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McGuffey's New First Eclectic Reader: For Young Learners William Holmes Mcguffey No preview available - 2022 |
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Page 51 - The lark is up to meet the sun, The bee is on the wing, The ant her labor has begun, The woods with music ring. Shall birds and bees and ants be wise, While I my moments waste? Oh, let me with the morning rise, And to my duties haste.
Page 68 - ... the distressing tale of Frank Brown. Frank was induced by a chum to play hookey and go swimming; he went to the mill pond, fell in and was drowned. A wood-cut shows a man carrying Frank's lifeless body home, an illustration which would make modern educators shudder. The story ends with these words : "Do not stop to play on your way to school. Do not play with bad boys. They will lead you into harm.
Page 81 - Half past four, and school is out !' See them as they quickly go. Tripping homeward o'er the snow. Merry, playful girls and boys, Thinking of their games and toys, Skates and sleds, and dolls, and books : O, how happy each one looks ! " Or: "The world is round, and like a ball. Seems swinging in the air; A sky extends around it all, And stars are shining there.
Page 84 - ... to play on your way to school. Do not play with bad boys. They will lead you into harm." The final selection in this book does somewhat more to help the schoolmaster. After congratulating the child on learning to read, it points out that now the glories of the Second Reader can be tasted, and adds : "Are not your parents kind to send you to school and buy new books for you ? Should you not try to please them ? You must not waste your time in school. Try always to know your lessons.
Page 77 - One lesson shows a wood-cut of a weeping school child, crowned with a "dunce cap," standing in front of a school room while other children and the schoolmaster cast withering glances at him. The text begins : "O, what a sad, sad sight is this! A boy with a dunce cap on his head ! "Why does he stand there, in front of the school? What has he done? "He is a bad boy. He talks and laughs in school. He loves to be idle and does not learn his lesson. "Does he not look bad ? All the good boys shun him.
Page 57 - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. When the sun rises, it is day. When the sun sets it is night. This little boy was up at five. He saw the sun rise, and heard the sweet songs of birds on every bush. Do you know who made the sun? God made it. God made the moon and all the stars.
Page 84 - Have you taken good care of your book? Children should always keep their books neat and clean. Are you not glad to be ready for a new book? Your parents are very kind to send you to school. If you are good, and if you try to learn, your teacher will love you, and you will please your parents. Be kind to all, and do not waste your time in school. When you go home, you may ask your parents to get you a Second Reader, (from Lass & Tasman, 1981, p.
Page 50 - tis not a bee. Now it rises — up it gose — Now it settles on a rose." I just write this poetry 'cause the other was beginning to sound like it was poetry too. Dozent it, allmost? If your Aunt whom is so grand a poettess was to see this poetry I spect she would be envious and spiteful with emotion! Long ago I...
Page 12 - Is it an ax? It is an ax. It is my ax. Is it by me? My ax is by me.
Page 57 - See, the sun is up. The sun gives us light, It makes the trees and the grass grow. The sun ri-ses in the east, and it sets in the west. When the sun ri-ses, it is day; when it sets, it is night. Do you know who made the sun? God made it. God al-so made the moon, and all the stars. They give us light by night. God gives us all we have, and keeps us a-live. LESSON XLIX.