Tag: books
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Peter and Polly (in Winter)
PETER AND POLLY Peter Howe is a little boy. Polly is his sister. She is older than Peter. They live in a white house. The house is on a hill. It is not in the city. It is in the country. There are no houses close about it. But there are trees and fields around…
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 52: The Lord
Lesson: When the stars, at set of sun, Watch you from on high; When the light of morn has come, Think the Lord is nigh. All you do, and all you say, He can see and hear; When you work and when you play, Think the Lord is near. All your joys and griefs he…
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 51: Who made the world?
Words: Lesson: Do you see that tall tree? Long ago it sprang up from a small nut. Do you know who made it do so? It was God, my child. God made the world and all things in it. He made the sun to light the day, and the moon to shine at night. God…
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 50: Review – Queen of the May
Words: Lesson: It is the first of May. The boys and girls have gone to the woods to have a good time. See them at their play. The girls have wreaths in their hands. Now they will crown someone Queen of the May. Who shall it be? It should be the best girl, and that…
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 49: I love my dear puss
Words: Lesson: I love my dear puss, Her fur is so warm; And, if I don’t hurt her, She’ll do me no harm. I’ll pat my dear puss, And then she will purr, And show me her thanks For my kind deeds to her.
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 48: He lets his horse stand in the shade
Words: Lesson: James has been to the mill. The day is warm, and he lets his horse stand in the shade. A girl asks him to show her the way to the town. He tells her the way, and then drives on.
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 47: John went to the pond to fish
Words: Lesson: One day John went to the pond to fish. His dog, Watch, went with him. John sat on a log for a time, but did not catch a fish. As he got up to go, he fell off the log. Watch sprang in to save him. John put his arms round the dog’s…
