Ethics for Children: A Guide for Teachers and Parents |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page xv
... heads than is done by talking down to them . They will be bored by the profound ; they may permanently resent the sentimental . A boy of my acquaintance , who was sent to kindergarten at too advanced an age , has never got over his ...
... heads than is done by talking down to them . They will be bored by the profound ; they may permanently resent the sentimental . A boy of my acquaintance , who was sent to kindergarten at too advanced an age , has never got over his ...
Page 6
... head and spread her wings far over the fields and woods . She was so great , so majestic , that men and animals were awe- struck at the sight ; the trees and the grasses bowed before her ; yet all the earth - creatures felt that she ...
... head and spread her wings far over the fields and woods . She was so great , so majestic , that men and animals were awe- struck at the sight ; the trees and the grasses bowed before her ; yet all the earth - creatures felt that she ...
Page 15
... head , and a crimson petticoat . She had neither shoes nor stockings , and limped along as if she were tired and footsore ; but she was a very tall , handsome woman , with bright gray eyes , and heavy black hair hanging about her cheeks ...
... head , and a crimson petticoat . She had neither shoes nor stockings , and limped along as if she were tired and footsore ; but she was a very tall , handsome woman , with bright gray eyes , and heavy black hair hanging about her cheeks ...
Page 16
... head in , " said poor little Tom . " It must be as good as putting it under the town - pump , and there is no beadle here to drive a chap away . 66 " " Thou come along , " said Grimes . " What dost thou want with washing thyself ? " 66 ...
... head in , " said poor little Tom . " It must be as good as putting it under the town - pump , and there is no beadle here to drive a chap away . 66 " " Thou come along , " said Grimes . " What dost thou want with washing thyself ? " 66 ...
Page 21
... head ; she was so topheavy that pretty soon she tumbled off and fell to the bottom and had to begin all over again . But Raggylug never moved his nose nor his paws : he lay still . The sun was warm and it was very still . Suddenly ...
... head ; she was so topheavy that pretty soon she tumbled off and fell to the bottom and had to begin all over again . But Raggylug never moved his nose nor his paws : he lay still . The sun was warm and it was very still . Suddenly ...
Contents
9 | |
19 | |
31 | |
39 | |
48 | |
62 | |
71 | |
77 | |
148 | |
154 | |
162 | |
170 | |
182 | |
188 | |
195 | |
205 | |
91 | |
98 | |
105 | |
118 | |
125 | |
135 | |
221 | |
229 | |
239 | |
258 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aleb Alice Cary answered asked baby beautiful began birds brother brown thrush called Cary Chap charioteer child cried deeds Epaminondas ethical eyes faithful father Florence Nightingale flowers gave Godfrey Gordon hand happy heard heart Henry Fawcett honor Houghton Mifflin Jack-o'-lantern Jacob Abbott Joseph keep Khartoum kind king knew Kosala Lamb Lame Laura E Learn lessons Lincoln little boy lived loaf looked Lord loyalty Mammy Margaret Martin message to Garcia morning mother never night Offero once Phoebe Cary poor Questions Raggylug Read replied Rollo Rosamond Samuel Sara Cone Bryant Senator Foelker sister Sister Dora smile soldiers soon teacher Tell the story thee thing thou thought told took tree truth unto verses voice walked wanted wolf woman word yellow fever
Popular passages
Page 30 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 41 - I'll tell thee: Little Lamb, I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild; He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Page 204 - Beside this corpse, that bears for winding-sheet The Stars and Stripes he lived to rear anew, Between the mourners at his head and feet, Say, scurrile jester, is there room for you? Yes: he had lived to shame me from my sneer, To lame my pencil, and confute my pen; To make me own this hind of princes peer, This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
Page 205 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 193 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill!
Page 30 - And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews
Page 230 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 232 - A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and the spear, * The symbols that of yore Saint Filomena bore.
Page 217 - America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.
Page 199 - Rowan was sent for and given a letter to be delivered to Garcia. How "the fellow by the name of Rowan" took the letter, sealed it up in an oil-skin pouch, strapped it over his heart, in four days landed by night off the coast of Cuba from an open boat, disappeared into the jungle, and in three weeks came out on the other side of the island, having traversed a hostile country on foot, and delivered his letter to Garcia, are things I have no special desire now to tell in detail. The point I wish to...