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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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The Everyday Book ; Or, a Guide to the Year: Describing the Popular ...

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1888 - 876 pages
...it will be found by the readers of the Every-Day Book. This is the tale. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...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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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...inequality unconnected with the origin, it ought to be corrected. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. IANE TAYLOR. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family were stirring, suddenly stoppsd. Upon this the dial-plate, if we may credit the fable, changed countenance...
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A Present to Youths and Young Men, Volume 1

Sociology - 1891 - 580 pages
...is easy to perform, and it is with the present alone that we have to do. An Old Clock that had stood fifty years in a Farmer's kitchen without giving its...family was stirring, suddenly stopped! Upon this, the dial plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm; the weights hung speechless;...
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The Star Speaker: A Complete and Choice Collection of the Best Productions ...

Flora N. Kightlinger - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1892 - 466 pages
...silent air ; Ko mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain Breaks the serene of heaven. MIDDLE. 1. An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. 2. A blind man would know that one was a gentleman and the other a clown, by the tones of their voices....
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School Documents [of The] Boston Public Schools

Education - 1892 - 712 pages
...falsehood), and lay. 11. Give the construction of the italicized words in the following sentence: " An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, early one morning before the family was stirring, suddenly stopptd." GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE. CLASS HI....
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In the Child's World: Morning Talks and Stories for Kindergartens, Primary ...

Emilie Poulsson - Children's stories - 1893 - 484 pages
...used to tell little children "What the Clock told Dolly." MINNIE G. CLARK. The Discontented Pendulum. An 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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The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship ...

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...of moral sketches and tales, which obtained the highest praise. The following is one of the series.] An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen without giving ¡U owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family were stirring, suddenly...
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Elocution and Action

Frank Townsend Southwick - Elocution - 1894 - 266 pages
...Noble six hundred !— Tennyson. LESSOH Y. The Discontented Pendulum. [Study in phrasing and emphasis.] An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...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 Fourth Reader

Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - Readers - 1894 - 400 pages
...iwbliiffen. ac-cuse', to charge with a crime or offence ; anflagen. con-sent', accord; ttbereinfiimmung. 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 their course ; the Wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the Weights...
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Primer of Elocution and Action

Frank Townsend Southwick - Elocution - 1896 - 264 pages
...Noble six hundred \—Tennyson. LESSOH Y. The Discontented Pendulum. [Study in phrasing and emphasis.] An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...fable) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung...
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