Interesting Anecdotes of Children: Designed Through the Medium of Example, to Inculcate Principles of Virtue and PietyElizabeth Frank B. & T. Kite, 1813 - 134 |
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Strona 77 - To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Strona 47 - A LITTLE boy, about seven years old, was on a visit to a lady, who was very fond of him.
Strona 77 - ... spring is very pleasant ! there will be daisies, and cowslips, and a great many pretty flowers ; there will be blossoms and green leaves upon the trees ; and there will be young lambs, and chickens, and goslings. The birds will sing sweetly ; and they will be very busy picking up bits of hay, and moss, and wool, to build their nests with : and the cuckoo will sing cuckoo, cuckoo. The. days will be longer than they are in winter, and the weather will be warmer. When spring is over, it will be...
Strona 51 - I have been very unhappy ever since ; and I am afraid to sleep, lest that Heavenly Father, whom you so often tell me of, should be angry with me. You say he knows and sees every thing. What shall I do that he may forgive me?"
Strona 9 - what is the meaning of the words cherubim and seraphim, which we meet with in the Holy Scriptures ?" " Cherubim," replied his father, " is a Hebrew word, signifying knowledge; seraphim is another word of the same language, and signifies flame. Whence it is supposed that the cherubim are angels who excel in knowledge ; and that the seraphim are angels likewise who excel in loving God.
Strona 48 - ... must do what they have told me to do, though they are a great way off. I would not touch the roll, if I were sure nobody could see me. I myself should know it : and that would be sufficient.
Strona 78 - Lit'-tle boys ! why should you take a-way' the eggs, and the young birds ? They will do you no good ; and the old birds, who have taken so much pains to build their nests, will be ver'-y sor'-ry, in-deed', to lose their eggs, and their young ones. You can'-not feed the young birds so well as they can ; nor take so good care of them ; nor keep them warm at night. Some little boys who steal young birds from their soft, com'-fort-a-ble nests, and from the pa'-rent birds, soon grow tired of them, and...
Strona 77 - But most of all it wins my admiration, To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
Strona 51 - I have been very unhappy ever since. And I am afraid to go to sleep, lest that Heavenly Father whom you so often tell me of, should be angry with me. You say he knows and sees every thing. What shall I do that he may forgive me ?
Strona 48 - No, ma'am, I will not disobey my father and mother. I must do what they have told me to do, although they are a great way off.