Blackie's graded readers, ed. by M. Paterson, Part 3Maurice Paterson 1880 |
Common terms and phrases
afraid animals asked baby basket boat bright butterfly called car'-ried catch cherries chickens child claws coal COAL MINES corn corn-crib cottage coun'-try CROOKED TREE cup of milk David drowned eagle Ernest eyes farmer flesh-eaters flow'-ers flowers geese glad Grace grass-eaters green pastures hair hand hens hoofs horse insects Jack Jacob Jessie kind kittens lamp lesson:-How lesson:-Tell lesson:-What lion little bird little girl little things long tail look mane manger moon mother Nellie never night Old Mouse old woman pass'-ed play poor Pronounce and spell Questions Robin saved seasons sentence beginning sheep ship soon sowing SOWING AND REAPING spell in syllables spring Staffa summer sun rise swan teeth tell throw sticks Tom's father Transcribe the sentence tree walk window wings winter wish wolf words young young lions
Popular passages
Page 39 - How beautiful is the rain ! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain ! How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs ! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout...
Page 19 - WORK while you work, Play while you play, That is the way To be cheerful and gay, All that you do, Do with your might ; Things done by halves Are never done right.
Page 35 - TWO little kittens, one stormy night, Began to quarrel and then to fight ; One had a mouse, the other had none, And that was the way the quarrel begun. " I'll have that mouse," said the bigger cat. " You'll have that mouse ? We'll see about that." " I will have that mouse,
Page 96 - Said Mary, one day, To a frolicsome brook, That was running away. " You run on so fast ! I wish you would stay ; My boat and my flowers You will carry away. "But I will run after : Mother says that I may ; For I would know where You are running away.
Page 73 - Among the leaves so green, There flows a little gurgling brook, The brightest e'er was seen. There come the little gentle birds, Without a fear of ill ; Down to the murmuring water's edge And freely drink their fill ! And dash about and splash about. The merry little things; And look askance with bright black eyes, And flirt their dripping wings.
Page 96 - But I will run after: Mother says that I may; For I would know where You are running away." So Mary ran on; But I have heard say, That she never could find Where the brook ran away.
Page 86 - THERE was once a small child who would never say please, I believe, if you even went down on your knees. But, her arms on the table, would sit at her ease, And call out to her mother in words such as these : " I want some potatoes ! " " Give me some peas ! "
Page 66 - Standing at the foot, boys, Gazing at the sky ; How can you get up, boys, If you never try ? Though you stumble oft, boys, Never be downcast ; Try and try again, boys.
Page 77 - More beautiful than they ; And yet we scarcely notice them But tread them off in play.
Page 61 - So good night, little baby, And shut up your eyes; Let the stars now have their turn at play; They soon will begin To shoot through the skies, And dance in the bright milky way.