rose on your
cheeks , and mounted to your forehead ; and who cannot understand the tale it
told ? Come , then , take my hand , and let us just go out of doors to see what
there ...
No sooner did you hear the word quarrelsome , than the red colour rose on your
cheeks , and mounted to your forehead ; and who cannot understand the tale it
told ? Come , then , take my hand , and let us just go out of doors to see what
there ...
Page 107
Sir Walter Scott told it to a friend . There was a boy in his class at school , who
always stood at the top , nor could the utmost efforts of young Scott displace him .
At length he observed , when a question was asked this boy , he always fumbled
...
Sir Walter Scott told it to a friend . There was a boy in his class at school , who
always stood at the top , nor could the utmost efforts of young Scott displace him .
At length he observed , when a question was asked this boy , he always fumbled
...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Kind Words for His Young Friends |
| Author | William (uncle, pseud.) |
| Publisher | Religious Tract Society, 1842 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2006 |
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