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" An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable,)... "
The Wesleyan juvenile offering - Page 45
by Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1849
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A System of English Grammar: Constructed Upon the Basis of Murray's Grammar ...

C. Adams - English language - 1838 - 180 pages
...going to die within the walls of Bagdat." — Dr. Johnson. CHAPTER III. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...fable,) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise: the weights...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...— their souls were on fire for action. EXERCISE 121. The discontented Pendulum. — JANE TAYLOR. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial25 5 plate (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...preclude our respect and approbation." LESSON XVIII. TTte Discontented Pendulum. — JANE TAYLOR. 1. AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. 2. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm : the hands...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...Book. This is the tale. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in & hrough the flood before did softly slyde And swim...make them burgeon round. Spcruer. This month lias P a vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights...
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The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...— their souls were on fire for action. EXERCISE 121. The discontented Pendulum. — JANE TAYLOR. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial25 5 plate (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...tribute to their unhappy fate as a people. LESSON LXVII. The discontented Pendulum. — JANE TAVI.OR. 1 AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue th»-ir course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 20

1840 - 440 pages
...little tale ; which, though it has rather the character of a fable, I hope you will not object to. " An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this all the different parts of the...
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The Village Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools

George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...glories shine, And all things bright and fair are thine." LESSON LXXXI. The Discontented Pendulum. 1. AN old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate—if we can credit the fable—changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 11

Children's literature - 1848 - 800 pages
...gives to the Cypress of Somma the age of 1881 years. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. BY JANE TAl'LOR. AH old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this the dial plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort...
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Rudiments of English composition. [With] Key

Alexander Reid - 1843 - 122 pages
...things of accident from permanent causes. 7. Before the family was stirring, early one summer morning, an old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, suddenly stopped. 8. When one becomes acquainted with objects of a higher nature, those things which...
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