The Merrill Readers: Primer, [First-sixth reader], Volume 1Charles E. Merrill Company, 1915 - Readers |
Common terms and phrases
Ah-wan-ak Aladdin apple Arachne Athena basket beautiful began BELL OF ATRI birds boat Brer Fox Brer Rabbit brothers Buzzard Cinderella Cinderlad Cock-alu cried Dædalus danced dear drop of water elephant Fair Fountain fairy Fairyfoot FARMER BROWN father feet forest garden gold golden GRAY-WHISKER happy heard Hen-alie Hiawatha horse James Watt jii San John's Eve king king's knew lamp land laughed little boy little glass slipper little princess lived Lolo looked Momotaro morning mother Moufflu mountain NEIGHBOR never night NIMBLE-FOOT Nokomis ogre once palace Pedro poor prince Princess Maybloom RHODA CAMPBELL CHASE RHODA CHASE ring ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Robin Goodfellow rode rose saddle bags seven-league boots Shiro silver silver-spring sister soon stone stood strange Stumpinghame tell thing thought Thumb tired told took tree Ulysses walked wife wish wolf wonderful wood
Popular passages
Page 189 - Tis the heaven of flowers you see there; All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us.
Page 212 - My native country, thee, — Land of the noble free, — Thy name I love: I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 11 - AT evening when the lamp is lit, Around the fire my parents sit; They sit at home and talk and sing, And do not play at anything. Now, with my little gun, I crawl All in the dark along the wall, And follow round the forest track Away behind the sofa back. There, in the night, where none can spy, All in my hunter's camp I lie, And play at books that I have read Till it is time to go to bed.
Page 211 - tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Page 12 - And follow round the forest track Away behind the sofa back. There, in the night, where none can spy, All in my hunter's camp I lie, And play at books that I have read Till it is time to go to bed. These are the hills, these are the woods, These are my starry solitudes; And there the river by whose brink The roaring lions come to drink.
Page 75 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Page 139 - Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get, Will it make it any easier, For you to sit and fret ? And...
Page 187 - Mudway-aushka!"' said the water. Saw the fire-fly, Wah-wah-taysee, Flitting through the dusk of evening, With the twinkle of its candle Lighting up the brakes and bushes, And he...
Page 57 - I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow — Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning,...
Page 55 - The Lamb. LITTLE lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little lamb, I'll tell thee; Little lamb, I'll tell thee; He is called...