THE
MOTHER'S NEW READER1,
OIL
CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR;
C ONTAINING
EASY LESSONS FOR CHILDREN,
ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS,
IN LANGUAGE SUITED TO THEIR CAPACITIES.
A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND IMIPROVED
BY R. D. MARS H,
LATE TEIACHER IN TIE NEW YORK GRAIMBIAR SClIOOL.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHER, BOOKSELLER, AND BtLAIAK-BOO 
L  MANUFACTURER.




Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850,
BY RICHARD MARSH,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
in and for the Southern District of New York.




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Ale    Bale    Cale    Dale
Ear   Fear   Gear   Hear
Ice    Joist   Kine   Line
Mline  Nine   Ore    Pore
Qu ail Sail    Rail   Vail
W olf  Wax    Year   Zeal
Ask   mask.   Ush   Mush.
Buff   muff.   Loss  moss.
Rlest  west.   Fire  fill.
Sire   sill.    Flip  flow.
Slip   slow.   Act   fact.
Are you blind?
Come here, Dog.
Eat your Fish.
Go and hunt.
It was Jack.
Kite and Lark.
Mouse and Nag.
Ox and Pig.
QOuails will run.
Spin your Top.
Use the Vine.
Where are X Y &Z?
Let this b:-5: your plan,
Learn all that you can.




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Ant.    Gun.    Man.    Sun.
Bug.    Hen.   -Nail.       lree
Cup.     Ink.      Owl.    Urn.
Doe.   J — Jug..-Pig.    Vane.
Egg.      Key.   - Quill.   Wolf.
Fan.     Lark.    Ruff.    Yamn




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CHAPTER II. SECOND.
1. Now George, you know all the letters.
Now you must learn to spell and read.
A good boy will sit still, and mind hlis book.
2. Knife, fork, spoon, plate, dish, cup, bowl,
mug, jug, pot, pan, tub, chair, ta-ble, bench
bed, box, desk, fire, wood, shov-el, tongs,
bel-lows.
3. What is your name? My name is George.
How old are you? Four years old. Do you
go to school? Yes sir. Can you spell? Yes
sir, a little.
4. Bread, but-ter, cheese,:meat, pud-ding,
pie, cake, beef, pork, veal, soup, sauce, salt,
pep-per, gra-vy, mus-tard, su-gar, ho-ney,
jel-ly, car-rot.
5. George, can you count twenty? Yes sir,
One, two, three, four, five, six, sev-en, eight,
nine, ten, e-le-ven, twelve, thir-teen, four-teen,
fif-teen, six-teen, sev-en-teen, eigh-teen, nineteen, twen-ty.
6. Now George, you can count Twenty, you
must keep your place yourself, and learn to
spell the two following lessons.
7. Ab eb ib ob ub,    ac ec ic oc uc.
Ad ed id od ud,    af ef if of uf.
Ag eg ig og ug,    ak ek ik ok uk.
Ar er ir or ur,    ap el5 ip op up.
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8. Ba be bi bo bu by,  ca ce ci co cu cy.
Da de di do du dy,  fa fe fi fo fu fy.
Ha he hi ho hu hy,  ja je ji jo ju jy.
Na ne ni no nu ny,  sa se si so su sy.
CHAPTER III. THIRD.
1. George, do you know how many Letters
there are? Yes sir. Twenty-six. Can you
spell the letters? Yes sir. A, be, ce, de, E,
ef, je, aitch, I, ja, ka, el, em, en, O, pe, cu, ar,
es, te, U, ve, double-you, ex, Y, zed.
2. George, do you know how many vow-els
there are? Yes sir. Six: a, e, i, o, u, y, are
vow-els; and b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r,
s, t, v, w, x, z, are con-so-nants. There are
six vow-els, and twen-ty con-so-nants.
3. Ace age ale, and ape ask, all awe law.
Eke eve cell, elk end est.
Ice ile ire, ind ilk ist.
Ode ope ore, oft ord oct.
Ude une use, uft ust urn.
4. George, do you know who made you?
Yes sir: God made me, and takes care of me.
He loves good boys and good girls, and we
must love him. God is very good to take
care of us.
5. Make, bake, cake, band, hand, land, ball,
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Bind, find, mind, bilk, milk, silk.
Gore, pore, torn, corn, horn, morn.
Cure, sure, pure, burk, lurk, turk.
6. When you go to bed, you should pray to
God; and when you get up, do the same. If
you have done a fault, confess it, and take
care to do so no more.
7. Bane, cane, mane, ban, can, man, halt,
malt, salt.
Fere, here, mere, fer, her, mer.
Fine, pine, wine, fin, pin, win.
Cote, note, rote, cot, not, rot.'
Cube, rube, tube, cub, rub, tub.
Please to give me my hat. Please to give
ine a drink. Please to let me go out. Where
is my whip? Where is my horse?
Here is your horse, you may ride him to
town,
To buy you a book,, and your sis-ter a
gown.
Head, hair, skin, skull, brow, face, eye, ear,
cheek, nose, mouth, lip, tongue, tooth, teeth,
gums, jaws, chin, neck, throat, breast, heart,
shoul-der, arm, el-bow, wrist, hand, fin-ger,
thumb, knee, leg, an-kle, foot, toe.
A good boy and a good girl will get good
things. All the boys will love them, and God
will bless them. Good boys mind their books.
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po-ny, mon-key, rab-bit, squir-rel. Bear, ox,
calf, horse, swine, pig, mouse, rat, sheep, ram,
goat, deer, lamb, fox, hare, el-e-phant.
As the mind of a child is like soft wax,
which will take the least stamp you put on it,
so let it be your care, who teach, to make
the stamp good, that the wax be not hurt.
Teach him to love God, and to o-bey his
pa-rents.
CHAPTER IV. FOURTH.
1. A good boy will do as he is bid: he will mind
his book and try to learn. Who is a good boy? Charles
is a good boy; and so is George.
2. If you are a good boy like Charles, and try to learn,
you shall have a top. And you may spin your top.
Bad boys shall have no tops.
3. If you are good, all the boys will love you and play
with you; but if you are not good, the boys will not
love you.
4. Here is a nut. Crack this nut for Charles. If you
will be good, you shall have nuts to crack. Do you like
nuts? Yes sir. Nuts are very good.
5. Here is a plum for you. Who will have this
plum?  Charles shall have it, for he sits still, and
makes no noise. Charles is a good boy.
6. Did you see that boy run? he lost his hat: pick
up his hat. Give the poor boy his hat. Here, boy'
take your hat.
7. The child fell down and hurt his arm. Pool
child, do not cry; do not cry; you shall have some
cake. Give the child some cake.
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hen, chick-en, gan-der, goose, gos-ling, tur-key, peacock, phea-sant; black-bird, par-rot, spar-row, ro-bin,
swallow, gold-finch, Inag-pie.
CHAPTER V. FIFTH.
1. Charles is now four years old: he goes to school
and learns to read. Charles is a good boy. Who is
a good girl? Ann is a good girl.
2. Ann goes' to school and learns to read. Good.
girls mind their books. Good girls and good boys shall
have good things.
3. Charles shall have a kite; and he may fly his
kite. Ann shall have a doll; and she may dress her
doll. Charles and Ann may go in the yard and play.
4. Frank is a good boy: he loves his school and
learns to read. He can spell hard words, and is head
of his class. Frank shall have a new hat, and new
shoes, and go to the fair.
5. Who will go to the fair and buy fine things? All
good girls and good boys, who do as they are bid, shall
go to the fair and buy fine things.
6. Jane is a good girl: she does as she is bid: her
face and hands are clean, and she goes to school.
Jane shall have a new frock, and a new fan, and red
shoes.
7. Frank and Jane shall have a coach; and they
shall ride.in a coach. Ann, and Jane, and Frank, and
Charles, shall have nuts, and cakes, and pies, and all
good things.
CHAPTER Vt. SIXTH.
1. The sun is up: get out of bed: come down
stairs: wash your face: comb your hair: eat your
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breakfast: puss wants her b~reakfast: poor puss! she
cries: she is hungry: give her some breakfast.,
2. Now take your book. Learn your task, learn it
well. Mind the stops when you read: speak your
words plain. Do not tear your book, nor make dog's
ears in it. Naughty boys tear books.
3. A cat will scratch: a dog will bark: a hog will
squeal: a mouse will squeak: a worm will crawl: an
ant will run: a flea will hop: a frog will jump: a bird
will fly.
4. Horses haul wood. Cows give milk. Calves make
veal. Ships go to sea. Men build ships. Boys learn
to sing. Girls learn to dance. Spiders make webs,
and bees make honey.
5. Do you like honey? 0 how sweet! Bees get
honey from flowers, and bring it home for good boys.
If you learn to read well, you shall have some honey
on your bread.
Break-fast, hun-gry, naugh-ty, hor-ses, spi-der, ho-ney,
flow-er, din-ner, lit-tle, pud-ding, drow-sy, af-ter, supper, al-ways, bro-ther, sis-ter, pa-pa, mam-ma.
CHAPTER VII. SEVENTH.
1. Here is Frank; he is just come home; he has
been at school like a good boy: Frank must have
some dinner: here is some soup for you: take your
spoon and eat. Soup will make little boys grow.
2. Hold your plate, here is some meat: take your
knife and fork, and eat a little. Do you want a drink?
Take your cup, and drink some milk. Little boys
should drink sweet milk.
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pudding? Give the boy a little. Boys should not
eat too much: if they eat too much, they will be dull
and drowsy, and will not learn.
4. Now, Frank, you have done your dinner. Sit
down here-after dinner sit a while: after supper
walk a mile. Sit down, and I will tell you what
Charles said one day when he came from school.
5. Charles said he would love his papa and mamma,
and always do as he was bid. He would love his
brothers and sisters, and would play with them. He
would not play with bad boys.
Cheat-ing, pros-per, live-ly, check-ers, mar-bles,
Tom-my, dir-ty, ug-ly, pave-ment, peo-ple, ve-ry,
some-times, can-not, play-ing, jack-stones, ex-er-cise,
chil-dren, an-gry. Be-cause, re-mem-ber.
CHAPTER VIII. EIGHTH.
1. Now, boys, you may go and play. You must not
play with bad boys, for they will cheat. You must
play fair. Cheating play will never prosper. If you
cheat, good boys will not play with you.
2. Do not play too hard: you will hurt the little
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be rude. Use no bad words when you play; naughty
boys say bad words.
3. What will you play? Will you play hide and
whoop? or blind hob, or checkers, or ball?  Or will
you whip the top, or jump the rope, or shoot marbles? or what will you play?
4. Tommy says he will not play marbles; he calls
it a low kind of play. He says the boys who play
marbles, get into the dirt, and dirty their hands and
their clothes; and you know you look ugly when you
are dirty.
5. Here is a top. Can you spin your top?  You
should not spin your top on the foot pavement, because you will be in the way: people must walk on
the foot pavements. Go in the yard, and spin your
top there.
6. Can you play ball? here is a ball for you; toss
it up.' This is a very good ball; I bought it for a
very good boy: see how it will bound. Can you
catch the ball?  Come, let us play.
7. Can you jump the rope?  Little girls jump the
rope. Girls must play sometimes as well as boys, and
they cannot always be playing jack-stones, you know:
so they must jump the rope. It is good exercise for
them.
8. Children, you must remember, when you are at
play, that God sees you all the time; he knows
when you are naughty. He hears all you say; and
if you say bad words, he will be angry. If you are
good when you play, God will love you.
Bil-ly, Bet-sey, preach-er, pa-rents, prais-es, talk-ing,
wor-ship, hea-ven, plea-sure, sab-bath, me-mo-ry, doctrines, bet-ter, ten-der, de-light-ful, be-low, for.get,
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CHAPTER IX. NINTH.
1. Good boys and good girls go to church. Did you
go to church? Billy went to church, and so did Betsey. The church is the house of God; and God loves
little children when they go to church.
2. When you go to church, you must sit still, and
hear what the preacher tells you; he tells you to be
good children, and love your parents, and'then God
will bless you.
3. Did you hear them sing in church? There all
the people sing praises to God, and thank him for
taking care of us. Once there was a very good man
who lived in London: he wrote some very good songs
for children; and here is one of them.
4 Lord, how delightful'tis to see
Young children meet to worship Thee;
At once they sing, at once they pray,
They hear of heaven, and learn the way.
5 I've been to church, and love to go,'Tis like a little heaven below;
Not for my pleasure and my play,
Will I forget the sabbath-day.
6 0 write upon my memory, Lord,
The text, and doctrines of thy word;
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love thee better than before.
7 With thoughts on heaven, and things divine,
O fill this tender heart of mine:
That when at home, or when abroad,
I still may think on Thee, my God.
Giv-eth, mak-eth, touch-eth, fin-ger, glad-ness
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judg-ment, sin-ful, ev-e-ry. A-hove, a-sleep, a-way,
Al-migh-ty, com-mit, a-gainst, for-ev-er.
CHAPTER X. TENTH.
1. God is in heaven, and we are on earth: As the
heavens are high above the earth, so are his ways
above our ways.  He giveth light to the sun, and
maketh the moon to rise; He toucheth the stars with
his finger, and they run their course with gladness.
2. God made the world, and all things that are in
the world: He makes us all, and takes care of us, both
when we are asleep, and when we are awake. When
we go out, he knows all that we do, and when we come
in, no door can hide us from him.
3 Almighty God, thy piercing eye
Strikes through the shades of night;
And our most secret actions lie
All open to thy sight.
4 There's not a sin that we commit,
No wicked word we say;
But in thy dreadful book'tis writ,
Against the judgment day.
5 0 God, may I for ever fear,
T' indulge a sinful thought;
Since the great Judge will see and hear,
And write down every fault.
Daz-zle, ea-gle, in-to, beau-ti-ful, ri-ses, hous-es,
stee-ples, gild-ed, e-ver, ear-ly, call-ed, Phee-bus, burnish, hunts-man, loos-ed, shep-herd, pla-ced, wretch.
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CHAPTER' XI. ELEVENTH.
1. How bright the sun is! Can you look at the sun?
It will dazzle your eyes. Eagles can look at the sun.
If you smoke a piece of glass, and look at the sun
through that, it will not dazzle your eyes.
2. When the sun is down, the birds will go to sleep,
and little boys should go to bed: and when the sun
rises, the birds will wake up and sing: the eagle will
soar up into the sky, to gaze at the sun-; and the owl
will hide from the light.
3. How beautiful is the sun when it rises! It shines
on the tops of houses and steeples, and they look as
though they were gilded with gold. Did you ever see
the sun rise? If you will get up early, you may see it
rise. The sun is called Phcebus.
4 Bright Phoebus will rise in the morn,
And burnish the steeples with gold;
Then the huntsman will sound the sweet horn,
And the sheep will be loosed from the fold.
When Phaebus sinks down in the west,
The shepherd takes care of his sheep:
The birds all retire to their rest,
And good little boys go to sleep.
5. The sun is a great fire which makes the world
warm. It is a great lamp placed in the sky to give us
light. If the sun did not rise, it would be always dark.
If the sun should forget to rise, how wretched should
we be!
6. Do you know who made the sun? Yes: Go,
made the sun; and he makes it to rise every day.
God is very good to make the sun rise for us: He
never forgets us one day: and we should never forget
him.
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youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years
draw nigh, when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure
in them."-While the sun, or the light, or the moon,
or the stars are not darkened, nor the clouds return
after the rain.
Ri-sing, thun-der, light-ning,  far-mer,  car-ries,
mil-ler, ba-ker, bis-cuit, peach-es, cher-ries, ap-ples,
parch-ed, ri-ver, dri-ed, no-thing, thank-ful, clou-dy,
wa-ter, show-ers, joy-ful, gras-sy, va-ri-ous, nour-ish,
cis-tern, crys-tal, mar-gin. En-rich-ing, al-lay.
CHAPTER XII.  TWELFTH.
1. Do you know who makes it rain? I will tell you.
God makes it rain. Do you see that dark cloud rising
in the west? That cloud will bring thunder and lightning and rain. You need not be afraid. God makes
it thunder; and he will not let it hurt you, if you are
good.:2. If it did not rain, the grass would not grow, and
then the cows would give us no milk. Cows eat grass,
and that makes them give milk. Milk, you know, is
good for little boys. Bread and milk are good; and
so are mush and milk.
3. If it did not rain, the wheat would not grow; and
then we should have no bread. The farmer carries
wheat to mill; the miller grinds it into flour; and
then the baker makes bread of it, and biscuit too.
4. If it did not rain, the trees would not grow; pears
grow on trees; peaches grow on trees; cherries grow
on trees; and apples grow on trees: if it did not rain,
there would be no pears, nor peaches, nor cherries,
nor apples.
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springs, and brooks, and rivers, would all be dried up
and then you would have nothing to drink, and we
should all die. God is very good to make it rain, and
we should all of us be very thankful.
6 God from his cloudy cistern pours
On the parch'd earth enriching showers;
The grove, the garden, and the fiold,
A thousand joyful blessings yield.
He makes the grassy food arise,
And gives the cattle large supplies:
With herb for man, of various power,
To nourish nature, or to cure.
He bids the crystal fountains flow,
And cheer the valleys as they go:
The flocks and herds their thirst allay,
While lambs upon the margin play.
From pleasant trees which shade the brink,
The lark and linnet light to drink;
Their songs, the lark and linnet raise,
And chide our silence in His praise.
Want-ed, di-ed, o-pen-ed, Har-ry, hol-low, nei-ther
ro-sy, ver-dant, hum-ble, glean-er, scat-ter-ed, na-ture,
view-ing, kind-ly, boun-te-ous, war-bling, ca-rol, lea-fv,
dwel-ling, gol-den.  A-way, your-selves, a-bout, appear.ing, dis-port-ing, con-tent, pro-claim-ing, for-sake,
se-cure.
CHAPTER XIII.  THIRTEENTH.
1. Once Tommy had a little bird; it was a sweet
little bird; he put it in a cage, and fed it, and gave it
drink; he took good care of it, yet it wanted to get
out and fly away: but Tommy would not let it fly
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2. Once Billy had a bird in a cage, and the bird
wanted to get out; so Billy opened the door of the
cage, and took it out. Poor bird! said he, I do not
want to hurt you: go, fly away to the trees, and find
your mamma.
3. Harry, would you keep a poor little bird shut
up in a cage? You would not like yourself to be
shut up all night, and all day, in a hollow tree: so
the poor bird does not like to be shut up in a cage.
4. Now, says Billy, I will tell you what my mamma
says about birds: She says that God made the birds,
and little boys should not hurt them, nor rob their
nests neither. God made them to fly about and sing
Can you sing?
5 When the rosy morn appearing,
Paints with gold the verdant lawn:
Bees on banks of thyme disporting,
Sip the sweets, and hail the dawn.
See content the humble gleaner,
Takes the scattered ears that fall;
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6 Warbling birds, the day proclaiming,
Carol sweet the lively strain;
They forsake their leafy dwelling,
To secure the golden grain.
See content, &c.
CHAPTER XIV. FOURTEENTH.
1. It is a fine thing to talk and read well. Puss
can play as well as you, and puss can eat and drink,
and she can run as well as you.
2. Puss can climb up trees, and she can catch mice,
which is more than you can do. But can puss talk?
No. Can puss read? No.
3. Can your dog Tray read? No. Will you teach
him? take a pin and point to the words. No, he will
not learn, he cannot talk.
4. 1 never saw a dog or isa cat that could learn to
read; but boys and gik!s can learn. If you do not
learn, you are not good'for half so much as puss.
CHAPTER XV. FIFTEENTH.
1. What o'clock is it? It is twelve o'clock. It is
noon. Now where is the sun? The sun is in the
south. Turn your face to him. Look at the sun.
2. That way is the south.  Always when it is
twelve o'clock, and when you look at the sun, your
face is to the south, your back is to the north, your
left hand is to the east, and your right hand to the
west.
3. The sun rises in the east, and sets in the west.
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4. The wind blows. Which way does the wind
blow?  Throw up some grass and -that will tell you.
The wind blows this way.
5. The wind blows from the north. The north
wind is cold, the south wind is warm, the east wind
will bring a storm of rain, and the west wind will bring
a storm of thunder.
CHAPTER XVI. SIXTEENTH.
1. Come here, Charles, and look at the sun. The
sun is in the west. Yes, in a short time it will set.
We can look at the sun now, he is not so bright as he
was at noon, when he was up high in the sky.
2. See how fine the clouds are! Now the sun goes
down very fast. We can see but half of him. Now
he is all gone. Good night, sun.
3. Now turn your face to the east. What is that so
bright there? Is it fire? No, it is the moon. How
large and red it is! The moon is round now, because
it is full moon: but it will not be quite so round tomorrow night; it will lose a small piece; and the
next night it will lose a piece more; and the next
night, a piece more; and so on, till it is like your
bow when it is bent.
4. It will not rise till you are gone to bed; and will
grow less and less, till, in two weeks, there will be no
moon to be seen.
5. Then there will be a new moon, and you will
see it when it is near night; it will be crooked and
sharp at each end; but it will grow more and more,
till, at last, in two weeks' time, it will be a round full
moon like this; and you will then see it rise again
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Learn-ed, gen-tle-man, look-ed, spec-ta-cles, parents, his-to-ry, prov-ed, chirp-ed, wrap-ped, car-ri.
ed, at-tempt, in-quire, bo-dy, con-sti-tutes, wis-dom,
block-head, form-ed, ho-nor, es-teem, be-lov-ed, ad
mir-ed.
CHAPTER XVII. SEVENTEENTH.
SOMETHING ABOUT TOM THUMB.
1. We are told in the life of Tom Thumb, that he
was so small at his birth, that no one thought him
worth taking notice of; till a learned gentleman looked
at him through a pair of spectacles, and informed his
parents that he would be a very little man, and a very
great man.
2. And you, who have read the history of Tom
Thumb, know that the words of the learned gentleman proved true: for though so very little when a
boy, he was so good, and minded his book so well,
that he became a very wise and great man.
3. When his father heard that Tom was to be a
great man, he took him up on his little finger, and
chirped to him, as a boy does to a bird; and his mother wrapped him up in a piece of cotton, put him in
a thimble, and carried him about in her warm pocket.
4. The history further informs us, that Tom Thumb
became a greater man than his mother; but, before we
attempt to prove this, we must inquire what makes a
great man.
5. Is it a great head? No. Is it-a long leg? No.
Is it a big body?  No. Is it a great leg?  No: but I
will tell you what it is: it is a wise head, and a good
heart, that constitute a great man.
6. It is wisdom  and virtue, and that only, which
can make us great and happy. A great brute, or a
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great bear, or a great blockhead, may be made by
other means.
7. But a great man cannot be formed without wisdom and virtue, which are the only sources of honor
and esteem, and will always make us beloved and
admired.
Beau-ti-ful, mos-sy, per-fum-ed, o-dor, fair-er,
love-ly, rais-eth, shak-eth, roar-ing, des-erts, ter-ri-ble,
glo-ri-ous, hea-vens, crea-ture, bright-ness, coun-tenance, cen-tre.
CHAPTER XVIII.  EIGHTEENTH.
1. Come, and I will show you what is beautiful.
It is a rose full blown. See how she sits upon her
mossy stem, like the queen of all the flowers! the
air is perfumed with her odor; she is the delight of
every eye.
2. She is beautiful: but there is a fairer than she.
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rose: He is all lovely: He is the delight of every
heart.
3. I will show you what is strong. The Lion is
strong: when he raiseth himself from his den; when
he shaketh his mane; when the voice of his roaring
is heard, the cattle of the field fly, and the wild beasts
of the desert fly and hide themselves, for he is very
terrible.
4. The lion is strong; but He who made the lion
is stronger than he.  He could tear the world to
pieces; He could make us die in a moment, and no
one could save us out of His hand.
5. I will show you what is glorious. The sun is
glorious. When he shineth in the clear sky; when
he sitteth on his bright throne in the heavens, and
looketh abroad over all the earth; he is the most
glorious creature that the eye can behold.
6. The sun is glorious: but He who made the sun
is more glorious than he. The eye cannot behold
Him, for his brightness is more dazzling than the sun.
He seeth in all the dark places, by night as well as by
day; and the light of His countenance is over all His
works.
7. Who is this that is greater than all things, and
what is his name, that my lips may praise him?
8. He is God-! who made all things: He sitteth on
His throne in the centre, and His breath giveth life
to the world. He hath made all things beautiful: but
He is more beautiful than they.
9. 1 will always give thanks unto the Lord; his
praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul shall
make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear
it and be glad. O praise the Lord with me, and let
us bless his name always.
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ing, hith-er, li-lies, or-an-ges, yel-low, rai-siu, ro-ses,
blos-som, wea-ther, cheer-ful, cow-slip, care-less-ly,
breech-es, sad-die, ba-bies, cra-dle, Bet-ty, ham-mer,
gin-ger-bread, guin-ea, dol-lar, quar-ter, wo-man, al-ly,
some-thing, can-dies, hu-mor-ed, cri-ed, sil-ly, chucker, sleep-y, pil-low, co-ver. A-long, re-joice, be-lief.
CHAPTER XIX.  NINETEENTH.
1. Papa, where is Charles? Where is the little
boy? Ah, here he is, hid under mamma's apron.
How do you do, sir? I hope you are very well. See,
you have inked your frock: you should take care.
Here is a slate and pencil for you. Now sit down.
and draw a little bird.
2. Charles, what were eyes made for? To see
with: and ears to hear with: tongue to talk with:
nose to smell with: teeth are to bite with; and legs
are to walk with. Come, let us walk to the fields, and
see the sheep, and the lambs, and cows, and calves,
and birds, and trees.
3. Did you see that horse galloping along?  The.lan rides on the horse. There is a little dog. The
dog barks. Do not be afraid, he will not bite you.
Come hither, dog. Stroke him, and pat his head:
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you. Come, Charles, let us go home to mamma.
Take these flowers, and give them to your little
sister.
4. Ink is black. Milk is white. Grass is green.
The sky is blue. Fire is red, and Sally's shoes are
red. O what fine red shoes! Oranges are yellow.
Black, white, green, blue, red, and yellow.
5. Pray give me a raisin. What will you do with
it? I want it to eat. Well, here is one. I want two.
Well, here they are. I want a great many; I want
ten: and here they are. One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Now what will you do
with all these raisins? Give Billy some, and sister
Sally.-Good boy!
6. It is winter now; cold winter. There is ice on
the river. It hails and snows. Will you run out in
the snow? Go, then, and make snow-balls. Pretty
snow! how white it is, and how soft it is! bring the
snow to the fire: See how it melts! it is all gone
now; it has turned to wvater.
7. When spring comes again, there will be green
leaves, and flowers, and daisies, and pinks, and violets,
and roses, and warm weather. Come, spring; come,
and make the trets blossom, and make the grass grow.
How cheerful, along the gay mead,
The daisy and cowslip appear!
The flocks, as they carelessly feed,
Rejoice in the spring of the year.
8. When Charles is a big boy, he shall have
breeches, and a pair of boots; and he shall have a
little horse of his own, and a saddle and bridle, and
whip, and then he shall ride out with papa.
9. I heard somebody cry just now; I wonder who it
was: it was some naughty boy, I fancy. Good boys
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once, and lay in the cradle; but now you are a little
boy, and can ride upon a stick.
10. See, here is Betty come from the fair. What
has she got? She has got a gun for Charles; and a
cane, and a hammer, and some gingerbread: she is
very good-thank you, Betty. You must walk with
your cane, and shoot with your gun, and eat your
gingerbread; but you must not eat it all; give some
to sister Sally.
11. Look here, Charles, here is money: what is that
yellow piece? This is gold; it is a guinea. Here is
a dollar, and half of a dollar, and a quarter of a dollar;
and one, two, three, four, five, six pennies. 0 mamma,
give me the pennies.
12. What will you do with the pennies, Charles?
Why mamma, there is a poor woman lives in the alley,
with four little children, and they are hungry. Their
mother is sick, and nobody takes care of them; I will
buy something for them to eat. Good boy! take
them all.
13. It is night. Betty, bving candles. Look at
the moon! O pretty moon! The moon shines for us
at night when the sun has gone to bed. Good moon!
Once there was a boy who was Humored in every
thing, and he cried for the moon: That is my moon
says he, give me the moon; I will have the moon.
He was a silly boy; was he not?
14. The sun is gone to bed; the chickens have
gone to bed; the birds have gone to bed; and Charles
must go to bed. Poor little boy! he is sleepy. Pull
off his shoes. I believe we must carry him up stairs.
Lay his little head on the pillow, and cover him up.
Good night. Shut your eyes, and go to sleep.
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If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Sun-day, Mon-day, Tues-day, Wed-nes-day, Thurs(lay, Fri-day, Sa-tur-day.- Jan-u-a-ry, Feb-ru-a-ry,
A-pril, Ju-ly, Au-gust. Al-ma-nac, e-qual, num-ber,
thir-ty, twen-ty, freez-es, fro-zen, slid-ing, skat-ing,
drown-ed, grow-ing, long-er, al-most, com-ing, col-or
go-ing, fare-well, plea-sant, pay-ing, ro-bin, sum-mer,
hot-test, gar-den, suc-kle, mel-ons, fir-ed, shoot-ing,
blood-y, flut-ters, sor-ry, fall-ing, ci-der, sto-ries, pictures. Christ-mas, bu-sy, do-ing, part-ing, won-der,
ho-li-days, her-bage, au-tumn, trea-sures. Sep-tem-ber,
Oc-to-ber, No-vem-ber, De-cem-ber, a-lone, a-mong,
un-fold.
CHAPTER XX. TWENTIETH.
1. Charles, do you know how many days there are
in a week? Yes, seven: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: there are
seven days in a week, and four weeks in a month.
2. Charles, how many months are there in one year?
Twelve: January, February, March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November, December. Twelve months make one year.
3. Charles, the almanac makers says that eaeh month
has not an equal number of days: how many days are
in each month?
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
But February, which alone
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4. January is a very cold month.  It snows, and it
freezes. There are no leaves on the trees. The milk
is frozen, and the river is frozen.  All the boys are
sliding on the ice. There is a man skating: how fast
he goes! I will buy Charles a pair of skates.  But you
must take care, tlere is a hole in the ice.  If you fall
in, you will be drowned.
5. February is cold too; but the days are growing
longer, and March will soon come. March is the first
month of spring.  Now the wind blows hard.  It will
almost blow you away. There is a tree blown down.
Here are some young lambs: poor things! they are
cold.
6. April is come, and the birds sing: the trees are in
blossom, and the flowers are coming out. Now it rains:
it rains: and the sun shines. There is a rainbow. 0
what fine colors!  How beautiful is the rainbow! but
it will not stay long; it is going away. It fades-it is
quite gene-Farewell, rainbow.
7. May is- very pleasant. Now Charles may walk out
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about on the grass, among the sweet flowers. The
trees are full of blossoms, and the -birds sing. Pretty
birds! sing for little Charles, he is a good boy. There
is a robin-red-breast-Sing, robin.
8. June is come. Now it is very warm: we shall
have roses, and all the sweet flowers of summer.
You must get up early, and walk out to see the farmer
mow the grass. Grass will make hay. How sweet
the new  hay smells!  O  it is very hot. Well, so
much the better: you must make hay while the sun
shines.
9. July is the hottest month. You must go under
the trees, and play in the shade. Come, let us go in
the garden. There is a bee upon the honey-suckle:.
he is getting honey: he will carry it to the hive, and:
save it for winter.  Good bee! make honey forCharles.
10. August will bring us ripe apples, and pears, and7
water-melons, and green corn. Then September will
come, and bring us good peaches. Hark! somebody
has fired off a gun. They are shooting the poor birds.
Here is a bird dropped just down at your feet. Poor
thing! it is all bloody: how it flutters! it is going teo
die. Are you not sorry for the poor bird?
11. October is come, Charles, and the leaves are
falling off the trees, and the flowers are almost gone:
But here are some nuts, and a few grapes. Grapes
make wine, and apples make cider, and nuts are good.
for boys to eat.
12. November brings rainy weather. No flowers, no,
hay-making now. Well, never mind it, we will sit by
the fire, and read, and tell stories, and look at pictures..
Where is Billy, and Harry, and Betsey?  Now we will
see who can spell best, and read best. Good children r
you shall all have some cake.
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is very busy. What is she doing? She is paring ap.
ples, and chopping meat.  What for, I wonder! O, to
make mince pies. Do you like mince pies? Yes, they
are very good; Christmas holidays, and mince pies, are
very good for little boys.
14. In winter how white is the snow!
While boys on the ice are at play:
In spring the green herbage will grow,
With all the sweet blossoms of May.
What charms does the summer, unfold!
While hay-makers breathe the sweet air,
And autumn brings treasures of gold;
The apple, the peach, and the pear.
On-ly, fish-es, floun-ces, kil-led, bel-lows, ti-ger:spar-row, swal-low, twit-ters, pig-eon, tur-key, gobibles, pea-cock, grass-hop-per, his-ses, gar-den, gra-.vel, rol-ler, half-pen-ny, bar-row, gar-den-er, let-tuce,.pars-ley, sa-lad, cur-rant, bush-es, ber-ry, la-dy, beetle, stock-ings, vic-tu-als, cold-er, win-dow, shiv-er,
pul-led, sad-ly, beg-ging, cru-el, af-ter-wards. IHim-:self.
CHAPTER XXI.  TWENTY-FIRST.
1. How many fingers have you got, little boy?
Mlere are four fingers on this hind, and one thumb,:that makes five.  And five more on the other hand,.makes ten. Ten fingers, and ten toes, I have got:
>and two legs.  A horse has four legs, a goat has four
legs, and puss has four,,gs; but a chicken has only'two legs, a bird has oril two legs, and Charles has
only two legs.
2. How many legs have fishes? Fishes have no legs
at all.  They do not walk, they swim  about in the
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Poor little fish! see how  it flounces about. It has a
hook in its mouth. It will soon be dead. It cannot
live out of the water, and Charles cannot live in the
water.
3. Charles has got clothes to keep him warm. Feathers keep the birds warm, and wool makes the sheep
warm. Can' you climb a tree? Puss can climb a tree
better than you. Ask puss to teach you. See how fast
she climbs. Puss! do not catch the little birds on the
trees; the birds must sing for Charles. 0, naughty
puss! she has caught a bird, and killed it.
4. The horse neighs. The cock crows. The ass
brays. The bull bellows. The cow lows. The sheep
bleats. - The lion roars. The wolf howls. The tiger
growls. The frog croaks. The sparrow chirps. The
swallow twitters. The pigeon coos. The turkey gob.
bles. The peacock screams. The grasshopper chirps.
The duck quacks. The owl hoots. The snake hisses.
But little girls and boys talk.
5. Shall we go into the garden and see the flowers,
and the apple-trees, and run about on the gravel-walk?
Where is your roller? Come, roll the walk. If you
work well, I will give you a half-penny a day. If you
are a good boy, you shall have.a little garden of your
own, and a spade to dig with, rnd a hoe, and a rake,
and a little wheel-barrow. -:~/~:
6. Do not    the weds grow in your:.)  en; pull
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ask the gardener for some seeds, and you must sow
them, and cover them with dirt. Here is some lettuceseed, and some parsley-seed; sow them, and we shall
have salad. Water your garden. Look at your currantbushes, and the gooseberry-bushes; see how they grow.
7. Here is a lady-bird upon a leaf. It is red, and'has
black spots.'Ah! it has got wings: it has flown away.
There is a black beetle; catch it. How fast it runs!
where is it gone? Into the ground: it makes a little
hole, and runs into the ground.
8. It is cold, Charles, very cold. Pray what do they
call it when it is cold? They call it winter. I wonder
what poor little boys do, that have no fire to go to, and
no shoes and stockings to keep them warm, and no
good papa and mamma to take care of them, and give
them victuals. Poor boys!
9. Do not cry, Charles, for here is a penny, and
when you see one of those poor little boys, you shall
give it him: he will go and buy a roll with it, for he is
very hungry; and he will say, "Thank you, Charles,
you are very good to me!"
10. I will tell you what; Charles; it will be a great
deal colder, soon, and snow will come down; and when
the poor robins fly against the- window, you must open
it and let them in. Well, what do you want, little
robin? Only a few crumbs of bread. Give him some
crumbs, and he will hop, hop, hop about the parlor, and
sing for you. Do not let puss catch the robin.
11. There was a naughty boy, I do not know his
name; but it was not Charles, nor George, nor Harry;
for those are very pretty names: but there was a robin
came in at his window one very cold morning-shiver
-shiver, and its poor little body was almost frozen to
tleath.
12. And he would not give the poor robin the least
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tail, and hurt it sadly, so that it died. Now a little
while after, the naughty boy's papa and mamma went
away, and left him; and then he could not get victuals
at all for himself: so he went about begging-Pray give
me something to eat-I am very hungry.
13. And every body said, No, we shall give vou/
none; for we do not love cruel naughty boys. You
would not give the poor robin a few crumbs. So the
naughty boy went about from one place to another, till
at last he got into the woods, and was lost; for he did
not know how to find his way anywhere: and then it
grew dark: so he sat down, and cried sadly: and I
believe the bears came and ate him up in the woods,
for I never heard any thing about him afterwards.
Wi-ser, ta-ble, fly-ing, i-dle, rab-bit, mas-ter's, learn.
ed, les-son, shi-ning, o-pen-ing, la-bors. Sa-tan, mischief, health-ful. Sup-pose, in-stead, im-prove, ac-count.
CHAPTER XXII. TWENTY-SECOND.
1. There was a little boy, he was not a big boy, for
if he had been a big'boy, I suppose he would have
been wiser; but this was a little boy, not higher than
the table; and his papa and mamma sent him to school:.
it was a very pleasant morning-the sun shone, and the
birds sang in the trees. Now this little boy did not:
much love his book, for he was a silly little boy, as I
told you; and he had a great mind to play, instead of'
going to school.
2. This silly boy saw a bee flying about, first on.
one flower, and then on another: so he said'to the bee.
-Pretty bee! will you come and rlay with me?  But
the bee said, No, I must not be idle, I must go and
gather honey. Then the little boy met a dog, and he
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said, Dog! will you play with me?  But the dog said
No, I must not be idle, I am going to catch a rabbit for
my master's dinner-I must make haste and catch it.
3. Then the little boy went by a hay-rick, and he
saw a bird pulling some hay out of the hay-rick; and
he said, Bird! will you come and play with me?  But
the bird said, No, I must not be idle, I must get some
hay to build a nest with, and some moss, and some
wool: so the bird flew away.
4. Then the little boy saw a horse: and he said,
Horse! will you play with me? But the horse said, No,
I must not be idle, I must go and plow, or else there
will be no corn to make bread of.
5. Then the little boy thought with himself, What!
is nobody idle? then little boys must not be idle neither. So he made haste, and went to school, and learned his lesson very well; and the master said he was a
very good boy.
6 How doth the little busy bee
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With how much art she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labors hard to store it well,
With the sweet food she makes.
7 In works of labor and of skill,
I would be busy too;
For Satan finds some mischief still,
For idle hands to do.
In books, or works, or healthful play,
Let my first years be past;
That I may give for every day,
Some good account at last.
Quar-rel, na-tur-ed, fel-low, lov-ing, clev-er-ly, letters, al-pha.bet, vow-els, syl-la-ble, con-so-nants, comma, co-lon, pe-ri-od, nine-ty, Ger-rnan-town, Bos-ton,
hun-dred, thou-sand, Lon-don, heart-ed, gath-er-ing,
Sav-ior's, un-cle, To-by, buz-zing, gold-smith, ti-ed,
cram-med, pock-et, gi-ant, pas-ture, clo-ver, but-ter-fly,
whlitll-er, go-est, sim-ple-ton, watch-es, help-less, nearer, speck-led, dif-fer-cent, mo-ment, o-blig-ing, o-be-dient, di-rect-ly, un-til, at-tend, de-your, ex-am-ine, en
joy-ing, re-gale, thy-self. Sem-i-co-lon, Phil-a-del-phi-a,
ad:,mi-ra-tion, in-ter-ro-ga-tion.
CHAPTER XXIII. TWENTY-THIRD.
1. Billy was a very good boy; he would always do
as he was bid; he would go quick and come quick, and
shut the do:fter him. He would never quarrel and
do mischief,  t was always good-natured and obliging
to his play-felTo:and every- body loved him.
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he would sit still, and mind his book; and when school
was out, he would go directly home, and not play by
the way, as bad boys do.
3. Billy loved his book and his school, and would
play with none but good boys. He said if he played
with bad boys, he was afraid he would learn to be bad
too; and he said very right, for good boys should never
play with bad boys.
4. Billy is only five years old, and he can spell all
the hard words in, his lesson; and begins to read
cleverly. He does not go to play until he has got his
lesson: he minds the wise saying, Business first, and
then pleasure: he says, that good boys get their lesson
first, and then play.
5. Billy knows that a cow will give more milk than
a goat: he knows that milk is good to eat; and that
butter and cheese are made of milk; and that whey is
made of milk. He says that cows are very good to
give milk for little boys.
~6. Billy knows that there are twenty-six letters in
the alphabet; and that six of them are vowels. IHe
says there can be no syllable without a vowel; a, e,
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consonants. He says, if you would be wise, you must
attend to your vowels and consdnants.-Let this be
your plan-Learn all that you can.
7. Billy knows, when a boy reads, he should always
mind his stops. HIe knows the comma, semicolon;
colon: period. interrogation? and admiration,! He
says, you must stop at a, while you can say one —at a;
while you can say, one, two-at a: one, two, threeat a. one, two, three, four; and at the? and! you must
stop nearly as long as at the period.
8. Billy knows that some places are a great way off.
He knows that it is ninety-six miles from Philadelphia
to New-York, when it is only six to Germantown. He
knows that Boston is three hundred miles from Philadelphia; and somebody told him that it was more than
three thousand miles to London.
9. Billy was always tender-hearted, as all good boys
are; he could never like to see naughty boys kill bees
when they were gathering honey from the flowers. He
would never catch flies and pull off their wings, and
stick pins through them, as bad boys do. He said that
God made the flies to fly about, and it is,very cruel to
stick pins through them. How they whip the poor
horses when they haul wood!
10. Billy says that our Savior's golden rule is, to
DO TO OTHERS AS WE WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO TO US,
and this is certainly the best rule in the world; for if
we are kind and good to others, Goa will certainly be
kind and good to us.
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the faults I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.
11. Billy said that uncle Toby did to others as he
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dinner, a fly came buzzing about his face, and he
caught.it. Now I have thee, thou little rogue, says
uncle Toby; but I will not kill thee: No, I will not
hurt thee. So he took the fly to the'door, and said
to it, Go, poor rogue, I will not hurt a hair of thy
head: go, fly away; the world is wide enough for us
both.
12. Billy says that once a naughty boy caught a
little goldsmith; he tied it fast with a thread, and would
not let it go: then he pulled off one of its legs, and
crarnmed it into his dirty pocket, and hurt the poor
thing very much.-Naughty boy! how would you like
to have a great giant catch you, and pull off one of your
arms, and break your bones, and then cram you into his
pocket? You would not like it at all: so the goldsmith
does not like it.
13. Once Billy found a grasshopper in the room,
and the maid was going to kill it: but Billy said, she
must not kill it, she must'give it to him. So he took it
to the door, just as uncle Toby did the fly, and said to
it, Go, little grasshopper, hop away; I will' not kill
thee; No, I will not hurt thee: the world is wide
enough for us both: go, little grasshopper, hop away
to the pasture, and eat white clover.
14. Now I will tell you what Billy said to the butterfly:-Butterfly! whither goest thou, little simpleton?
Seest thou not that hungry bird watching thee? His bill
is sharp, and ready open to devour thee: come, then,
come hither; he will be afraid of me, and will not then
dare to toihthee. — Butterfly! pretty butterfly! come
and rest odn th  flower that I hold in my hand.
15. Butterfly! I will not pull off thy wings, nor hurt
thee: No, no; thou art little and helpless, like my little
sister. I only wish to look on thee nearer; I want to
see thy little head, and to examine thy long body, and
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colors.-Buttterfly! pretty butterfly! come and rest on
this flower that I hold in my hand.
16. Butterfly, I will not keep thee long; I know
thou hast not long to live.  When the summer is over,
thou wilt be no more: and as for me, I shall be only
six years old. Thou hast not a moment to lose from
enjoying this short life: but thotu mayest feed and
regale thyself all the time I look at thee.-Butterfly!
pretty butterfly! come, rest on this flower that I hold
in my hand.
Pray-ers, pi-ty, rag-ged, A-gur's,,chap-ter, Proverbs, va-ni-ty, rich-es, wash-ed, satch-el,  Ches-ter,
Lan-cas-ter, Bur-ling-ton, Je-sus, suf-fer, king-dom,
bhls-sed, run-ning, ge-ne-ral, Wash-ing-tonuon-stantly, ser-vi-tude, in-fant, glo-ri-ous, em-pires, scep-tres,
par-son, law-yer, pre-si-dent, ei-ther, fin-est, or-a-tor,
kis.%sed, tur-tle, ba-lan-ced, cen-tre.




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CHAPTER XX. TWENTIETH.
MORE ABOUT BILLY.
1. When Billy went to bed he always said his
prayers, and desired that God would bless his papa
and mamma, and his brothers and sisters: he prayed
that God would have pity on poor little boys and girls
who are hungry, and cold, and ragged, and have no
friends to take care of them.
2. Billy found Agur's prayer in the xxxth chapter of
Proverbs: and here it is:-Two things have I desired
of thee; deny me them not before I die. Remove far
from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be
full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest
I be poor, and steal, and take the name of God in vain.
3. When Billy got up in the morning, he washed
his hands and face clean, and said his prayers; then
flew away to his satchel for his book; and while the
maid was getting breakfast for him to eat, he was getting some good lesson to read. He could spell Chester,
Lancaster, and Burlington.
4. Then were brought unto Christ little children,
that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and
the disciples rebuked them: but Jesus said, Suffer little
children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of
such is the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hands
on them, and blessed them.
5. Once Billy came running to his mamma; he was
almost out of breath; he said that General Washington
was coming to town, and they were going to fire the
great guns. Hark! says he, do you hear the drums?Then his mamma said to him, Come, Billy, can you say
a speech for these ladies?-Billy would always do as he
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6. Americans! place constantly before your eyes the
deplorable scene of your servitude, and the enchanting
picture of your deliverance. Begin with the infant in
his cradle: let the first word he lisps be WASHINGTON!
O Washington! thrice-glorious name!
What due rewards can man decree;
Empires are far below thy aim,
And sceptres have no charms for thee;
Virtue alone has thy regard,
And she shall be thy great reward.
7. The ladies were all delighted to hear Billy speak
so well. One said he should be a parson; another said
he should be a lawyer; and another said he should
be the president of the United States: but Billy said
he could not be either, unless his mamma gav~ him
leave. Then the finest lady of them all said to him,
Come here, my sweet little orator. So she kissed him,
and gave him two great red apples.-Now you may go
and see General Washington.
8. Harry-says Billy, who made the world? I do
not know, says Harry. Well, then, says Billy, I will
tell you: God made the world, and all things that are
in it. He made the sun, and the moon, and the stars;
and all the birds that fly in the air. God made the
water, and all the fishes that are in the rivers.
9. Harry —says Billy, what do you think the world
stands on? I do not know, says Harry; but I will tell
you what our old Tom says.-Our old Tom says that
the world stands on a great turtle: but he cannot tell
what the turtle stands on. Well, says Billy, I will tell
you what my papa says.-My papa says that the world
does not stand on any thing; but, it is balanced on its
own centre, and goes round the sun, in open space,
once every year.
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10. Once every year, is my birth-day, says Billy. Ah,
now I remember, this very day is my birth-day: I am
glad my sister told me.-of it; for if she had not, I should
not have thought of it. Well, I wonder what my papa
iI give me! I hope he will give me some pretty book
tat has pictures in it: and I hope my mamma will give
me a pencil, and then I will try to draw a little bird.
11. Great God, to thee my voice I raise,
To thee my youngest hours belong;
I would begin my life with praise,
Till growing years improve the song.'Tis to thy sovereign grace I owe,
That I was born on Christian ground,
where streams of heavenly mercy flow,
And words of sweet salvation sound.
I would not change my native land
For rich Peru, with all her gold;
A nobler prize is in my hand,
Than East or Western Indies hold.
Thy glorious promises, O Lord!
Kindle my hopes and my desires:
While all the preachers of thy word,
Warn me to'scape eternal fires.
Thy praise shall still employ my breath,
Since thou hast mark'd my way to heaven:
Nor will I run the road to death,
And waste the blessings thou hast given.
Coun-sel, shin-eth, bright-er, per-feet, tow-ards,
wor-ship, mer-cy, hon-or, her-it-age, trou-ble, en-emies. En-tice, re-frain, de-light-eth, o-bey, en-dur.
eth, cre-a-ted, for-ev-er, de-liv-er-ance. JRe-deem-er,
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CHAPTER XXV; TWENIY~FIFTH.
GOOD ADVICE FOR CHILDREN.
1. M  son, hear th&clfs; l of t*y fatier, a   for.
sake not thelaw of thy mother. If sinners entice thee
to sin, consent thou not: walk not in the way with
them; refrain thy feet from their path, for their feet run
to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
2. Be a good child; mind your book; love your
school, and strive to learn. Tell no tales; call no ill
names; play not with bad boys; use no ill words at
play; spend your time well; live in peace, and shun
all strife. This is the way to make good men love you;
and to save your soul from pain and woe.
3. Put thy trust in God, and he will keep thee from
all harm. Let not God go out of thy mind, for He is
thy guard and thy guide. God knows what is best for
thee; to Him thou must look for help.
4. God does mind all that we say and do. He sees
us when we go out, and when we come in. If we pray
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We must love those who do not love us, and pray for
those who hate us.' 5. My son, you must love God with all your heart,
and with all your soul: He made you, He gives you
lie and is very kind to all those who put their trust in
him. O praise the Lord, all ye sons of men, for his
mercy endureth for ever.
6. Seek, the Lord in- thy youth, and serve him with
all thy heart, soul, ahd might. He is near to us at all
times, and he knows all our thoughts. He shows us
wh~ is, right, and what is wrong; and he calls to us
thus:-My son! give me thine heart.
7. Trust in the Lord, and he will guide thee in the
way of good men. The path of the just is a light that
shineth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. We
must do all the good we can, to all men; for this is well
pleas'  in the sight of God who made us. He delighteth t see his children walk in love, and do good one
to another.
8. My duty towards God is, to believe in him, to fear
him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my
mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength: to
worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust
in him, to call upon him, to honor his holy name, and
his word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
9. There is but one God, the maker of all things,
both in heaven and in earth. He is holy, just, and good.
He fills heaven and earth with his wisdom, mercy, and
truth. He will love those who love him; and he will
bless all good children who love, honor, and obey their
parents.
10. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for
his mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the Lord, who created the hea.
vens, and the earth, and the seas; for his mercy en.
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0 give thanks unto the Lord, who maketh the sun to
rule the day, and the moon and stars to rule the night,
for his mercy endureth for ever.
11. From all who dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue.
Eternal are thy mercies, Lord,
Eternil truth attends thy word:
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
CHAPTER XXVI. TWENTY-SIXTH.
WORDS WHIGH ARE ALIKE IN SOUND, BUT DIFFERENT
IN SPELLING AND SIGNIFICATION.
A             A Ate, did eat
AC-Ci-DENCE, a grammar    Eight, a number
Ac-ci-dents, things happening Au-ger, a tool to bore with
by chance               Au-gur, a fortune-teller
Ai], to be sick           Aught, anything
Ale, a kind of beer       Ought, in duty bound
Air, the fluid we breathe    As-sist-ance, help, aid
Heir, one who inherits an es- As-sist-ants, those who afford
tate                      aid
All, the whole            At-tend-ance, presence, waitAwl, a tool for piercing    ing
Al-tar, a place for sacrifice  At-tend-ants, waiters,. serAl-ter, to change           vants
An-ker, a measure of brandy            B
An-chor, a heavy iron to hold Bail, surety, security
a ship                  Bale, a package of goods
Ant, an insect            Bait, a temptation
Aunt, an uncle's wife     Bate, to reduce, to take less
As-sent, agreement        Baize, a coarse cloth
As-cent, the act of rising    Bays, wreaths
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Bald, without hair on the head Bread, ground and baked
Bawl-ed, cried out           wheat, &c.
Ball, a round substance    Bred, brought up
Bawl, to cry aloud         Breast, a part of the body
Bar-ba-ry, a place in Africa Brest, a city of France
Bar-ber-ry, a small red fruit Brews, maketh beer
Bear, to suffTr anything   Bruise, to hurt
Bare. naked                By, near
Base, mean, vile           Buy, to purchase
Bass, a part in music      But, except'
Be, to exist               Butt, a large cask
Bee, an insect                         C
Beach, a shore of the sea    Cain, Abel's brother
Beech, a kind of tree      Cane, a staff to walk with
Beat, to strike            Ca-len-dar, an almanac
Beet, a garden root        Ca-len-der, to smooth cloth
Beer, malt liquor          Call, to cry out
Bier, a carriage for the dead  Caul, a part of the bowels
Bell,'a sounding instrument Can-non, a great gun
Belle, a handsome lady     Ca-non, a rule, a law
Ber-ry, a small fruit      Cause, a reason
Bu-ry, to put under ground  Caws, the cry of a crow
Blew, did blow             Ceil, to cover a roof
Blue, one of the seven colors Seal, to fasten a letter, &c.
Board, a thin plank        Ceil-ing, the top of a roof
Bor-ed, did bore           Seal-ing, setting a seal
Boar, a small swine        Cell, a hut
Bore, to make a hole       Sell, to exchange for money
Bolt, a fastening          Cel-lar, a vault
Boult, to sift grain       Sel-ler, one who exchanges
Bold, daring                 values
Bowl-ed, did bowl          Cense, a public tax
Bow, to bend               Sense, understanding
Bough, a branch of a tree    Cere, to cover with wax
Bow, a weapon for shooting  Sear, to burn
Beau, a fine gentleman     Seer, a prophet
Braid, to plait anything   Cent, a copper coin of the
Bray-ed, did bray            United Skates
Brake, a bramble           Scent, smell, odor
Break, to open by force    Sent, transmitted




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Ces-sion, a giving up      Crews, persons in charge of
Ses-sion, a sitting of a court   ships
Cha-grin, to vex, to mortify  Cruise, to sail in pursuit of
Sha-green, a fish's skin     gain
Chaste, pure, virtuous     Crew-el, twisted yarn
Cha-sed, did pursue        Cru-el, unfeeling, inhuman
Chol-er, rage, anger       Cur-rant, a kind of fruit
Col-lar, a band for the neck  Cur-rent, a running stream
Coun-sel, advice           Cyg-net, a young swan
Coun-cil, an assembly      Sig-net, a seal
Chron-i-cal,'relating to time
Chron-i-cle, a history                 D
Cinque, the number five, in Dam, to stop or collect water
French                   Damn, to condemn
Sink, to go down, a drain    Dane, a native of Denmark
Ci-on, a sprout            Deign, to grant
Zi-on, a mountain in the East Day, twenty-four howMa
Cite, to summon, to quote   Dey, thB governor of Algiers
Site, a situation          Dear, costly, beloved
Sight, vision, a view      Deer, a wild animal
Clause, a sentence        De-pend-ence, reliance
Claws, the feet of a beast   De-pend-ants, those who reClimb, to ascend, to go up    ly upon others
Clime, a region, a country   De-sert, to forsake, to leave
Close, to shut up         IDes-sert, the last course of a
Clothes, wearing apparel   I meal
Coarse, large, not fine    Dire, dreadful, sad
Course, a career, order of Dy-er, a colorer of cloth
succession              Doe, a female deer
Cof-fer, a chest for money   Dough, bread prepared for
Cough-er, one who coughs     baking
Com-ple-ment, the full num- Dol-lar, a silver and gold coin
ber                        of the United States
Com-pli-ment, flattery     Dol-or, grief, sorrow
Cor-res-pond-ence,  inter-  Dun, a brown color
course by letter        Done, finished
Cor-res-pond-ents, those who
have intercourse
Cous-in, an uncle's child  Ere, before
Coz-en, to- cheat          E'er, contraction of ever




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F             Glaire, the white of an egg
Glare, to,shine brightly, to
Fain, gladly, willingly      dazzle
Fane, a temple             Go-er, one who proceeds
Feign, to dissemble, to pretend Gore, clotted blood
Faint, languid, dim        Grate, fire-place for coals
Feint, a pretence          Great, of large size'Fair, beautiful, clear    Great-er, larger, of more bulk
Fare, food, passage money   Grat-er, a rough instrument
Feat, an action, an exploit   Grease, soft fat
Feet, parts of the body, the Greece, a country in the south
lower extremities          of Europe
Fir, a sort of pine tree   Greaves, armor for the legs
Four, the hair of animals  Grieves, regrets, laments
Flea, an insect            Groan, a deep sigh of pain
Flee, to run from danger    Grown, increased, enlarged
Flew, did fly              Guest, a visiter
Flue, a passage, soft down   Guess-ed, did guess or surmise
Flour, ground wheat
Flower, a blossom                      H
Forth, abroad
Fourth, next in order to third Hail, a word of salutation,
Fore, in front               frozen rain
Four, three and one added   Hale, sound, healthy
Foul, unclean, filthy      Hair, covering of the head
Fowl, a winged animal      Hare, a swift running animal
Frays, quarrels, fights    Hall, a large high room
Phrase, a mode of speech    Haul, to drag along
Freeze, to congeal with cold Hart, the male deer
Frieze, a coarse kind of cloth Heart, the seat of life
G             Heal, to cure a wound
Heel, the hinder part of the
Gait, -manner of walking       foot
Gate, an entrance          He'll, contraction of he will
Gall, a bitter substance   Hear, to perceive sounds
Gaul, a native of France   Here, present, not absent
Gild, to adorn with gold   Heard, listened to
Guild, a corporation       Herd, a drove of animals
Gilt, covered with gold    Height; elevation
Guilt, criminality, sin    Hight, called or named




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Hue, color, tint           Led, directed, guided
Hew, to cut with an ax     Lead, a soft, heavy metal
Hugh, a man's name         Leek, a kind of onion
Hie, to hasten.            Leak, to run out of a small
hIigh, lofty, elevated       opening
High-er, more elevated     Les-sen, to make less, to diHire, wages, salary          minish
Him, the person spoken of  Les-son, a task, a division of
Hymn, a song to God          a book    -,TTo, an exclamation       Let-tice, a woman's name
Hoe, a garden tool         Let-tuce, a salad, herb
I             Lev-ee, audience at court
I, the person speaking, my- Lev-y, to lay taxes, to seize
self                     Li-ar, one who avoids or perEye, the organ of sight      verts the truth
In, gone from without      Li-er, one who reclines
Inn, a tavern, a hotel     Lyre, a musical instrument
In-no-cence, harmlessness    Lick-er-ish, over-nice
In-no-cents, young babes    Lic-or-ice, a sweet root
In-tense, powerful, vehetnent Limb, a part of a body or tree
In-tents, purposes, plans  Limn, to paint, to depict
In-tents, pupoLo, behold
ew-ry, a nameJudea    Low, bumble, mean, the reJew-ry, a name f91 Judea     verse of high
Ju-ry, twelve m   to decide 
causes in courts  decideLone, single, without comcauses in courts
pany
Loan, money, &c., lent
Kill, to destroy life.  Lore, learning, knowledge
Kiln, a place for burning Low-er, more low
bricks, &c.                        M
M
L              Made, did form or produce
Lacks, tvants, needs       Maid, an unmarried woman
Lax, loose, careless       Mail, a bag' of letters, a shirt
Lade, to dip water, to fill  of steel rings
ships with freight       Male, one of the two sexes
Laid, placed, deposited    Main, the ocean, chief
Lain, did lie              Mane, the hair on a horse's
Lane, a narrow street        neck
Leaf, the green part of a tree Maize, Indian corn
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Mall, a wooden hammer    Moan, to lament in a low tone
Maul, to beat, to strike   Mown, cut with a scythe
Man-ner, style, custom, form  Moat, a ditch for water
Man-or, jurisdiction over land Mote, a particle of dust
Mare, the female horse     More, a greater quantity
May-or, chief magistrate of al Mow-er, one who cuts grass
city                       or grain
Mar-shal, an officer                   N
Mar-tial, warlike
Mar-ten, a kind of swallow   Nat, an abbreviation of N —
Mar-tin, a man's name        thaniel
Mead, honey and water fer- Gnat, a small stinging fly
mented, a grassy meadow  Nap, a short sleep
Mede, a native of Media    Knap, to snap, to bite
Meed, a reward             Na-val, relating to ships
Mean, low, niggardly       Na-vel, a part of the body
Mein, look, appearance     Naught, bad, worthless
Meat, flesh of animals     Nought, nothing, the figure 0
Meet, to come together     Nay, not only so
M.t4, fit, measure         Neigh, the voice of a horse
Med-al, a coin given as a re- Nave, the middle of a wheel
ward                     Knave, a rascal, a scoundrel
Med-dle, to'interfere      Need, want, necessity
Med-lar, a kind of apple   Knead, tqllork dough
Med-dler, a busybody       Neal, to t-nmler by heat
Mes-sage, a verbal errand   Kneel, to bend on the knee
Mes-suage, a house and ad- Nell, abbreviation of Eleanor
joining grounds          Knell, the sound of a tolling
Met-al, a hard compact body   bell
Met-tle, courage, spirit   New, fresh, modern
Mewl, to cry as a child    Knew, did know
Mule, a beast of burden    Night, the darkness fillowing
Mews, the cries of a cat,  sunset
stables                  Knight, a military rank
Muse, to ponder, to reflect  Nit, the egg of a louse
Might, power, strength     Knit, to weave without a loom
Mite, a small insect found in No, a word of denial, not so
cheese                   Know, to be informed
Mi-ner, a worker in a mine' None, not any, no one
Mi-nor, aged less than 21  Nun, a female recluse




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Nose, the organ of smell    Place, situation, position
Knows, understands, appre- Plaice, a species of fish
hends                    Plain, clear, evident
o              Plane, a joiner's tool, a flat
surface
Oar, an instrument for rowing Plait, a fold
O'er, contraction of over  Plate, wrought silver or gold,
Ore, metal unrefined          a vessel to eat from
Our, belonging to us       Pleas, apologies, excuses
Hour, twenty-fourth part of Please, to delight, to gratify
a day                    Plum, a kind of fruit
P              Plumb, a leaden weight
Pole, a long stick or mast
Pail, a wooden bucket      Poll, a name for the head
Pale, wan, white           Pore, a passage through the
Pain, torment, distress      skin, to look intently
Pane, a square of glass    Pour, to flow rapidly
Pair, a couple, two        Prac-tice, use, habit.
Pare, to cut off thinly    Prac-tise, to exercise -
Pear a kind of fruit       Praise, commendation, apPall, the covering to a coffin   proval
Paul, one of Christ's apostles Prays, entreateth, desireth
Pan-el, a part of the frame of Pray, to beseech, to petition
a door                   Prey, plunder, booty
Pan-nel, a kind of saddle    Pres-ence, state  of being
Pa-tience, endurance         present
Pa-tients, sick persons    Pres-ents, gifts, gratuities
Pause, a stop               Pri-er, an inquisitive person
Paws, the feet of a quadruped Pri-or, former, previous, the
Peace, quietness, freedom   head of a convent
from war                 Pries, searches into
Piece, a part, a measure of Prize, to value, to esteem
cloth                    Prin-ci-pal, head, chief
Peak, a point, the top     Prin-ci-ple, a first cause
Pique, an aEront           Prof-it, gain, advantage
Peal, a sucession of sounds Proph-et, a foreteller
Peel, a rind or skin
Pe-ter, one of the 12 apostles          Q
Pe-tre, nitre, a chemical sub- Quean, a worthless woman
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Quire, 24 sheets of paper    Rote, memory
Choir, a set-of singers    Wrote, did write
Ruff, a neckcloth
Rough, uneven
Rain, water from the clouds Rung, did ring or sound
Rein, part of a bridle     Wrung, twisted
Reign, to rule             Rye, a sort of grain
Raise, to set up, to elevate   Wry, crooked
Rays, beams of light
Raze, to demolish, to ruin             S
Rase, to blot out
Rap, to strike smartly     Sail, canvass of a ship
Wrap, to fold together     Sale, the act of selling
Ra-zor, a tool used in remov- Sa-tire, keen language /
ing beard                Sa-tyr, a god of the woods
Rais-er, one who raises    Scene, part of a play, a view
Red, one of the seven colors Seen, beheld
Read, perused, studied     Seine, a fish net
Reek, smoke, vapor         Scil-ly, an island's name
Wreak, to revenge          Sil-ly, foolish, weak
Rest, repose, quiet        Sea, a part of the ocean
Wrest, to force            See, to behold, to observe
Retch, to vomit            Seam, to join by sewing
Wretch, a miserable person  Seem, to appear to be
Rime, a white frost        Sear, to burn, to dry up
Rhyme, to agree in sound   Sr, a prophet
Rice, a sort of grain      Seas, great waters
Rise, origin, beginning    Sees, observes, notices
Rig-ger, one who accoutres  Seize, to lay hold of
Rig-or, severity, hardness   Seign-ior, the ruler of the
Right, just, true            Turks
Rite, a ceremony           Sen-ior, elder
Write, to form letters     Shear, to cut with shears
Wright, a workman          Shire, a county
Road, the highway          Shoar, a prop
Rode, did ride             Shore, the bank E a river
Row-ed, propelled by oars  Shone, did shine or glisten
Roe, a female deer         Shown, made to appear
Row, a rank, to move with Sire,.a father, a king
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Sine, a term in geometry    Tare, weight allowed  by
Sign, a token, an evidence  custom
Slight, neglect           Tear, to rend, to plull asunder
Sleight, dexterity        TeaM, a pair of horses or oxen
Sloe, a wild plum         Teem, to give birth to, to
Slow, dull, tardy            abound
Soar, to mount upward     Tear, water from the eye
Sore, diseased            Tier, a rank or row of anySow-er, one who scatters seed  thing
So, thus, in this manner    Their, belonging to them
Sow, to scatter seed      There, in that place
Sew, to work with a needle  The, an article in grammar
Sole, the bottom of the foot  Thee, the person addressed
Soul, the spirit of a man  Throne, -a monarch's seat of
Stair, a step               state
Stare, to look earnestly   Thrown, cast, hurled
Steal, to take without liberty Tide, ebb and flow of the sea
Steel, hardened iron      Tied, fastened, bound
Stile, a step in a field   Time, the measure of duraStyle, manner of expression   tion or existence
Straight, direct, undeviating Thyme, a kind of herb
Strait, a narrow passage  Told, related, described
Suc-cor, help, aid        Toll-ed, did ring
Suck-er, a young shoot    To, unto
Sew-er, a drain under ground Too, likewise
Su-er, one who begs or en- Two, a couple, twice one
treats                  Toe, a part of the foot
Sum, the total of anything   Tow, to drag along
Some, a part, a portion   Threw, did throw
Sun, the light of day     Through, from end to end
Son, a male child
Sut-tle, net weight
Sub-tle, cunning, artful  Vale, a space between two
hills
T             Veil, a covering for the face
Vain, proud, foolish
Tacks, small nails        Vein, a blood-vessel, or pasTax, a rate, an impost       sage
Tail, the lower part      Vain, useless, needless
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Vi-al, a small bottle     Way, a road or passage
Vi-ol, a musical instrument'Weigh, to poise, to balance
W' Weak, feeble, powerless
Wade, to walk through water Week, seven days
Weigh-ed, balanced in a scale Wean, to put from the breast
Wait, to tarry, to'linger    Ween, to imagine, to think
Weight, heaviness, gravity Wether, a kind of sheep
Wail, to lament           Weather, state of the air
Wale, the mark of a whip   Wood, timber, the trunk and
Waist, the middle of the body   branches of a-tree
Waste, to destroy, to spendl(Would, was willing
lavishly
Wall, the side of a house             Y
Waul, to cry like a cat
Ware, merchandise, an article Yew, a churchyard tree
of sale      w          You, the person addressed
Wear, to waste away,Ewe, a female sheep
CHAPTER XXVII. TWENTY-SEVENTH.
WORDS WHICH ARE SOrIETWHAT SIMILAR IN SOUND, AND
WHICH ARE VULGARLY SOUNDED ALIKE, BUT WHICH
SHOULD BE PRONOUNCED DISTINCTLY DIFFERENTLY.
AL "'i Al-low-ed, granted, permitted
A-BEL, a man's namo,      A-loud, with a noise
A-ble, having, power       Ar-rant, notorious
Ac-cept, to receive       IEr-rand, a message
Ex-cept, to leave out, to re- Er-rant, wandering
ject                                B
Ac-cess, an approach      Bacon, smoked hog's flesh
Ex-cess, a superfluity    Bea-con, a guide, a lighthouse
A-chor, the name of a valley lBal-lot, a paper used in voting
A-cre, 4840 square yards'Bal-lad, a simple song
Acts, deeds, doings      lBal-let, a dance
Ax, an instrument to cut with Bar-on, a title of honor, a rank
Ask, to request, to solicit'Bar-ren, unfruitful
Af-fect, to move, to soften!Bile, an inflamed swelling
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Borne, supported           Cen-tu-ry, one hundred years
Bourne, a boundary line    Cen-tau-ry, a kind of plant
Born, brought forth         Sen-try, a guard
Boar, a male swine         Chews, grinds with the teeth
Bore, a tiresome fellow    Choose, to select
Boor, an uneducated person  Ci-vil, kind, complaisant
Boy, a tnale child or lad   Sev-ille, a city in Spain
Buoy, to bear up           Cit, an inhabitant of a city
Breach, a broken place     Sit, to be seated
Breech, part of a gun      Set, to put, to fix
Breach-es, broken places'   Coat, an article of dress
Breech-es, a part of a man's Cote, a sheepfold, a cottage
dress                    Quote, to cite an  author's
Bri-dal, a wedding            words
Bri-dle, reins for a horse  Cof-fin, a case for the dead
Brit-ain, a name for England Cough-ing, relieving. the lungs
Brit-on, a native of England tCon-fi-dant, a trusty friend
Bre-ton, a place in France   Con-fi-dent, positive
Bust, an image of half the Con-cert, aharmonyofsounds
body                     Con-sort, a- wife
Burst, to break or fly open   Cork, to close a bottle
Calk, to stop leaks in a' ship
C              Coun-cil, an assembly
Coun-sel, advice, instruction
Can-did, honest, free, open   Creak, to make a harsh noise
Can-di-ed, thickened, hard- Creek, a bay
ened                     Crick, a pain in the neck, &c.
Cap-i-tal, money invested   Cym-bal, a musical instruCap-i-tol, a public building    ment
Cap-tor, one who takes a Sym-bol, a sign, a represenprize                      tation
Cap-ture, to take captive    Cy-press, a funeral tree
Car-at, a weight of 4 grains  Cy-prus, an island in the
Car-rot, a garden root        Mediterranean
Ca-ret, a mark of omission in           D
writing                  De-scent, a going down
Cents, plural of cent      Dis-sent, disagreement
Since, afterward           Dew, moisture, dampness
Cen-sure, to blame         Due, a debt
Cen-ser, a pan for incense   Do, to act. to person




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Dis-ease, sickness                      H
Dis-seize, to dispossess   Harsh, rough, severe
De-cease, to die            Hash, minced meat
Dome, an arched roof        Heav-en, the habitation of
Doom, a sentence, fate. God
Doze, to slumber gently    Ha-yen, a-harbor, a shelter
Does, the state of doing   Hole, a hollow place
Dust, fine particles of dirt   Whole, perfect, entire
Durst, dared               Ho-ly, sacred, religious
Whol-ly, fully, entirely
Hoop, a circular band
Eat-en, ~i~Ygured           Whoop, an I.oian war cry
Ea-ton, a man's name -'
En-vy, lo grudge           I-dle, unemployed, lazy
En-voy, an embassador       I-dol, an image of a god
Ex-er-cise, to use, to labor  I'll, contraction of I will
Ex-or-cise, to cast out spirits Oil, liquid fat
Ex-tant, now in being       Im-pos-tor, a pretender, a
Ex-tent, utmost limits        cheat
F              Im-pos-ture, fraud, deception
Fel-lqw, a companion       In-ge-ni-ous, skilful, inventFel-loe, the rim of a wheel    ive
Fel-ler, one who hews down In-gen-u-ous, candid, frank
File, to smooth metals                   J
Foil, to defeat, to overcome  Jest, a joke, a witty speech
Fool, an idiot              Just, right, honest
Full, complete measure                  K
Francis, the name of a man
Frances, the name of a wo- Ken-nel, a hut for dogs
Ker-nel, the seed of a fruit
Kine, a name for cows
G              Coin, money made of metal
Ges-ture, a movement of the Kind, benevolent, feeling
body                      Coin-ed, did coin
Jest-er, one who makes sport            L
Grand-er, more grand        Le-gis-la-tor, a law-maker
Gran-deur, splendor         Le-gis-la-ture, an assembly
Groat, an old coin wortl four  which makes laws
pence sterling           Lieu, room, stead
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Line, a string               Pa-tron, one who aids or asLoin, the lower part of tzhe   sists
back                       Pat-tern, a specimen, a copy
Load, a burden of freight    Pies, a  crust baked  with
Low-ed, did low or bellow      fruit, &c. in it
M               Poise, to balance, to weigh
Marsh, wet, low ground       Pi-late, a Roman name
Mash, to beat into a mass   |Pi-lot, the guide of a vessel
Meshl, a space in a net      Pil-lar, a column, a support
Mild, pleasant, gentle       Pil-low, a bag of feathers for
Mile, 1760 yards               a bed
Mind, the reasoning power   Pint, a measure of four gills
Mine, belonlinfr to mfe     ] Point, a sharp end, a stop
Mus-lin, cloth made of cottonl I)oach, to boil or heat slightly
Muz-zlina, tying or' closina Porch, an entrance, a door
the mouth'  op-lar, a kind of tree
Mole, a small blind animal  IPop-u-lar, miuch liked
Mould, to shape, to form     Pop-u-lace, the people of a
N                 city
News, a fresh accolunt of Pop-u-lous, full of people
evewnts                    Pre-ce-dent, an example
Noose, a slipping knot       Pres-i-dent, one who governs
belong, aslipping0  kno Press-er, one who works at a
press
Of. belonniing to it         IPres-sure, weight  over or
Off, distant from' ainst
Oh, an exclamation of pin                  sons of kings
Prin-ces, the sons of kings
Ote, to be ilndebted         TPrin-cess, the daughter of a
Or-der, method, syste          king
Or-dure, dung, filth         I             q
Qua-ver, a vibration in music
Pal-ace, the house of a king      v,  a 
or nobe                   Quiv-er, a case for arrows
or noble
Pal-las. a  goddess  of the                R
ancients                   Rack, to torture
Pal-ate, the organ of taste   WTreck, a ruined ship
Pal-ette, a painter's tablet   Rai-sin, a dried grape
Pal-let, a snmall bed        Rea-son, a cause
Pas-tor, a clergyman         Red-dish, of a red.color
Pas-ture, land ctor grazing    Rad-ish, a garden-root
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Rel-ic, a remnant                     T
Rel-ict, a widow          Ten-or, a sound in music
Rood, one fourth of an acre  Ten-ure, right of holding
Rude, rough, uncivil      Tile, a plate of baked clay
Re-al, a Spanish coin     Toil, to labor
Roy-al, kingly, noble     Tow-er, an elevated building
Tour, a travel, a journey
#                      U
Sab-bath, first day of the Un-do, to take apart
week                    Un-due, not right, not legal
Sa-ba-oth, armies, hosts              V
Sal-a-ry, stated wages    Val-ley, space between hills
Cel-e-ry, a salad herb    Val-ue, the worth of a thing
Sa-ver, one who protects             W
Sa-vor, odor, smell       Wan-der, to ramble about
Sav-ior, a name of Christ    Won-der, astonishment
Sects, parties in religion  Which, this or that
Sex, a distinction in animals Witch, an artful woman
Sward, -a grassy turf   WIheth-er, which of the two
Sword, a xwvapon used in war Whith-er, to what place
Soar-ed, did rise in the air   Wrath, anger, rage
Soon, in a short time     Wroth, angry, displeased
Swoon, to faint                       Y
Star-ling, a singing bird  Yarn, spun wool
Ster-ling, genuine, proved   Yearn, to feel pity
CHAPTER XXVIII. TWENTY-EIGHTH.
SOMETIMES A LETTER OR A PART.OF A WORD STANDS
FOIt A WHOLE WORD AS IN TIlE FOLLOWING TABLE.
A. B. Bachelor of Arts    Anon. Without a name
A. C. Before Christ       Bart. Baronfet
Acct. Account             B. D. Bachelor of Divinity
A. D. in the year of our Lord Bp. Bishop
A. M. Master of Arts, Fore- C. Cent. A hundred
noon, In the year of the Chap. Chapter
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Cr. Creditor              M. D. Doctor of Medicine
Cwt. Hundred-weight       Mr. Master, or Mister
D. Five hundred           Mrs. Mistress
D. D. Doctor of Divinity    Messrs. Gentlemen, Sirs
Do. Ditto, The same       MSS. Manuscripts
Dol. Dollar               M. Meridian, Noon
Dr. Debtor: Doctor        M. One thousand
E: G. For Example         Maj. Majdr
Etc. Et cetera, and the rest  M. C. Member of Congress
Ed. Editor                M. P. Member of Parliament
Exr. Executor             Mo. Missouri
Esq. Esquire              MDCCCL. Eighteen hunF. R. S. Fellow of the Royal  dred and fifty (1850)
Society                N. B. Note, or observe well
Fla. Florida              Nem. Con. No one opposing
Fol. Folio'           No. Number
Gent. Gentleman           N. S. New Style'(1752)
Gov. Governor             N. E. New England
Hhd. Hogshead             O. S. Old Style
H. B. M. Her Britannic Oz. Ounce
Majesty                 P. M. Afternoon
Hon. Honorable            P. S. Written after
I. e. that is             Per Cent. By the hundred
lb. Ibid, In the same place  Prox. Proximo, The-next
Id. Idem, The same        P. Page, pp. Pages
I. H. S. Jesus the Savior of Q. E. D. Which was to be
men                     -proved
Inst. Instant            Q. V. Which see
Incog. Unknown            Rev. Reverend; Revelation
J. P. Justice of the Peace   S. South; Shilling
Kt. Knight                St. Saint
LL. D. Doctor of Literary S. T. P. Professor of. DiLaws                      vinity
L. S. Place of the Seal  U. S. A. United States of
L. S. D. Pounds, shillings,  America
and pence               Ult. Ultimo, The last
La. Louisiana            Vs. Versus, Against
Lib. Book                 Vide, See
Lieut. Lieutenant         Vol. Volume
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CHAPTER XXIX. TWENTY-NINTH.
IN THIS CHAPTER THE CHILD MAY LEARN THE ITALIC
ALPHABET.
A a was an apple for Aaron to eatB b was a boxer fbr bullies to beat:
C c was a Christian resigned to his fateD d was a drunkard who spent his estate:
E e was an Englishman hunting for goldFf was a Frenchman, gay, gallant, and bold:
G g. was a gentleman learned and politeH h was a huntsman who rode out of sight:
I i was an Indian who painted his faceJj was a jockey without money or grace
K k was a kite that flew high in the airL I was a lapdog caressed by the fair:
M m was a monkey that came over the seaN n was a negro who sighed to be free:
0 o was an oyster that lived upon brineP p was a pumpkin which grlew on a vine:
Q q was a quaker who always loved peaceR r was religion which makes sorrows cease:
S s was a sailor that launched from the shoreT t was a traveller all the world o'er
U u was a unicorn that strove for the crownVv was a vineyard which cheer'd the whole town:
W w was as wise as a letter could beX x was a Xenophon wiser than he:
Yy was a youth who was honest and goodZ z was a zebra that lived in a wood.




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CHAPTER XXX. THIRTIETH.
PROVERBS.
1. All is well that ends well. Art improves nature.
A good man is a wise man. A weaver will weave.
Buy the truth and sell it not. Beware of flattery.
Bounty creates esteem. Bridle your tongue.
2. Correction betimes prevents many crimes.
Children are certain' cares, but uncertain comforts.
Diligence gains time. Delay is dangerous.
Death is unavoidable. Death levels all.
3. Ever drink, ever dry. Envy punishes itself.
Even a fool, if he holds his tongue,may be thought wise
Fair and easy goes far. Fortune is blind.
Fat paunches, lean plates. Fear attends vice.
4. Gentleness begets friends. Good words cost nought.
Give an inch and take an ell. Gifts catch men.
He plays best who wins. Hope well and have well.
Hope keeps the heart whole. Honor good men.
5. Trust before you try-repent before-you die.
If pride were a deadly disease, how many would die.
If life could be bought, the rich would live long.
Ill news will come too soon. Idleness begets vice.
6. Knowledge is no burden. Kissing goes by favor.
Keep sacred your promise. Knowledge is a treasure.
Look before you leap. Like father like son.
Little said soon mended. Love me little, love me long.
7. Money moves all. Many men of many minds.
Much coin much care. Manners make the man.
Nothing venture, nothing have. New lords, new laws.
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8. Out of sight out of mind. One fool makes many.
Of two evils, chQose the least. Opportunity makes a
thief.
Promise with caution. Pay with punctuality.
Patdon others, but not thyself. Pride must fall.
9. Reward sweetens labor. Respect is due to age.
Reprove thy friend, correct thyself. Reveal no secrets
Soon hot, soon cold. Study makes men humane.
Stolen waters are sweet. Speak evil of none.
10. The best may mend. Two eyes see more than one.
The tree is known by its fruit. Time eases grief.
Virtue alone is happiness below. Unite and be free.
Vices come of idleness. Understanding gains favor.
11. Win gold and wear it. Wise men are scarce.
When it rains porridge, hold up your dish.
Youth wants experience. Yield to your betters.
Zeal for the truth should be cherished in youth.
CHAPTER XXXI. THIRTY-FIRST.
AGAINST QUARRELLING.
1. Charles, here are more stories for you. Stories
about good boys and naughty boys, and silly boys, for
you know now what it is to be good. And there is a
story about two foolish cocks that were always quarrelling: and that you know is very naughty.
2. You do not quarrel! No: I am glad of, it: but if
you see any little boys that do quarrel, you may tell them.
THE STORY OF THE TVO COCKS.
8. There was once a hen that lived in a farm-yard,
and she had a large brood of chickens. She took great
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night, and fed them, and nursed them very well, and
they were good chickens, all except two cocks, that
were always quarrelling with one another.
4. These two cocks were hardly out of the shell,
before they began to pick at each other; and when they
grew bigger, they fought till they were all bloody. If
one picked up a barley-corn, or a grain of wheat, the
other always wanted to have it. They never looked
pretty, because their feathers were pulled off in fighting
till they were quite bare, and they picked at one another's
eyes till they were both almost blind.
5. The old hen very often told them how naughty it
was to quarrel so; but they did not mind her, and that
you know was very naughty. So one day these two
cocks had been fighting, as they always did; and the
biggest cock, whose name was Chanticleer, beat the
other, and crowed over him, and drove him quite out of
the yard.
6. The cock that had been beat, slunk away and hid
himself, for he was very much vexed to think he had
been conquered, and he wanted sadly to be revenged;
but he did not know how to manage it, for he was not
strong enough himself.
7. So after thinking a great deal, he went to an old
sly fox, that lived near, and said to him, Fox, if you
will come with me, I will show you where there is a
large fat cock in a farm-yard, and you may eat. im up
if you will.
8. The fox was very glad, for he was hungry enough;
and he said, Yes, I will come directly, with all my heart,
and I will not leave a feather of him. So they went
together, and the cock showed Reynard the way into
the farm-yard; and there was poor Chanticleer, fast
asleep upon the perch. And the fox seized him by the
neck, and eat him up; while the other cock stood by,
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9. But when the fox had done, he said, Chanticleer
was very good, but I have not had enough; I think I
must try how you taste; so he flew upon the other cock,
and eat him up in a moment.
CHAPTER XXXII. THIRTY-SECOND.
1. Now I will tell you a story about a very naughty
boy, who loved quarrelling, and would not quit till he
had killed his brother:-and this is it.
2. Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain
was a very naughty quarrelsome boy; but Abel was a
very good friendly boy, and God loved him very much,
because he was good. But nobody loved Cain, he was
so ill-natured and quarrelsome.
3. These two brothers grew up and became men.
Cain was always trying to vex his brother Abel, and to
make him quarrel: but Abel said, No, why should we
quarrel? we are brothers, and we had much better live
in peace..If we are friendly and love one another, we
shall make our good parents happy, and be happy ourselves.
4. Cain would not take the good advice of his brother
Abel; but was wroth. "And it came to pass, while
they were in the field together, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and slew him.
5. And God said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother? and he said, I know not. Am I my brother's
keeper? And God said, What hast thou done? The voice
of t4 brother's blood crieth out unto me from the ground.
6. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which
hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood at
thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not
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bring forth unto thee, and thou shalt be a fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth.
7. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is
greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me
out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy
face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth: and it shall come to pass, that every
one that findeth me, shall slay me. So he went out from
the presence of the Lord."
8. Whatever brawls disturb the street,
There should be peace at home:
Where sisters dwell and brothels meet,
Quarrels should never come.
9. Birds in their little nests agree,
And tis a shameful sight,
When children of one family
Fall out, and chide, and fight.
10. The devil tempts one mother's son
To rage against another;
So wicked Cain was hurried on
Till he had killed his brother.
11. Pardon, O Lord! our childish rage;
Our littl  rawls remove:
That a    growv to riper age,
Our harts may all be love.
CHAPTER XXXIII.'THIRTY-THIRD.
TOM NODDY AND, HIS SISTER SUE,
Two Undutiful Children.
1 Tom was a very pretty boy, and his sister a very
pretty girl to look on; but they were both so naughty
that they would seldom do as they were bidll, and were
so/obstinate as not to take good advice.
G




74             CiIILD S IN5STRUCTOR.'. One day, as they were driving about the cows in
the field by the house, their mamma bid them come in
before they were hurt; and told them, if they did not
take care, the cows would hook them with their horns:
however, they did not mind what she said, and that you
know was very naughty and very wicked.
3. Just as their mother had called them, a hawk flew
over the field: which a hen observing, she called her
chickens, and they all ran immediately under her wings
for shelter; and by that means were secure from the voracious hawk, who would otherwise have eaten them up.
4. Upon which a gentleman who stood by, called to
the children-L-,ook ye here, Tommy, and see here,
Sukey, said he, these chickens, though they are so little,
fhave more sense than you; for they knowthat their
another is older and wiser than they, and therefore they
always do as she bids them.
5. When the hen saw the hawk hovering in the air,
lo pick up her chickens, she called them, and they
readily ran under her wings; but when your mother saw
you in danger of being hurt by the cows, you would not
go to her, though she called you again and again.
6. Ah! I don't care, what do you think I mind you 7
says Tom: I don't care, what do you think I mind you,says Sue: and away they both scampered after the cattle
7. The gentleman, who heard the bull grumble, and:saw him curl up his ugly face, called to them again, and




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ran to bring them back; but before he could get near
them, the bull with his horns had tost them both into
the air; and the cows, whei they fell, trampled them in
the dirt.
8. And what became of this naughty boy and girl
afterwards, I do not know: but this I know, that all
boys and girls who are not dutiful and obedient to their
parents, never come, to any good, but are, as they ought
to be, always neglected and despised.
9. All dutiful children who do as they are bid,
Shall be loved, and applauded, and never be chid,
And their friends, and their fame, and their wealth
shall increase,
Till they're crowned with the blessings of plenty
and peace.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THIRTY-FOURTH.
DUTY TO PARENTS.
1. Solomon saith, "The eye that mocketh at Iii~
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the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall
eat it."
2. The law of God, in the twentieth chapter of Leviticus, is thus-" Every one that curseth his father or
his mother, shall surely be put to death: his blood shall
be upon his head."
3.! The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and
thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee.
4. Go to the desert, my son, observe the young stork
of the wilderness, let him speak to thy heart: he beareth
on his wings his aged sire, he lodgeth him in safety, and
supplieth him with food.
5. Be grateful then to thy father, for he gave thee
life, and to thy mother, for she sustaineth thee. Hear
the words of his mouth, for they are spoken for thy
good; give ear to her admonition, for it proceedeth from
love.
6. Thy father hath watched for thy welfare, he hath
toiled for thy ease; do honor therefore to his age, and
let not his gray hairs go down with sorrow to the grave.Thy mother loved thee when thou wast a child; therefore when she is old, indulge her infirmities; assist and
support her in the decline of life.
Let children that would fear the Lord,
Hear what their teachers say;
With reverence meet their parents' word,
And with delight obey.
CHAPTER XXXV. THIRTY-FIFTH.
Who is my neighbor? Luke x. 30 —37.
1. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
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his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving
him half dead.
2. And by chance there came down a certain priest
that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the
one side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at thec
place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the
other side.
3. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion
on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds,
pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast,
and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
4. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took
out two-pence and gave them to the host, and said unto
him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest
more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
5. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was
neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And
he said, He that showeth mercy unto him. Then said
Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THIRTY-SIXTH.
THE THREE LITTLE BOYS, AND THEIR THREE CAKES.
1. There was a little boy, whose name was Harry, andc
his papa and mamma sent him to school.-Now Harrr
was a clever fellow, and loved his book, and he got to,
be first in his class.
2. So his mamma got up one morning very early, andl
called Betty the maid, and said, Betty, I think we must
make a cake for Harry, for he has learned his lesson
very well. And Betty said, Yes, with all my heart.
3. So they made a nice cake: it was very large, and
stuffed full of plums, sweetmeats, orange and citron;:
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l 8            CCiIILD'S INSTIRUCTOR.;rmdl it was iced all over with sugar: it was white and
smnooth on the top like snow; and this cake was sent to
school.
4. When little Harry saw the cake, he was very glad,
and jumped about for joy, and he hardly staid for a knife
to cut a piece, but gnawed it like a little dog.
5. So he ate till the bell rang for school, and after
school he ate again, and ate till he went to bed: nay,
his bed-fellow told me he laid his cake under his pillow,
and sat up in the night to eat some. And he ate, and
ate, till it was all gone.
6. But presently after, this little boy was very sick
and ill, and every body said, I wonder what is the matter
with Harry! he used to be so brisk, and play about
more nimbly than any of the boys; but now he looks
pale, and is very ill.
7. And somebody said, Harry had a rich cake, and he
ate it up very soon, and that has wade him ill. So they
sent for Dr. Camomile, and he gave him, I do not know
how much bitter stuff:  Poor Harry did not like it at
all; it was a bitter pill, but the Doctor said he must
take it; or else he would have died, you know. However, at last he got well-again; but his mamma said she
wvould send him no more cakes.
8. Now there was another boy, who was one of Harry's
school-fellows; his name was Peter-rthe boys used to,call him Peter Careful. And Peter had written his.mamma a very neat, pretty letter-there was not one
blot in it all. So his mamma sent him a cake.
9. Now Peter thought with himself, I will not be so
silly as to make myself sick with this good cake, as
IIarry did; I will keep it a great while. So he took
the cake, and tugged it up stairs: it was heavy: he,colld hardly carry it.
10. Arid he locked it up in his box, and once a day
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then he locked his box again. So he ikept it several
weeks, and it was not gone, fbr it was very large:-But,
behold! the mice got into his box, and nibbled some.
11. And Peter's cake grew dry, and mouldy, and at
last he was obliged to throw it away; and it grieved him
to the very heart, but nobody was sorry for him.
12. Well, there was another little boy at the same
school, whose name was Billy: and one day his mamma
sent him a cake, because she loved him dearly, and he
loved her dearly. So, when the cake came, Billy said
to his school-fellows, I have got a cake; come, let us go
and eat it.
13. So, they came about him like a parcel of bees;
and Billy took a slice of cake himself, and then gave a
piece to one, and a piece to another, and a piece to
another, till it was almost gone. Then Billy put the
rest by, and said, We will eat this to-morrow. So he
went to play, and the boys all played together very
merrily.
14. But presently after, an old blind fiddler came into
the yard: he had a long white beard; and because he
was blind, he had a little dog in a string to lead him.
So he came into the yard, and sat down upon a stone,
and said,, My pretty lads, if you will, I will play you a
tune; and they all left off their sport, and came and
stood round him.
15. And Billy saw, that while he played, the tears
ran down his cheeks. And Billy said, Good man, why
do you cry? And the old man said, Because I am very
ungry. I have nobody to give me any dinners or suppers: I have nothing in the world but this little dog:
and I cannot work. If I could work, I would.
16. Then Billy went, without saying a word, and
brought the rest of the cake which he intended to have
eaten the next day; and he said, Here, old man! here
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for I am blind; I cannot see it. So Billy put it into his
hlat.
17. And the fiddler thanked him; and Billy was more
glad than if he had eaten ten cakes. Pray, which (ldo
you love best? do you love Harry, or Peter, or Billy
best?
CHAPTER XXXVII. THIRTY-SEVENTH.
HOSPITALITY OF EDWIN, THE HERMIT, TO A STRANGER
WHO HAD LOST HIS WAY.
1. Here to the houseless child of want,
My door is open still;
And though my portion is but scant,
I give it with good-will.
Then turn to-night, and freely share
Whate'er my cell bestows:
My rushy couch and frugal fare,
My blessings and repose.
2. No flocks that range the vallevs free,
To slaughter I condemn,
Taught by that POWER that pities me,
I learn to pity them.
But from the mountain's grassy side,
A guiltless feast I bring;
A scrip with herbs and fruit supplied,
And water from the spring.
3. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego,
For earth-born cares are wrong:
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
Soft as the dew from heaven descends,
His gentle accents fell:
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4. And now when worldly crowds retire,
To revels or to rest;
The Hermit trimm'd his little fire,
And cheer'd his pensive guest.
Then spread his vegetable store,
And gaily prest, and smil'd;
And, skill'd in legendary lore,
The ling'ring hours beguil'd.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THIRTY-EIGHTH.
HE THAT GIVETH TO THE POOR,-LENDETH TO THE LORD.
I. There was a poor man who was charitable to excess; for he gave away all that he had to relieve the
necessities of others; choosing rather to throw himself
upon Providence, than to deny an alms to any one who
asked him, so long as he had any thing to bestow.'
2. Being at length, by his constant liberalities, reduced
to a very indigent condition, he was forced to betake
himself to digging for a livelihood.
3. Yet, notwithstanding he gained his own bread by
hard labor, he ceased not to show his wonted kindnesses to the poor; giving them whatever he could possibly spare from his own necessities.
4. One day, as he was digging in the field, he found
several earthen pots of gold, supposed to be buried there
in the time of the wars. The good man carried this
huge treasure home to his house, with all imaginable
privacy.
5. And having distributed the greatest part of it in
charity, he was going with the last reserve to the house
of a distressed widow, to whom he gave a sufficient sum
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was returning home, he found a jewel in the high-way,
which being sold, yielded him ten thousand crowns.
6. This was a noble bank for new liberalities, and a
convincing argument, that there was something more
than mere chance which thus strangely recruited his
purse; that it might not lack something to give to the
poor.
7. Blest is the man whose bowels move,
And melt with pity to the poor;
Whose soul with sympathizing love,
Feels what his fellow-saints endure.
His heart contrives, for their relief,
More good than his own hands can do:
He, in the time of general grief,
Shall find the Lord hath bowels too.
8. His soul shall live secure on earth,
With secret blessings on his head,
When drought, and pestilence, and dearth,
Around Iim multiply their dead.
Or if he languish on his couch,
God will pronounce his sins forgiv'n,
Will save him with a healing touch
Or take his willing soul to heaven.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THIRTY-NINTH.
CHARITY COVERETH A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
1. Blessed is the man that considereth the poor; the
Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble. The Lord
will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be
blessed upon the earth-and Thou wilt not deliver him
unto the will of his enemies.
2. There is Faith, Hope, and Charity; but the greatest
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Lord heard him, yea, and delivered him-Cast thy bread
upon the waters, thou shalt find it after many days —--
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread-  He that
oppresseth the-poor, he also shall cry himself and not be
heard.
3. Give of your portion to the poor,
As riches do arise;
And from the needy naked soul,
Turn not away your eyesGod hath given you increase,
And blessed well your store;
Remember you are put in trust,
And should relieve the poor.
CHAPTER XL. FORTIETH.
THE LAST JUDGMENT.
1. The God of glory sends his summons forth,
Calls the south nations, and awakes the north:
From east to west the sovereign orders spread,
Through distant worlds and regions of the dead:
The trumpet sounds; hell trembles-heaven rejoices:
Lift u)t your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.
2. No more shall atheists mock his long delay;
His vengeance sleeps no more-behold the day!
Behold the JUDGE descends! His guards are nigh;
Tempests and fire attend him down the sky:
When God appears, all nature shall adore him:
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him.:3. Then shall the King say unto them on- his right
hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For
I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
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me in; I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and
ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye calAe unto me.
4. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? Or thirsty,
and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger,
and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee? Or when
saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?
5. And the King shall answer, and say unto them;
Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto
the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
6i. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from  me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye
gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me
not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in
prison, and ye visited me not.
7. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger,
or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee?
8. Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say
unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least
of these, ye did it not to me: And these shall go away
into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life
eternal.
DESCRIPTION OF A GOOD BOY.
1. A good boy is dutiful to his father and mother,
obedient to his master, and loving to all his play-fellows:
and is diligent in learning his book, and takes a pleasure
in improving himself in every thingthatis worthy of praise.
2. He rises early in the morning, makes himself clean
and decent, and says his prayers. If he has done a fault,
he confesses it, and is sorry for it, and scorns to tell a
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3. He loves to hear good advice, is thankful to those
that give it him, and always follows it. He never swears,
nor calls names, nor uses any ill words to his companions.
He is never peevish nor fretful, but always cheerful and
good-humored.
4. He scorns to steal or pilfer any thing from his playfellows; and would rather suffer wrong, than do wrong
to any of them. He is always ready to answer when he
is asked a question, to do what he is bid, and to mind
what is said to him. He is not a wrangler, nor quarrelsome, and keeps himself out of all kinds of mischief
which other boys run into.
5. By this means he becomes, as he grows up, a man
of sense and virtue; he is beloved and respected by all
that knoir him; he lives in the world with credit and
reputation, and when he dies, is lamented by all his acquaintance.
DESCRIPTION OF A BAD BOY.
6. A bad boy is undutiful to his father and mother,
disobedient and stubborn to his master, and ill-natured
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to all his play-fellows. IHe hates his booek, and takes rio
pleasure in improving himself in any thing.  He is
sleepy and slothful in the morning, too idle to clean
himnself, and too wicked to say his prayers.
7. IIe is always in mischief, and when he has done a
fault, will tell twenty lies in hopes to clear himself, which
is only making bad worse. He hates that any body
should give him good advice, and when they are out of
sight, will laugh at them. lie swears and wrangles, and
quarrels with his companions, and is always in some
dispute or other.
8. Hie will steal whatsoever comes in hlis way: and if
lie is not catched, thinks it no crime, not considering
that God sees whatsoever he does. He is frequently
out of humor, and sullen, and obstinate, so that he will
neither do what he is bid, nor answver any question that
is asked him.
9. In short, he neglects every thing that he should
learn, and minds nothing but play or mischief; by which
means he becomes, as he grows up, a confirmed blockhead, incapable of any thing but wickedness, or folly,
despised by all men of sense and virtue, and generally
dlies a beggar.
CHAPTER XLI.  FOPRTY-FIRST.
THE BOY THAT WENT TO THE WVOOD TO LOOK FOR BIRDS'
NESTS, WHEN HE SHIOULD IIAVE GONE TO SCHOOL.
i. When Jack got up, and put on his clothes, he
thought if he could get to the wood, he should be quite
well: for the poor fool thought more of a bird-nest than
lie did of his book, that would make him wise and great.
2. When he came there, he found no nest but one,
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gets up to it, and robs it of its eggs. Then he tries to
get down, but a branch of the tree found a hole in the
skirt of his coat, and held him fast.
3. At this time, he would have been glad to have been
at school; for the bird, in a rage at the loss of her eggs,
flew at him, and was like to pick out his eyes. Now it
was that the sight of a man at the foot of the tree gave
him more joy than all the nests in the wood.
4.. This man was so kind as to chase away the bird,
and help him out of the tree; and from that time forth,
lie would not loiter from school, and had the praise and
good-will of all that knew him.
CHAPTER XLII. FORTY-SECOND.
ADVANTAGE OF LEARNING TO READ.
1. The knowledge of letters, saith Drti.~Vatts, is the
greatest blessing that God ever bestowed upon man.
By this means we preserve, f(o our own use through all
our lives, what our memory would have lost in a few
days; and lay up a rich treasure of knowledge for those
that comre after us.
2. By the art of reading and writing we can sit at
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the distant parts of the world, and find what our fathers
did long ago, in the first ages of mankind.
{ 5,. By this means a Briton holds.a corresIdence
3. By this means a Briton holds a correspodence
with his friend, in America, or Japan, and maiges all
his traffic. We learn, by this means, ho A the old Ro.
mans lived, how the Jews worshipped; we learn what
Moses wrote, what Enoch prophesied, where Adam dwelt,
and what he did soon after the creation.
4. And those who live when the day of judgment
comes, may learn, by the same means, what we now
speak, and what is done in Great Britain, or in the land
of China.
5. In short, the art of letters does, as it were, revive
all the past ages of men, and set them at once on the
stage, and brings all the nations from afar, and gives
them, as it were, a general interview; so that the most
distant nations, and distant ages of mankind, may converse together, and grow into acquaintance.
6. But the greatest blessing of all, is the knowledge
of the Holy Scriptures, wherein God hath appointed his
servants, in ancient times, to write down the discoveries
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dence and grace, that we who live near the end of time,
may learn the way to heaven, and everlasting happiness.
7. Thus, letters give us a sort of Immortality in this
world, and they have given us the wprd of God, to support our immortal hope in the world to come.
S. The youth who led by Wisdom's guiding hand,
Seeks VIRTUE'S temple, and her law reveres;
He, he alone, in HoNoR's dome shall stand,
Crown'd with REWARDS, and rais'd above his peers;
Recording annals shall preserve his NAME,
And give his virtues to immortal FAME.
CHAPTER XLIII. FORTY-THIRD.
THE REWARD OF VIRTUE.
1. Piety, modesty, and a tender, generous heart, are
much greater ornaments than fine clothes; for the good
are always admired, praised, and beloved; the good are
happy: God is their friend, and is invariably disposed
by nature to reward their virtue.
2. How happy are those children who have God for
their friend! they have nothing to fear; they may smile
in death, and leave this world with pleasure.
3. Miss Goodchild had the advantage of such instruction in her youth, that she could reason justly on the obligation of virtue; the being of providence and perfections
of God; whom she admired, loved, and revered, from a
conviction of his infinite excellencies; and to whom,
every morning and evening, she offered up her prayers
for protection, and for advancement in useful knowledge,
and good dispositions, the chief object of her pursuit.
4. Her papa and mamma soon died, and she had no
other portion left, but her undis5embled piety; a decent
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nocent simplicity, and a heart full of goodness: these
raised her friends, who admired her, and strove to make
her happy.
5. A gentleman of understanding and virtue became
sensible of her merit, and married her. It was the
business of their lives to make each other happy: and
as their fortune was large, she was enabled to gratify
the generous dispositions of her heart, in relieving the
necessities of the poor, and in using the power which
her riches gave her, in promoting the happiness of all
about her.
6. MYLO! forbear to call him blest,
Who only boasts a large estate:
Should all the treasures of the West,
Meet, and conspire to make him great.
I know thy better thoughts, I know,
Thy reason can't descend so low.
Let a broad stream, with golden sands,
Through all his meadows roll,
He's but a wretch, with all his lands,
Who wears a narrow soul.
CHAPTER XLIV. FORTY-FOURTH.
THE ADVICE OF WILLIAM PENN, TO HIS CHILDREN.
My Dear Children,
1. Not knowing how long it may please God to continue me among you, I am willing to embrace this opportunity of leaving you my advice, with respect to your
duty in this world:-And I do beseech you, and charge
you, by the relation you have to me, and the affection
which I have always shown to you, and indeed received
from you, that you lay up the same in your hearts, with
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2. I will begin with that which is the beginning of
knowledge, The Fear of the Lord..3. Children! fear God; that is, have an holy awe
upon your minds, to avoid that which is evil, and a
strict care to embrace and do that which is good: —the
measure and standard of which knowledge and duty is
the Word of God, and the light of your consciences.
4. This knowledge is the pearl of great price; the
divine and incorruptible seed of the kingdom of Heaven.
Receive it into your hearts;- give it room there; let it
take deep root in you, and you will be fruitful unto God,
in every good word and work.
5. There is no other virtue or power, that will carry
you through the world to God's glory, or your own everlasting peace.
6. Your most tender father prays, that you may be
kept in the faith and practice of this blessed testimony:
and you should count it no small mercy from God, and
honor to yourselves, that you came of parents, who
counted nothing too great to do or suffer, that they might
approve themselves to God, and testify their love to his
most precious truth.
7. In the morning, when you awake, letyour minds
retire into a pure silence from all worldly things; and
in that frame, wait upon God; to feel his good presence;
to lift up your heart to him, and commit your whole self
to his blessed care and protection.
8. When you rise, read a chapter in the Bible; and
then dispose yourselves for the business of the day;
ever remembering, that God is present, the overseer of
all our thoughts, words and actions; and behave yourselves, my dear children, accordingly: and do not dare
to do that in his holy presence, which ye would be
a/shamed to do before men.
9. In conversation, mark well-what others say, and
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then open it as sparingly as the matter will let you. Just
observations and reflections upon men and things, gire
wisdom; those are the great books of learning, which
are too seldom read.
10. The laborious bee draws honey from every flower.
Be always on your guard, especially in company; then
be sure to have your wits about you, and your armor on.
Be quick to hear, and slow to speak. Speak little, but
when you do speak, let it be to the point: and when you
have nothing to say, say nothing.
11. Prefer the aged, the virtuous, and the knowing,
and choose those who excel in goodness, for your company and friendship.
12. Reason not with an angry man: it is then a wrong
time to convince him, or to vindicate yourself. When
men are angry, they are not themselves, and know not
what spirits they are of. Wait till he is cool, and then
he will hear you.
13. Be plain in your clothes, and in your furniture,
and in your food: but be clean.
14. Have few acquaintancesand fewer intimates: but
the best of their kind.
15. Keep your own secrets; but do not covet others:
yet, if you are intrusted, never reveal them, unless they
ame mischievous.
16. Trust no man with the main chance; and avoid
being trusted.
17. Make few promises, but keep them strictly.
18. Prefer elders and strangers on all occasions.
19. Have a care of trusting to-morrow. Wisdom is
beforehand, and teaches us to choose seasonably, and
pertinently; therefore ever strike while the iron is hot.
20. Have flew books; but let them' be well chosen,
and well read.
21. Do not do thatto another, which you would not
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22. Love one another; and remember, that to be void
of natural affection, is a mark of apostacy.
23. The wisdom of nations lies in their Proverbs:
collect them, and learn them.
24. Never meddle with other folks' business.
25. Have a care of resentment; it is a most dangerouspassion; be more ready to forgive than to revenge injuries.
26. Rejoice not at the calamities of others; though
they may be your enemies.
27. Envy none: it is God who maketh rich and poor,
great and small, high and low.
28. Never revile, nor call ill names; it is unmannerly,
as well as unchristian.
29. Love home; fear God; know yourselves; know
your own business, and do it; and you will have more
time and more peace than your neighbors.
30. Avoid pride as you would avoid the devil.
31. Show mercy whenever it is in your power; that
is, forgive, pity, and help others.
32. Charity is a near neighbor to mercy; it consists
in speaking favorably of others, and in relieving the
poor; therefore, be charitable.
33. As objects of charity, I recommend to you little
children, widows, and aged persons. Spare something
from your own food, rather than let them go hungry.
34.'In distributing justice, know no man, after the
flesh: know neither rich, nor poor; great, nor small;
kindred, nor stranger; but judge the cause according
to your understanding and conscience; upon deliberate
inquiry and information.
35. Integrity is a great and commendable virtue.
A man of integrity, is a true man, and a steady man;
he is to be trusted, and relied upon. No bribes can
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the fire, and his friend hears of him most when he most
needs him.
36. Take heed; look to your ways; have a care what
you do; let your moderation be known unto all mnen, for
the Lord is at hand.
37. And now, my dear children, let us hear the conclusion of the whole, matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For
God shall bring every work into judgment with every
secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
WILLIAM  PENN.
CHAPTER XLV. FORTY-FIFTH.
LESSONS IN LIFE.
1. There was once such a disturbance in the state ef
Literature, that great A, who presides over the commonwealth of Letters, was obliged to summon all the mem.
bers to prepare for war. He appeared in the field with
little a, and the first that came to them was great B,
with little b behind him.
2. Mr. B, says A, you are a blockhead, and little b
is no better; how came you to be absent from church
last Sunday? One who has no religion is not fit for a
soldier, nor any other employment.-Then came great
C, with little c behind him.
3. Mr. C, says A, you are a coxcomb, and a cowarr;
one who fawns and cringes in your manner, I doubt has
but little sincerity, and less resolution. I expect to hlave
my company more manly, and to behave with openness
and freedom.-Then came great D, with little d.
4. Mr. D, says he, your son is a dunce, and cannot
understand me; and you are a drunkard, and not to be
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even his own; and besides, lie that will barter his senses
for a pot of beer, and give up.his reason to gratify his
depraved appetite, can have no regard for religion or
morality. Go and learn to behave better.-Then came
great E, with little e.
5. M1r. E, says he, you are ever ready to do good;
ever ready to learn your book; ever ready to go to
church; ever ready, to relieve the poor; ever ready to
assist those that are distressed, and have never once, to
my knowledge, been naughty; come, and stand next to
me, for you and your sons shall be officers. —Then came
great F, with little f.
6. Mr. F, says he, you are a fop, and for aught 1
know, a fool; one who is so-fond of himself, and spends
lalf his time in curling his pate, as you do, can be good
for little else; walk away, pray, now.-Then came great
G, with little g.
7. Mr. G, says he, you are a gambler, and your son
is a gamester: how many families have you ruined! A
highwayman has not a worse character. Go along, for
no such fellow shall ride in my regiment.-Then came
great H, with little h.
8. Mr. H, says he, you are a mighty hunter, and so
is your son; but I hope you do not break down the
farmers' fences, and tread down their corn; if you do, I
shall have nothing to say to you; therefore, stand by,
till I have inquired into your character.-Then came up
great I, with little i.
9. Mr. I, says he, I hear you are an idle fellow, and
that you bring up your son in idleness. An idle man is
an enemy to the nation; for he lives upon other people's
labor, and does nothing for his own support.  Idleness,
says King Solo mon, will clothe a man- with rags: and I
shall see yoi, in tatters by anti -,y: go along, sirlrah.-'Then ca.li) great J, wit little j;.
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all trades, and I am afraid that you will be good at none.
The man who attempts to do a great many things at
once, generally does nothing as it ought to be done.
One trade, well followed, is enough for one man. If
you have too many irons in the fire, some of them must
burn. Please to stand by, sir, and make room for great
K, and little k.
11. Mr. K, says he, you want to be a king, I find;
but you ought to consider that a crown is a cap of care.
A man who is intoxicated with ambition, insensible to
the cries of the distressed, and for grasping all power
and riches into his own hands, is unfit for my service, or
that of the public.-Then came great L, with little 1.
12. Mr. L, says he, I find you are a lively companion,
and a lover of learning: sit down by me, pray now, forsuch a gentleman as you, I want to enlist in my company-your cheerfulness is a sign of innocence, and
your learning is better than gold, yea, better than fine
gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb.Then came great M, with little m.
13. Mr. M, says he, I hear you'are a miser, which is a
characterI abhor-for a miser hoards up his gold, and
renders it useless to himself and to every body else. He
is like the dog in the manger, he will neither eat hinmself, nor suffer others to eat-go along, sirrah.-Then
came great N, with little n.
14. My lord N, says hJe, I am informed that you are
a nobleman: if your title is founded on virtue and merit,
there is no one will honor you more, or be so much
your humble servant. If you cherish religion; if you
comfort the distressed; if you assist the poor; if you
strive to promote the happiness of mankind, and the
good of your country; if so, you are truly noble; but if
not, your nobility is but as sounding brass, or a tinkling
cymbal, and has no foundation in the nature and fitness
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15. Mr. O, says he, I hear you are an officious fellow;
always meddling with other people's affairs, and making
mischief between friends and families. Go along, sirrah,
for I will have no such rascals in my regiment.-Then
came great P, with little p.
16. Mr. P, says he, you are a. prating puppy, always
talking about things you do not understand: you have
not sense enough to know that you are a fool; if you
had, you would sometimes be silent, that you might
learn. He who always talks, has no time to hear.-'Then
came great Q, with little q.
17. Mr. Q, says he, I hear you are quarrelsome; and
if so, no man of sense, will keep your company; for all
your companions will be involved in your difficulties,
and become parties in quarrels, with which they ought
to have no concern. Every man of sense will defend
his own character, and countenance his friend; but no
man is obliged to run his head against every blockhead
he meets, because they happen to know a fool of his acquaintance.-Then came great R, with little r.
18. Mr. R, says he, I hear you are very rich; but that
is not to me a sufficient recommendation; for, as a rich
man may be a great rogue, and has it in his power to do
more mischief than one of the same disposition, who is
not so wealthy; I must know how you employ your riches
before you can ride in my regiment.-Then camengreat
S, with little s.
19. Mr. S, says he, you are a spendthrift; you have
squandered away your estate, and neglected your own
affairs, and how can I expect you will take care of mine?
Walk along, sir.-Then came great T, with little t.
20. Mr. T, says he, I hear you are a thief, and if you
do not clear yourself of this charge, I shall neither admit
you into my house, nor into my regiment. A thief is the
most despicable of all characters: I would not, for the
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scabby sheep will spoil a whole flock.-Then came great
U, with little u.
21. Mr. U, says he, I am informed you are a great
usurer; that you extort the most extravagant interest
from honest tradesmen, who are in distress; that you
have no compassion on the needy, and that you grind
the face of the poor. If these things be true, I shall
consider all your pretences to religion, only as vile cloaks
for your sins. A hypocrite in'religion, is hateful, both
to God and man.-Then came great V, with little v.
22. Mr. V, says he, I hear you are a great vaunter,
and boast even of actions that you have never attempted.
A braggadocio is always a coward; besides, you have no
regard for truth-and who would connect himself with
a liar? Truth is so divine, so desirable, that all wise and
good men are in the search of it-but lying lips, who
can bear? all liars shall have their part in the lake that
burns with fire and brimstone.-Then came great W,
with little w.
23. Mr. W, says he, I rejoice to see you well. I take
you to my heart, and shall always esteem a friend like
you, as an invaluable treasure. You are not only wise,
but you are good-for he that has true wisdom, must, I
think, have innate goodness. You are constant and
steady-in the worship of the Almighty-and before him,
offer up the most grateful of all sacrifices; that of an
upright heart. You consider every child of sorrow, as
your brother-your benevolence is extended to allthough preference is given to the most industrious and
deserving —you assist the fatherless, and comfort the
widow —by you, the naked are clothed, and the hungry
are not sent empty away —for which, the Almighty will
pour down blessings on you seventy fold-Peace shall
be established in your possessions, and sportive liberty
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with corn, that they shall laugh and sing."-Then came
great AX, with little x.
24. Mr. X, says he, you are an excellent follow, and
to you I have no exception —-your learning is very extensive, and your virtues highly extolled. Your father
planted in you those seeds of learning and knowledge,
which grow for the good of mankind-and in you, we
behold the blessed firuits of a virtuous education. —Then
came great Y, with little y behind him.
25. Mr. Y, says lhe, you are young, and unfit for me
at present, but if you will have a little patience, and pay
attention to the useful lessons which are given you, by
those who have the care of your education, you may,
by and by, stand first in the rank of honor-and if
you follow the advice of your most excellent father, your
pursuits will be crowned with peace and plenty. For,
though I have been young, and now I am old, yet never
saw I the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.
-Then came great Z, and little z with him.
26. Mr. Z, says he, I know you are very zealous; but
your zeal is sometimes misplaced, and then it becomes a
bad ingredient, even in a good man. You ought to take
care that your zeal be founded on knowledge, and consistent with humanity; otherwise, you may do more
harm than those who have a worse heart. We have
seen what havoc mistaken zeal has made in the world;
whole nations have been ruined by it, and many people
have been burnt alive. So it may be truly said, that
zeal without knowledge, is a fire without light.
Given under my hand and seal, in the Critic's
Palace, this 27th day of September, in the
year of the world, 5792.
GREAT A.
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appearances only; but inspects, as it were, the very
hearts of men, before he engages them in his service;
for every man's disposition may be pretty well known,
by comparing his words and actions for a long series of
time. He had but three, as you will find, out of the
whole twenty-six-a sad sign of depravity. By his example, however, and good management, all the rest were
converted, and became good.
CHAPTER XLVI. FORTY-SIXTH.
A CHAPTER OF PROVERBS.
1. A proverb is a child of experience.
All the wit in the world is not in the head.
A wise man hath more ballast than sail.
A friend is not so soon found as lost.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
2. Better spare at the brim than at the bottom.
Bought wit is best; if not bought too dear.
Better to play at small gariie than stand idle.
Better is half a loaf than no bread.
Be always mindful of past favors.
Birds of a feather flock together.
3. Cheer up, man, God is still where he was.
Crosses are ladders which lead to heaven.
Craft brings nothing home at last.
Covetous men's chests are rich, not themselves.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
Choose a wife on Saturday, not on Sunday.
4. Diligence will overcome difficulties.
Do no ill, and fear no harm.
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Do all you can, to be good, and you will be so.
Discretion is the parent of virtue.
5. Every bird thinks its own young the best.
Every fool is wise in his own conceit.
Every one should sweep before his own door.
Evil be to him, who evil thinks.
Every bean ha~ its black.
Enough is as good as a feast.
6. Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fine sense is not so good as common sense.
Fly the pleasure that will bite to-morrow.
Friends do not grow on every bough.
Foolish tongues talk by the dozen.
Fierceness is softened by mildness.
7. Good to begin well, better to end well.
Good swimmers are drowned at last.
Good looks buy nothing in the market.
Great fires may be kindled with small coals.
Gold goes in any gate except heaven's.
Good husbandry is good divinity.
8. Hear with both ears, and then judge.
He looks one way, and rows the other.
He that will not work, should not eat.
He who once hits will be always shooting.
He who abounds in words, wants wit.
Honesty is the best policy-the world over.
9. If once a man fall, all will tread on him.
Idleness will clothe a man with rags.
I speak of chalk, and you of cheese.
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
I will go warm, and let fools laugh on.
10. John Do-little is the son of Sue Spin-little.
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Joe's mother-wit is better than school-logic.
Jack at all trades, and good at none.
11. Keep your mouth shut, and your eyes open.
Keep thy shop, and that will keep thee.
Kings may conquer armies, but not death.
Knowledge is good for nothing unless it be used.
Keep bad company at a distance.
Keep with good men, and add to their number.
12. Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.
Lend and lose my money, so play fools.
Live, and let live: i. e. be a good landlord.
Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
Lawyers' houses are built with fools' money.
Lazy folks take the most pains.
13. Many words will not fill a bushel.
Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse.
Much better lose a jest than a friend.
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
Make no friendship with a bad man.
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
14. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never let go a certainty for an uncertainty.
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
None is a fool always; every one sometimes.
Nothing is commendable that is not just.
No ill befalls us but may be for our good.
15. One ill example spoils many good laws.
Obstinacy is the most incurable of all sins.
Oil, and truth, will get uppermost at last.
Of sinful pleasures, repentance only remains.
One fool in one house is quite enough.
Old birds, boy, are not to be caught with chaff.
16. Peace with heaven is the best friendship.
Pride goes before, and shame follows after.
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Poor folks' words answer but little purpose.
Prudence saves us from many a misfortune.
17. Quick promisers are slow performers.
Questions of moment require slow answers.
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
Quick to hear, slow to speak.
Quietness and peace make discord cease.
Quack doctors support grave-diggers.
18. Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Riches are often the servants of vice.
Rich men seem happy, great men wise.
Riches are but the baggage of'virtue.
Rash anger is the author of many evils.
Rub your sore eyes with your elbows.
19. Security is the forerunner of calamity.
Saying anddoing seldom dine together.
Show me a liar, and I will show you a thief.
Stay a while, that we may come the sooner.
Sin and sorrow are never far from each other.
Speak the truth and shame the devil.
20. There are more ways to the wood than one,
Those who live sinfully die sorrowfully.
Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
The best throw at dice is to throw them away.
Think much, speak little, and write less.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
21. Use soft words and hard arguments.
Undertake great affairs with caution.
Use of a thing is the best master.
2. Vice is seldom learned without a teacher.
Value reputation more than gold.
Virtue is the best patrimony for a child.
23. While the cat sleeps, the mice skip about.
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Wicked practices discover bad principles.
Wit is folly, unless a wise man possess it.
24. You have hit the nail on the head.
You can have no more of a cat than her skin.
You cannot eat your cake, and have your cake
Youth, like the spring, will soon be gone.
Young men's knocks, old men feel.
Yes, good words put off your bad ware.
25. Train up a child in the way that he should go, and
when he is old he will not depart from it. Choose what
is most fit; custom will make it most agreeable. Improve
by other men's faults, rather than censure them.
26. As the old cock crows, the young one learns.
Example is stronger than precept. Such is the father,
such is the son. Children learn by imitation. Men
acquire virtue or vice more from education than from
nature. It is'hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
27. The young are slaves to novelty, the old to custom. Custom is the plague of wise men, and the idol
of fools. Superstition is the spleen of the soul. A
saddle for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for
the fool's back.
28. Those who set out to live by their wits, often
break for want of stock. Diligence will overcome difficulties. Continual dropping will wear a stone. Little
strokes fell great oaks.
29. A rolling stone will gather no moss.
I never knew an oft-removed tree,
Nor yet an oft-removed family,
That throve so wellas those that settled be.
30. Three removes are as bad as a fire.
31. Seize time by the foretop. Time and tide wait
for no man. Never put that off till to-morrow, which
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always proves little enough. Mfake hay while the sun
shines.
32. If you love life, do not waste your time, for time
is the stuff life is made of. He that rises late may trot
all day, and shall not be able to overtake his business at
night. Drive thy work, let not that drive thee.
33. Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man
healthy, and wealthy, and wise. Diligence is the mother
of success. God will help them that help themselves.
Plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have
corn to sell and keep.
34. If you would have a good servant, serve yourself.
Handle your tools without mittens. A cat in gloves
catches no mice.
Many estates are.spent in the getting;
Since women, for tea, forsook spinning and knitting;
And men, for punch, forsook hewing and splitting.
35. If you would be rich, think of saving, as well as
earning. A penny saved is as good as a penny earned.
The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes were more than her incomes.
Luxury, game, and deceit,
Make the wealth small, and the wants great.
36. What maintains one vice, will bring up two children. Beware of small expenses. Many a little makes
a micklde. A small leak will sink a great ship. Fools
make feasts, and great men eat them. Feasts in the
parlor, put out the kitchen fire.
37. He that goes borrowing, goes sorrowing. A
farmer on his legs, is higher than a gentlemen on his
knees. Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never
putting in, will soon come to the bottom. When money
is gone, we know the want of it.
For age and want, save while you may,
No morning sun will last a whole day.
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want, and a great deal more saucy. Pride breakfasted
with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
Cut your coat according to your cloth. Great minds
and small means ruin many.
Vessels large may venture more:
But little boats should keep near shore.
39. Rather than run in debt, wear your old coat. A
patch on a man's back, is not so disgraceful as a writ.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in
no other. We can give advice, but we cannot give
conduct. If you will not hear reason, she will surely
rap your knuckles.
40. Silence is everywhere safe. Be more ready to
hear than to speak. You have two ears and but one
tongue, therefore you should hear twice and speak once.
The prating fool shall fall. If you cannot keep your
own secrets, you must not blame others for telling them.
A man of words and not of deeds,
Is like a garden full of weeds.
41. The tongue is like a race-horse; it runs faster
the less weight it carries. The shallow brook warbles,
while the deep water is still. An empty cask makes a
great noise. Hold, your tongue, and nobody will know
that you are a fool. To say little and perform much, is
the characteristic of a great mind.  When you have
nothing to say, say nothing.
42. Friends in need are friends indeed. Prosperity
will gain friends, adversity will try them. True friends
are rare: change not an old friend for a new one. If
you would have friends, be friendly. One good turn
deserves another.  Anger resteth in the bosom of a
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CHAPTER XLVII. FORTY-SEVENTti.
AGAINST QUARRELLING.
1. Good children do not quarrel, and hurt one anotheJr
when they are at play. Naughty boys quarrel; and
cats, and dogs, and wolves, and bears quarrel; but good
boys live in peace: they are friendly to one another,
and every body loves them.
2. Did you see the cocks fight? They fought till they
were all bloody, and almost blind. How foolish were
they to fight and hurt each other so! They got no good
by fighting; but they got sadly hurt. So boys get no
good by quarrelling, but much hurt.
3. Do you see the dogs fight? Foolish dogs, how they
bite one another! they are all bloody, as the fighting
cocks were. See! one of them has got his ear almost
bit off. I am sure they get no good by fighting; they had
much better live in peace like good dogs, and be friendly
to each other.
4. Look at the lambs in the field, how innocent they
are; how they skip about and play; they do not quarrel
and hurt one another, like the foolish dogs. Sweet lambs!
how prettily do they play together; and so do good boys
and girls.
5. So do the little kittens play together; they jump
and run about the floor, and try a thousand merry tricks,
but they do not quarrel; and how shameful it is for boys
to quarrel!
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so:
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For'tis their nature too.
But children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
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CHAPTER XLVIII. FORTY-EIGHTH.
A MORNING HYMN.
Lord! in the morning Thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high!
To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye.
Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand:
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.
But to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thine holy court,
And worship in thy fear.
O may thy spirit guide my feet,
In ways of righteousness!
Make every path of duty straight,
And plain before my face.
AN EVENING HYMN.
Lord! thou wilt hear me when I pray
I am for ever thine;
I fear before thee. all the day,
Nor would I dare to sin.
And while I rest my weary head,
From care and bus'ness free,
Tis sweet conversing on my bed
With- my own heart and Thee.
I pay this evening sacrifice,
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Thus with my thoughts composed,
I give mine eyes to sleep;
Thy hand in safety keeps my days,
And will my slumbers keep.
ADVICE TO CHILDREN.
Children! to your Creator, God,
Your early honors pay:
While vanity and youthful blood
Would tempt your feet astray.
The memory of his mighty name,
Demands your first regard.;
Nor dare indulge a meaner flame,
Till you have loved the Lord.
Be wise, and make his favor sure,
Before the mournful days,
When youth and mirth are known no more,
And life and strength decays.
No more the blessings of a feast
Shall relish on your tongue;
The heavy ear forgets the taste
And pleasure of a song.
Old age, with all her dismal train,
Invades your golden years'With sighs, and groans, and raging pain,
And death that never spares.
What will you do whet life departs,
And leaves your withering eyes,
Without one beam to cheer your hearts,
From the superior skies?
The bands of nature soon will burst,
And let the building fall;
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Laden with guilt, a heavy load,
Uncleans'd and unforgiven,
rhe soul would fain ascend to God,
But is shut out of heaven.
CHAPTER XLIX. FORTY-NINTH.
ODE TO CHILDHOOD!
Childhood! happiest stage of life,
Free from care, and free from strife;
Free from mem'ry's ruthless reign,
Fraught with scenes of former pain;
Free from fancy's cruel skill,
Fabricating future ill:
Time when all that meets the view,
All can charm, for all is new;
How thy long-lost hours I mourn,
Never, never, tQ return!
Then to toss the circling ball,
Caught rebounding from the wall;
Then the mimic ship to guide
Down the kennel's dirty tide;
Then the hoop's revolving pace
Through the dusty streets to chase-;
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How thy long-lost hours I mourn,
Never, never, to return!
TRUE RICHES.
1 am not concern'd to know,
What to-morrow's fate will do:'Tis enough that I can say,
I possess myself to-dayGltt'ring stones and golden things,
Wealth and honor, that have wings,
Ever flutt'ring to be gone,
I could never call my own.
Riches that the world bestows,
She can take; and I can lose;
But the treasures that are mine,
Lie afar beyond her line:
When I view my spacious soul,
And survey myself a whole;
And enjoy myself alone,
I'm a kingdom of my own.
THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS-SOU.
Vital spark of heavenly flame;
Quit, oh quit this mortal frame;
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying;
Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying;
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
Hark! They whisper: angels say,
" Sister spirit, come away."
What is this absorbs me quite!
Steals my senses, shuts my sight;
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The world recedes, it disappears;
Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears
With sounds seraphic ring;
Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly I
O grave, where is thy victory?
O Death, where is thy sting?
CHAPTER L. FIFTIETH.
ADVICE TO YOUTH.
Now, in the heat of youthful blood,
Remember your Creator, God;
Behold the months come' hast'ning on,
When you shall say, " My joys are gone."
Behold the aged sinner goes
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With endless curses on his head.
Eternal King, I fear thy name,
Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in thy love.
ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE*
Like as a damask rose you see,
Or like the blossom on the tree:
Or like the dainty flower of May,
Or like the morning to the day:
Or like the sun, or like the shade;
Or like the gourd which Jonas had:
Even such is man! whose thread is spun,
Drawn out, and cut, and so'tis done.
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The sun is set, the shadows fly:
The gourd consumes-so mortals die.
ONE OF SOLOMON'S SONGS.
The voice of my beloved sounds,
While o'er the mountain-top he bounds;
He flies exulting o'er the hills,
And all my soul with transport fills.
Gently doth he chide my stay,
Rise up my love, and come away.
The scatter'd clouds are fled at last,
The rain is gone, the winter past;
The lovely vernal flowers appear,
The warbling choir enchants the ear.
Now with sweetly-pensive moan,
Cooes the turtle-dove alone.
CHAPTER Li. FIFTY-FIRST.
EMMA.
Ye shepherds! she's fair as the light,
The critic no blemish can find:
While all the soft VIRTUES unite,.And glow in her innocent mind.
Her accents are fitted to please,
Her manners engagingly free;
Her temper is ever at ease,
And calm as an angel can be.
Her presence all sorrow removes,
She enraptures the wit and the clown,.
Her heart is as mild as the dove's,
Her hand is as soft as its down.
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Yon lily which graces the field,
And throws its perfume on the gale,
In fairness and fragrance must yield
To EMMA, the pride of the vale.
She's pleasant as yonder cool rill,
To trav'lers who faint on the way:
She's sweet as the rose on the hill,
When it opens its bosom to day.
I ask not for wealth, nor for power:
Kind heaven! I these can resign;
But hasten, O hasten the hour,
When EMMA shall deign to be mine.
CHAPTER LII. FIFTY-SECOND.
A Pastoral Ballad, in four Parts.-SHENSTONB
1.-ABSENCE.
Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay,.
Whose flocks never carelessly roam:
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Allow me to muse and to sigh,
Nor talk of the change that ye find;
None once was so watchful as I:
I have left my dear Phyllis behind.
Now I know what it is to have strove
With the torture of doubt and desire;
What it is to admire and to love,
And to leave her we love and admire.
Ah, lead forth my flock in the morn,
And the damps of each evening repel:
Alas! I am faint and forlorn:
I have bade my dear Phyllis farewell.
Since Phyllis vouchsafed me a look,
I never once dream'd of my vine;
May I lose both my pipe and my crook,
If I knew of a kid that was mine.
I prized every hour that went by,
Beyond all that had pleased me before;
But now they are pass'd, and I sigh,
And I grieve that I prized them no more.
But why do I languish in vain?
Why wander thus pensively here?
0, why did I come from the plain,
Where I fed on the smiles of my dear?
They tell me, my favorite maid,
The pride-of that valley, is flown:
Alas! where with her I have stray'd,
I could wander with pleasure, alone.
When forc'd the fair nymph to forego,
What anguish I felt at my heart!
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So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
The pilgrim that journeys all day,
To visit some far-distant shrine,
If he bear but a relic away,
Is happy, nor heard to repine.
Thus, widely removed from the fair,
- Where my vows, my devotion, I owe,
Soft hope is the relic I bear,
And my solace wherever I go.
2.-HOPE.
My banks they are furnish'd with bees,
Whose murmur invites one to sleep;
My grottoes are shaded with trees,
And my hills are white over with sheep.
I seldom have Inet with a loss,
Such health do my fountains bestow;
My fountains all border'd with moss,
Where the hare-bells and violets grow.
Not a pine in my grove is there seen,
But with tendrils of woodbine is bound;
Not a beech's more beautiful green,
But a sweet-brier twines it around.
Not my fields in the prime of the year,
More charms than my cattle unfold;
Not a brook that is limpid and clear,
But it glitters with fishes of gold.
One would think she might like to retire
To the bow'r I have labor'd to rear;
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0 how sudden the jessamine strove
With the lilac, to render it.gay!
Already it calls for rry love,
To prune the wild branches away.
From the plains, from the woodlands, and groves,
What strains of wild melody flow!
How the nightingales warble their loves,
From the thickets of roses that blow!
And when her bright form shall appear,
Each bird shall harmoniously join
In a concert so soft and so clear,
As-she may not be fond to resign.
I have found out a gift for my fair,
I have found where the wood-pigeons breed,
But let me that plunder forbear,
She will say'twAs a barbarous deed.
For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd,
Who could rob a poor bird of its young;
And I lov'd her the more, when I heard
Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
I have heard her with sweetness unfold,
How that pity was due to a dove;
That it ever attended the bold,
And she call'd it the sister of love.
But her words such a pleasure convey,
So much I her accents adore,
Let her speak, and, whatever she say,
Methinks I should love her the more.
Can a bosom so gentle remain
Unmov'd, when her Corydon sighs?
Will a nymph that is fond of the plain
These plains and this valley despise?
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Where I could have pleasingly stray'd,
If aught in her absence could please.
But where does my Philida stray?
And where are her grots and her bowers?
Are the groves and the valleys as gay,
And the shepherds as gentle as ours?
Their groves may perhaps be as fair,
And the face of the valleys as fine,
The swains may in manners compare,
But their love is not equal to mine.
3. SOLICITUDE.
Why will you my passion reprove?
Why term it a folly to grieve,
Ere I show you the charms of my love?
She is fairer than you can believe.
With her mien she enamours he brave;
With her wit she engages tae free;
With her modesty, pleases the grave;
She's every way pleasing to me.
O you that have been of her train,
Come and join in my amorous lays!
I could lay down my life for the swain
That will sing but a song in her praise.
When he sings, may the nymphs of the towL
Come trooping, and listen the while;
Nay, on him let not Philida frown:
But I cannot allow her to smile.
For when Paridel tries in the dance
Any favor ivith Phyllis to find,
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In ringlets he dresses his hair,
And his crook is bestudded around;
And his pipe-O may Phyllis beware
Of a magic there is in the sound!'Tis his with mock passions to glow;'Tis his in smooth tales to unfold,
"How her face is as bright as the snow,
And her bosom, be sure, is as cold:
How the nightingales labor the strain,
With the notes of his charmer to vie;
How they vary their accents in vain,
Repine at her triumphs, and die."
To the grove or the garden he strays,
And pillages every sweet;
Then suiting the wreath to his lays,
He throws it at Phyllis's feet.
" O Phyllis," he whispers, " more fair,
More sweet than the jessamine's flower!
What are pinks, in a morn, to compare?
What is eglantine after a shower?
Then the lily no longer is white;
Then the rose is depriv'd of its bloom
Then the violets die with despite,
And the woodbines give up their perfume."
Thus glide the soft numbers along,
And he fancies no shepherd his peer;
Yet I never should envy the song,
Were not Phyllis to lend it an ear.
Let his crook be with hyacinths bound,
So Phyllis the trophy despise;
Let his forehead with laurels be cro6*n'd,
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The language that flows from the heart,
Is a stranger to Paridel's tongue;
Yet may she beware of his art,
Or sure I must envy the song.
4.-DISAPPOINTMENT.
YE shepherds, give ear to my lay,
And take no more heed of my sheep:
They have nothing to do but to stray,
I have nothing to do but to weep.
Yet do not my folly reprove:
She was fair-and my passion begun
She smil'd-and I could not but love;
She is faithless'and I am undone.
Perhaps I was void of all thought;
Perhaps it was plain to foresee
That a nymph so complete would be sought
By a swain more engaging than me.
Ah! love every hope can inspire:
It banishes wisdom the while;
And the lip of the nymph we admire
Seems for ever adorn'd with a smile I
She is faithless, and I am undone;
Ye that witness the woes I endure,
Let reason instruct you to shun
What it cannot instruct you to cure.
Beware how you loiter in vain
Amid nymphs of a higher degree:
It is not for me to explain
How fair, and how fickle, they be.
Alas! from the day that we met,
What hope of an end to my woes,
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Yet time may diminish the pain;
The flow'r, and the shrub, and the tree,
Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain,
In time may have comfort for me.
The sweets of a dew-sprinkled rose,
The sound of a murmuring stream,
The peace which from solitude flows,
Henceforth shall be Corydon's theme.
High transports are shown to the sight,
But we are not to find- them our own;
Fate never bestow'd such delight,
As I with my Phyllis had known.
O ye woods, spread your branches apace;
To your deepest recesses I fly:
I would hide with the beasts of the chase,
I would vanish from every eye.
Yet my reed shall resound through the grove,
With the same. sad complaint it begun;
How she smil'd, and I could not but love;
Was faithless, and I am undone!
TO A REDBREAST.
Little bird, with bosom red,
Welcome to my humble shed!
Daily near my table steal,
While I pick my scanty meal.
Doubt not, little though there be,
That I'll cast a crumb to thee:
Well rewarded, if I spy
Pleasure in thy glancing eye;
See thee, when thou'st eat thy fill,
Plume thy breast and wipe thy bill.
Come, my feather'd friend, again!
Well thou know'st the broken pane.
Ask of me thy daily store;
Ever welcome to my door!
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CHAPTER LTII. FIFTY-THIRD.
THE SEASONS.
SPRIN1G.
Ah! see how the ice is all melting away,
The rivers have burst from their chain;
The woods and the hedges with verdure look gay,
And daisies enamel the plain.
The sun rises high and shines warm o'er the dale,
The orchards with blossoms are white:
The voice of the wood-lark is heard in the vale,
And the cuckoo returns from her flight.
Young lambs sport and frisk on the sides of the hill,
The honey-bee wakes frorn her sleep,
The turtle-dove opens her soft cooing bill,
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All nature looks active, delightful, and gay,
The creatures begin their employ;
Ah! let me not be less industrious than they,
An idle, or indolent boy.
Now, while in the spring of my vigor and bloom,
In the paths of fair learning I'1l run;
Nor let the best part of my being consume,
With nothing of consequence done.
Thus while to my lessons with care I attend,
And store up the knowledge I gain,
When the winter of age shall upon me descend,'Twill cheer the dark season of pain.
SUA lMER.
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The heats of the summer come hastily on,
The fruits are transparent and clear;
The buds and the blossoms of April are gone,
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The blue sky above is bright and serene,
No cloud on its bosom remains;
The woods and the fields, and the hedges, are green,
And the hay-cock smells sweet from the plains.
Down in the fair valley where bubbles the spring,
Which soft through the meadow-land glides,
The lads from the mountain the heavy sheep bring,
And shear the warm coat from their sides.
Ah! let me lie down in some shady retreat,
Beside the meandering stream,
For the sun darts abroad an intolerable heat,
And burns with his overhead beam.
There all the day idle, my limbs I'll extend,
Fann'd soft to delicious repose;
While round me a thousand sweet odors ascend,
From ev'ry gay wood-flower that blows.
But hark, from the lowlands what sounds do I hear,
The voices of pleasure so gay;
The merry young hay-makers cheerfully bear
The heat of the hot summer's day.
While some with the scythe, singing shrill to the stone,
The tall grass and butter-weeds mow,
Some spread it with rakes, and by others'tis thrown
Into sweet-smelling cocks in a row.
Then since joy and glee with activity join,
This moment to labor I'll rise;
While the idle love best in the shade to recline,
And waste precious time as it flies.
To waste precious time we can never recall,
Is waste of the wickedest kind;
An instant of life has more value than all
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Not di'monds that brilliantly beam in the mnine,
For one moment's time should be given;
For gems call but make us look gaudy and fine,
But time can prepare us for heaven.
A UTU~]iA.'ii 
The sun is far risen above the old trees,
His beams on the silver dlew play;
The gossamer tenderly vwaes in the breeze,
And the mists are fast rolling away.
Let us leave the warm bedl and the pillow of downs
The morning fair bids us arise,
Little boy —for the shadows of midnight are flown,
And sunbeams peep into our eyes.
We'll pass by the garden that leads to the gate,
But where is its gaiety now?
The Michaelmas daisy blows lonely and late,
And the yellow leaf whirls from the bougho
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Last night the glad reapers their harvest-home sung,
And stor'd the full garners with grain;
Did you hear how the woods with their merry shouts
rung,
As they bore the last sheaf from the plain?
But hark I from the woodlands the sound of a gun!
The wounded bird flutters and dies:
Ah! surely'tis wicked for nothing but fun
To shoot the poor thing as it flies.
The timid hare too, in affright and dismay,
Runs swift through the brush-wood and grass;
How she turns, how; she winds, and tries every wa3
But the cruel dogs won't let her pass.
Ah! poor little partridge, and pheasant, and hare,
I wish they would leave you to live;
For my part, I wonder how people can bear
To see all' the torment they give.
When Reynard, at midnight, steals down to the farm
And kills the poor chickens and cocks;
Then rise farmer Goodman, there can be no harm
In killing a thief of a fox.
But the innocent hare, and the pheasant so sleek,'ITwere cruel and wicked to slay:
The partridge, with blood never redden'd her beak,
Nor hares stole the poultry away.
If folks would but think of the torture they give,
To creatures who cannot complain;
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Behold the gray branches that stretch friom the trees,
Nor blossom nor verdure they wear!
They rattle and shake to the northerly breeze,
And wave their long arms in the air.
The sun hides his face in a mantle of clouds,
Dark vapors roll over the sky!
The wind through the woods hollows hoarsely and loud,
And sea-birds across the land fly.
Come in, little Charles, for the snow patters down,
No paths in the garden remain;
The streets and the houses are white in the town,
And white are the fields and the plain.
Come in, little Charles, from the tempest of snow,'Tis dark, and the shutters we'll close:
We' ll put a fresh fagot to make the fire glow,
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But how many wretches, without house or home,
Are wandering naked and pale:
Obliged on the snow-cover'd common to roam,
And pierded by the pitiless gale;
No house for their shelter, no victuals to eat,
No bed for their limbs to repose:
Or their crust, dry'and mouldy, the best of their meat
And their pillow, a pillow of snows..
Be thankful, my child, that it is not your lot,
To wander, an orphan, and poor;
A father, an4 mother, and home, you have got,
And yet you deserved them no more.
Be thankful my child, and forget not to pray,
Give thanks to that Father above,
Who gives you so many more blessings than they,
And crowns your.whole life with his love.
Ode from the 19th Psalm.
The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame?
Their great Original proclaim.
Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's'power display:
And publishes to ev'ry land,
The work of an Almighty hand.
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And, nightly, to the list'ning earth,
Repeats the story of her birth;
Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
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What though in solemn silence, all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid these radiant orbs be found?
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
For ever singing, as they shine,
"The hand that made us is divine."
THE IDLE BOY.
Thomas was an idle lad,
And lounged about all day;
And though he many a lesson had,
He minded nought but play.
He only cared for top or ball,
Or marbles, hoop, and kite;
But as for learning, that was all
Neglected by him, quite.
In vain his mother's kind advice,
In vain his master's care,
He follow'd ev'ry idle vice,
And learnt to curse and swear l
And think you, when he grew a man,
He prosper'd in his ways?
No —wicked courses never can
Bring good and happy days.
Without -a shilling in his purse,
Or cot to call his own,
Poor Thomas grew from bad to worse,
And harden'd as a stone.
And oh, it grieves me much to write
His melancholy end,
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But may we this important truth,
Observe and ever hold,
"All those who're idle in their youth,
Will suffer when they're old."
CHAPTER LIV. FIFTY-FOURTH.
FRIENDSHIP.
The world, my dear Myra, is full of deceit,
And friendship's a jewel we seldom can meet;
How strange does it seem that in searching around,
This source of delight is so rare to be found!
O FRIENDSHIP! thou balm and rich sweet'ner of life,
Kind parent of ease, and composer of strife:
Without Thee, alas! what are riches and power,
But empty delusion, the joys of an hour!
How much to be priz'd, and esteem'd, is'a friend,
On whom we may always with safety depend;
Our joys, when extended, will always increase,
And griefs, when divided, are hush'd into peace.
When fortune is smiling, whole crowds will appear,
Their kindness to offer, and friendship. sincere;
Yet change but the prospect, and point out distress,
No longer to court you, they eagerly press.
COLUMBIA.
Fair Science her gates to thy sons shall unbar,
And the east see thy morn hide the beams of her star;
New bards and new ages unrivall'd shall soar
To fame unextinguish'd, till time be no more;
To thee, the last refuge of virtue design'd,
Shall fly from all nations, the best of mankind;
Here, grateful to Heaven, with transport shall bring,
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Nor less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend,
And genius and beauty in harmony blend;
The graces of form shall awake pure desire,
And the charms of the soul still enliven the fire:
Their sw&etness unmingled, their manners refin'd,
And virtue's bright image impress'd on the mind,
With peace and soft rapture shall teach life to glow,
And light up a smile in the bosom of woe.
CHAPTER -LV. FIFTY-FIFTH.
PEACE.
Hail! sacred Peace, who claim'st thy bright abode'Mid circling saints that grace the throne of God;
Ere morning stars his glowing chambers hung,
Or songs of gladness woke an angel's tongue;
Veil'd in the brightness of the Almighty's mind,
In blest repose thy placid form reclin'd;
Borne through the heaven, with his creating voice,
Thy presence bade the unfolding worlds rejoice,
Gave to seraphic harps their sounding lays,
Their joys to angels, and to men their praise.
Bring, bounteous Peace, in thy celestial throng,
Life to my soul, and rapture to my song;
Give me to trace, with pure unclouded ray,
The arts and virtues that attend thy sway;
To see thy blissful charms, that here descend,
Through distant realms and endless years extend
TIE WAY TO BE HAPPY.
How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent,
But reflect on the past, and be able to say,
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When I've done all ray bus'ness with patience and care
And been good, and obliging, and kind,
I lay on my pillow, and sleep away there,
With a happy and peaceable mind.
But instead of all this, if it must be confess'd,
That I careless and idle have been;
I lay down as usual and go to my rest,
But feel discontented within.
Then, as I don't like all the trouble I've had,
In future I'll try to prevent it;
For I never am naughty without being sad,
Or good-without being contented.
THE FOX AND THE CROW.
The fox and the crow,
In prose, I well know,
Many good little girls can rehearse;
Perhaps it will tell
Pretty nearly as well,
If we try the same fable in verse.
In a dairy a crow
Having ventured to go,
Some food for her young ones to seek,
Flew up in the trees
With a fine piece of cheese,
Which she joyfully held in her beak.
A fox who lived nigh,
To the tree saw her fly,
And to share in the prize made a vow:
For having just dined,
He for cheese felt inclined,
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She was cunning he knew,
But so was he too,
And with flatt'ry adopted his plan;
For he knew if she'd speak,
It must fall from her beak,
So, bowing politely, began:
"'Tis a very fine day;
(Not a word did she say;)
The wind, I believe, ma'am, is south;
A fine harvest for peas:"
He then looked at the cheese,
But the crow did not open her mouth.
Sly Reynard, not tired,
Her plumage admired,
" How charming! how brilliant its hue!
The voice must be fine,
Of a bird so divine,
Ah! let me just hear it —pray do.
Believe me, I long
To hear a sweet song."
The silly crow foolishly tries.She scarce gave one squall,
When the cheese she let fall,
And the fox ran away with the prize.
MORAL.
Ye innocent fair,
Of coxcombs beware,
To flattery never give ear;
Try well each pretence,
And keep to plain sense,
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CHAPTER LVI. FIFTY-SIXTH.
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOW-WORM.
A nightingale, that all day long
Had cheer'd the village with his song,
Nor yet at eve his note suspended,
Nor yet when eventide was ended,
Began to feel, as well he might,
The keen demands of appetite;
When, looking eagerly around,
He spied far off, upon the ground,
A something shining in the dark,
And knew the glow-worm by his spark;
So, stooping down from hawthorn top,
He thought to put him in his crop.
The worm, aware of his intent,
Harangued him thus, right eloquent —
"Did you admire my lamp," quoth he,
"As much as I your minstrelsy,
You would abhor to do me wrong,
As much as I to spoil your song;
For'twas the self-same Power divine,
Taught you to sing, and me to shine;
That you with music, I with light,
Might beautify and cheer the night."
The songster heard his short oration,
And, warbling out his approbation,
Releas'd him, as my story tells,
And found a supper somewhere else.
Hence, jarring sectaries may learn
Their real int'rest to discern;
That brother should not war with brother,
And worry and devour each other:
But sing and shine by sweet consent,
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Respecting, in each other's case,
The gifts of nature and of grace.
Those Christians best deserve the name,
Who studiously make peace their aim:
Peace, both the duty and the prize
Of him that creeps, and him that flies.
A MORNING IN SPRING.
Lo! the bright, the rosy morning,
Calls me forth to take the air:
Cheerful spring, with smiles returning,
Ushers in the new-born year.
Nature now in all her beauty,
With her gently-moving tongue,
Prompts me to the pleasing duty
Of a grateful morning song.
See the early blossoms springing-!
See the jocund lambkins play!
Hear the lark and linnet singing,
Welcome to the new-born day!
Vernal music, softly sounding,
Echoes through the verdant grove:
Nature now, with life abounding,
Swells with harmony and love.
Now the kind refreshing showe's
Water all the plains around:
Springing grass, and painted flowers,
In the smiling meads abound.
Now, their vernal dress assuming,
Leafy robes adorn the-trees:
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Praise to thee, thou great Creator!
Praise be thine from ev'ry tongue
Join, my soul, with ev'ry creature;
Join the universal song!
For ten thousand blessings giv'n;
For the richest gifts bestow'd;
Sound his praise through earth and heav'n;
Sound Jehovah's praise aloud!
ON EARLY RISING.
How foolish they who lengthen night,
And slumber in the morning light!
How sweet, at early morning's rise,
To view the glories of the skies,
And mark with curious eye the sun
Prepare his radiant course to run!
Its fairest form then nature wears,
And clad in brightest green appears.
The sprightly lark, with artless lay,
Proclaims the entrance of the day.
How sweet to breathe the gale's perfume,
And feast the eye with nature's bloom!
Along the dewy lawn to rove,
And hear the music of the grove!
Nor you, ye delicate and fair,
Neglect to taste the morning air;
This will your nerves with vigor brace,
Improve and heighten ev'ry grace;
Add to your breath a rich perfume;
Add to your cheeks a fairer bloom:
With lustre teach your eyes to glow;
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THE DROWNING FLY.
In yonder glass behold a drowning fly!
Its little feet, how vainly does it ply!
Poor helpless insect! and will no one save?
Will no one snatch thee from the threat'ning grave 7
My finger's top shall prove a friendly shore.There, trembler, all thy dangers now are o'er.
Wipe thy wet wings, and banish all thy fear:
Go, join thy numerous kindred in the air.
Away it flies; resumes its harmless play;
And lightly gambols in the golden ray.
Smile not, spectators, at this humble deed:
For you, perhaps, a nobler task's decreed:
A young and sinking family to save;
To raise the thoughtless from destruction's wave
To you, for help, the wretched lift their eyes:
Oh! hear, for pity's sake, their plaintive cries:
Ere long, unless some guardian interpose,
O'er their devoted heads, the floods may close.
A PRAYER.
Father of light and life, Thou good supreme I
O teach me what is good! teach me thyself!
Save me from folly, vanity, and vice:
From every low pursuit: and fill my soul
With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure,
Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss.
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THE LORD'S PRAYER.
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth
as it is in heaven: give us this day our daily bread;
and( forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, for ever. Amen.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN VERSE.
1. No other God have thou than me,
2. Before no idol bow thy knee,
3. Take notthe name of God in vain,
4. Nor dare the sabbath day profane.
5. Give both thy parents honor due,
6. Take heed that thou no murder do.
7. Abstain from words and deeds unclean,
8. Nor steal though thou art poor and mean,
9. Nor tell a wilful lie nor love it,
10. What is thy neighbors do not covet.
That unto others never fail to do,
Which you would have them do to you.
THE END,