The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader, Volume 1 |
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... thing nice to eat . snipes scent lies runs fire hunt shoot waits brings shot THE WAY MEN HUNT SNIPES . The snipe has a long bill , so that it can pick out the worms that lie deep in the mud . The men have dogs to scent it out . When a ...
... thing nice to eat . snipes scent lies runs fire hunt shoot waits brings shot THE WAY MEN HUNT SNIPES . The snipe has a long bill , so that it can pick out the worms that lie deep in the mud . The men have dogs to scent it out . When a ...
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... thing . So she took it up in her arms , and carried it home with her . Her mother gave her leave to keep the kid as her own . Mary got some clean straw , and laid it on the warm hearth as a bed for the kid . She warm'd some milk , and ...
... thing . So she took it up in her arms , and carried it home with her . Her mother gave her leave to keep the kid as her own . Mary got some clean straw , and laid it on the warm hearth as a bed for the kid . She warm'd some milk , and ...
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... thing only by doing our best . If we try hard , we will soon learn to read and write very well . If we are good boys and girls , we may grow up to be good men and women . If we learn while we are at school , when we grow up we may be ...
... thing only by doing our best . If we try hard , we will soon learn to read and write very well . If we are good boys and girls , we may grow up to be good men and women . If we learn while we are at school , when we grow up we may be ...
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... things . There are many kinds of trees , such as the ash , the elm , the beech , the pine , the fir , the apple , the pear , and many others . The parts of a tree are : the roots , the trunk , the branches , the leaves , and the fruit ...
... things . There are many kinds of trees , such as the ash , the elm , the beech , the pine , the fir , the apple , the pear , and many others . The parts of a tree are : the roots , the trunk , the branches , the leaves , and the fruit ...
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... thing looks so fresh and cheerful ! Does it not ? The men have gone to the field ; some to plough and some to hoe . Look at the shep- herd with his dog . He is going to the hills to bring home the sheep . The smithy begins to clink ...
... thing looks so fresh and cheerful ! Does it not ? The men have gone to the field ; some to plough and some to hoe . Look at the shep- herd with his dog . He is going to the hills to bring home the sheep . The smithy begins to clink ...
Common terms and phrases
Betty Pringle big billy-goat Gruff birdie birds black-board bonny song bridge butter Christmas pie Cocky-locky cream cuckoo Ding dong Ducky-daddles fawn field flies frighten'd gaed going to-day gone Goosy-poosy grass grey greedy hawk Henny-penny hill-side idle Jack Horner King to sing kite lamb little boy little girl Little Robin Red-breast Mary masts mee-ow Meggy and Herbert mi-ow milk mittens moolly cow mother dear Muschy nest nice noon numbers play pleasant plough pretty purr-r puss pussy Pussy-cat Quack Rhymes roared the troll sail ship sky is falling sly fox snipe song teeny-tiny bone teeny-tiny clothes teeny-tiny head teeny-tiny house teeny-tiny voice teeny-tiny woman tell the King three little kittens tree trip and go TRIP-TRAP Turkey-lurky walk warm wash'd wee boy wee robin answer'd wee robin flew wheat wool young goat yule morning
Popular passages
Page 41 - Direct, control, suggest this day, All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite...
Page 14 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds; And when the weeds begin to grow, It's like a garden full of snow; And when the snow begins to fall, It's like a bird upon the wall; And when the bird away does fly, It's like an eagle in the sky; And when the sky begins to roar, It's like a lion at the door; And when the door begins to crack, It's like a stick across your back; And when your back begins to smart, It's like a penknife in your heart; And when your heart begins to bleed,...
Page 36 - ONCE on a time there were three Billy-goats, who were to go up to the hill-side to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was " Gruff." On the way up was a bridge over a burn they had to cross ; and under the bridge lived a great ugly Troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker. So first of all came the youngest billy-goat Gruff to cross the bridge. " Trip, trap ! trip, trap !
Page 43 - And he saw a bee flying about, first upon one flower, and then upon another ; so he said, Pretty bee ! will you come and play with me 1 But the bee said, No, I must not be idle, I must go and gather honey.
Page 30 - The Sheep. LAZY sheep, pray tell me why In the pleasant fields you lie, Eating grass and daisies white, From the morning till the night ? Every thing can something do, But what kind of use are you...
Page 38 - That was what the big billy-goat said ; and so he flew at the Troll and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the burn, and after that he went up to the hill-side. There the billy-goats got so fat, they were scarce able to walk home again ; and if the fat hasn't fallen off them, why they're still fat ; and so — " Snip, snap, snout, This tale's told out.
Page 4 - And away Robin ran; Says little Robin Redbreast, 'Catch me if you can.
Page 33 - Where are you going to-day, Ducky-daddies, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny?" And they said: "Oh, Goosie-poosie, the sky is falling, and we are going to tell the king.
Page 36 - TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!" went the bridge. "WHO'S THAT tripping over my bridge?" roared the Troll. " Oh ! it's the second billy-goat Gruff, and I 'm going up to the hill-side to make myself fat," said the billy-goat, who hadn't such a small voice.
Page 25 - ... flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun ; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest ; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping — anon — anon...