Chambers's national reading-books. Chambers's first national reading book1867 - 116 pages |
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Æneid bad lad ball bird Bo-Peep Bob dog box fox brook cake Capital Alphabet cat rat cluck cock Dap.ple DAPPLE GRAY Dick doll exercises fat hen fell fish fun and play gaed girls Good-night grapes hill Jack Sprat Jane kill the pig kite kite fly Lads have caps lake lamb lame lane lessons Little Bo-Peep Little Boy Blue little cow little pony mice mile milk mill nice Nursery Rhymes pet hen po.ny pool Revisal of pages Revisal of Words Rhymes rod and hook rode sell sheep silent letters sing snow song St Ives Standard Reading Book stay STEP SECOND STEP THIRD to-day Tom fox took whip Who'll words in Step ΟΧ
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Page 110 - Jesus, tender shepherd, hear me ! Bless thy little lamb to-night! Through the darkness be thou near me, Watch my sleep till morning light ! All this day Thy hand has led me, — And I thank thee for thy care ; Thou hast clothed me, warmed and fed me, Listen to my evening prayer. Let my sins be all forgiven ! Bless the friends I love so well ! Take me, when I die, to heaven, Happy there with thee to dwell ! VI.
Page 51 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.
Page 75 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 109 - O, let me love thee ! Kind thou art To children such as I ; Give me a gentle holy heart; Be thou my friend on high. Help me to please my parents dear, And do whate'er they tell ; Bless all my friends, both far and near, And keep them safe and well.
Page 97 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them, Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 98 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Page 60 - If all the trees were one tree, What a great tree that would be!
Page 111 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 52 - E ate it; F fought for it ; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it ; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it; W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and amperse-and, All wish'd for a piece in hand.
Page 47 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?