Kind Words for His Young FriendsReligious Tract Society, 1842 - Children |
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... tree - a tree of no common fruitfulness . The mind , so diligently cultured , is able to do at once , and with ease , what many find difficult , attempt again and again with great effort , or give up as quite impossible . The extent and ...
... tree - a tree of no common fruitfulness . The mind , so diligently cultured , is able to do at once , and with ease , what many find difficult , attempt again and again with great effort , or give up as quite impossible . The extent and ...
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... tree so light , Upon thy bounding bosom bright : Could I but see thee once again , My own , my beautiful Champlain ! " The little isles that deck thy breast , And calmly on thy bosom rest- How often , in my childish glee , I've sported ...
... tree so light , Upon thy bounding bosom bright : Could I but see thee once again , My own , my beautiful Champlain ! " The little isles that deck thy breast , And calmly on thy bosom rest- How often , in my childish glee , I've sported ...
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... account is given us of the effect of training the elephant . These animals are stalled at the foot of some large tree , which shelters them during the day from the E extreme heat of the sun . They stand under this GOOD TEMPER.
... account is given us of the effect of training the elephant . These animals are stalled at the foot of some large tree , which shelters them during the day from the E extreme heat of the sun . They stand under this GOOD TEMPER.
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... tree , and to it they are chained by their hind legs . Early in the morning the keeper makes his appearance from his ... trees , choosing those that are the most agreeable to their taste , and arranging them in two large fagots . When ...
... tree , and to it they are chained by their hind legs . Early in the morning the keeper makes his appearance from his ... trees , choosing those that are the most agreeable to their taste , and arranging them in two large fagots . When ...
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... trees they require , and have returned to the tree where they are accustomed to find a shade , they amuse themselves with their repast , eat- ing all the leaves and tender shoots , and rejecting the rest . When one of them has eaten ...
... trees they require , and have returned to the tree where they are accustomed to find a shade , they amuse themselves with their repast , eat- ing all the leaves and tender shoots , and rejecting the rest . When one of them has eaten ...
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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.