Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading, and to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue : to which are Added Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Read with ProprietyLincoln & Edmands, 1823 - 168 ページ |
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A'răm accent ǎlōne animal àre ǎway beauty behold benevolence bird blessings blest bo'şóm bread breast Căth-a-ri'nă cheer CI-VAL cóm'fórt conversa'tión cries De-me'tri-us delight diphthongal distress drink duty eagle earth endeavour Eu-phro'ni-us eyes father favour fear flowers fond fortune fruit gentle give gratitude hand happiness Hast thou havock heàrt Heav'n hon'our hum'ble human improve In'di-ăn in'dustry insect instructed intj joys kind labour LINDLEY MURRAY live look looking-glass Lord marked mind morning mother môûn'tain my-self na'tshure nature never night nosegay o'er Ou'ran-Ou'tang parents păst pause peace person piş'mire plain pleaş'ure poor pow'r praise preterit pron pronounce quadrupeds reader reading replied rest rich rise SECTION VII sleep Soc'ra-teş sorrows soul sound stranger superiour sweet tears tempest tender thee there'fore thine thing thought to'wards tree vir'tue virtue voice vowel wânts WATTS whistle wings words young youth
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147 ページ - cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2. Hark! they whisper; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away."— What is this absorbs me quite; Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3. The world recedes;
2 ページ - &c." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an Act, entitled,
138 ページ - SECTION IV. On Industry. 1. How does the little busy* bee Improve each shining hour ; And gather honey all the day, From every op'ning flower! 2. How skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax! And labours hard to store it well, With the sweet food she makes.
130 ページ - summer yield him shade, In winter fire. 3. Blest who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health, of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. 4. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most
125 ページ - years, And make our vir'tue strong. 5. To thee, Almigh'ty God ! to thee Our childhood we resign ; 'Twill please us to look back, and see That our whole lives were thine. 6. Let the sweet work of prayer and praise Employ our youngest breath ; Thus we're prepar'd for longer days, Or fit for early death. SECTION
86 ページ - than the whistle gave me pleasure. This little event, however, was after-wards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to my-self, Do not give too much for the w-histle, and so I
138 ページ - 4. Here are my choicest treasures hid, Here my best com'fort lies; Here my desires are satisfied, And hence my hopes arise. 5. Lord ! make me understand thy law ; Show what my faults have been : And from thy gospel let me draw Pardon for all my sin. 6. For here I learn how
138 ページ - flower! 2. How skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax! And labours hard to store it well, With the sweet food she makes. 3. In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy too: For Sa'tan finds some
119 ページ - moun'tain Lamb, with a maiden at its side. 2. No other sheep were near, the Lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord, was tether'd to a stone ; With one knee on the grass did the little maiden kneel, While to the moun'tain Lamb she gave its evening meal.
149 ページ - Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me through, Thine eye beholds, with piercing view, My rising, and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers 2. My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known;