Early Lessons: In Four Volumes, Volume 1

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Baldwin and Cradock, 1835
 

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Page 136 - Stay thy soft murmuring waters, gentle Rill ; Hush, whispering Winds; ye rustling Leaves, be still; Rest, silver Butterflies, your quivering wings ; Alight, ye Beetles, from your airy rings ; Ye painted Moths, your gold-eyed plumage furl, Bow your wide horns, your spiral trunks uncurl; Glitter, ye Glow-worms, on your mossy beds ; Descend, ye Spiders, on your lengthened threads ; Slide here, ye horned Snails, with varnished shells; Ye Bee-nymphs, listen in your waxen cells...
Page 6 - Stay a little longer" but run directly and tell of B 3 what you have done that is wrong. The longer you stay, the more afraid you will grow : till at last, perhaps, you will not dare to tell the truth at all. Hear what happened to Robert — The longer he...
Page 256 - So the man put the bridle into his hand, and he went into the house to eat his breakfast. Charles had watched the horse and the oranges about five minutes, when he saw one of his schoolfellows coming towards him. As he came nearer Charles saw that it was Ned. Ned stopped as he passed, and said, " Good-morrow to you, Charles ; what are you doing there ? whose horse is that ? and what have you got in the baskets ? " " There are oranges in the baskets...
Page 127 - Ah ! spare yon emmet, rich in hoarded grain ; He lives with pleasure, and he dies with pain.
Page 5 - stay a little longer ; for I dare not go yet — I am afraid.' Little boys, I advise you never be afraid to tell the truth : never say ' Stay a minute,' and ' Stay a little longer ;' but run directly and tell of what you have done that is wrong. The longer you stay, the more afraid you will grow, till at last perhaps you will not dare to tell the truth at all. Hear what happened to Robert.
Page 8 - ... what had happened. Now, whilst Frank was gone, Robert was left in the room by himself; and all the while he was alone, he was thinking of some excuses to make to his mother ; and he was sorry that Frank was gone to tell her the truth. He said to himself, " If Frank and I both were to say that we did not throw down the basin, she would believe us, and we should have milk for supper. I am very sorry Frank would go to tell her about it.
Page 261 - Ned was now so much ashamed, that he almost forgot the pain, and wished to run away ; but he was so much hurt, that he was obliged to sit down again. The truth of the matter was soon told by Charles, and as soon believed by all the people present who knew him ; for he had the character of being an honest boy ; and Ned was known to be a thief and a liar. So nobody pitied Ned for the pain he felt. " He deserves it,
Page 9 - No, mother, he did not," said Robert : for he was in hopes that when Frank came in, he should persuade him to say that he did not do it.
Page 260 - Ned, intent upon one thing — the getting round to steal oranges — forgot that, if he went too close to the horse's heels, he should startle him. The horse indeed, disturbed by the bustle near him, had already left off eating his hay, and began to put down his ears ; but, when he felt something touch his hind legs, he gave a sudden kick, and Ned fell backwards just as he had seized the orange. Ned screamed with the pain ; and at the scream all the people came out of the public house to see what...
Page 13 - Then Robert, who saw by his father's looks that he was going to beat him, fell upon his knees and cried for mercy, saying, " Forgive me this time, and I will never tell a lie again." But his father caught hold of him by the arm — " I will whip you now," said he, " and then I hope you will not.

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