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... grain , With its yellow head on high ; And the spreading , fertile plain , Ripening , joined the swelling cry : Water ! for the grains of gold Wealth untold ! 6. Water ! water sparkling , pure , Giveth Nature THIRD READER . 27.
... grain , With its yellow head on high ; And the spreading , fertile plain , Ripening , joined the swelling cry : Water ! for the grains of gold Wealth untold ! 6. Water ! water sparkling , pure , Giveth Nature THIRD READER . 27.
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... head and paw the dust , as if ashamed to be caught in business beneath his station . Not he . He raised up his fore feet , threw out his broad chest , and , bend- ing his neck like a war - horse , asked , “ But suppose , sir , I should ...
... head and paw the dust , as if ashamed to be caught in business beneath his station . Not he . He raised up his fore feet , threw out his broad chest , and , bend- ing his neck like a war - horse , asked , “ But suppose , sir , I should ...
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... head , and honor the face of the old man . " This is God's command , and it means that we should show special kindness and respect to the aged . In some heathen countries , children will not let their parents live when they become old ...
... head , and honor the face of the old man . " This is God's command , and it means that we should show special kindness and respect to the aged . In some heathen countries , children will not let their parents live when they become old ...
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... head , " when they knew that he was a prophet of the Lord . 4. God was so displeased with their wicked con- duct that he sent bears out of the woods to destroy them . More than forty of these bad children were torn in pieces by those ...
... head , " when they knew that he was a prophet of the Lord . 4. God was so displeased with their wicked con- duct that he sent bears out of the woods to destroy them . More than forty of these bad children were torn in pieces by those ...
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... head , and " . 4. " Stop a minute , my dear . Instead of that one great round one , it takes thirty small bones to form a head , besides thirty - two teeth . Eight of these bones form the skull , or the box in which the brain is kept ...
... head , and " . 4. " Stop a minute , my dear . Instead of that one great round one , it takes thirty small bones to form a head , besides thirty - two teeth . Eight of these bones form the skull , or the box in which the brain is kept ...
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Page 126 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to...
Page 145 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 145 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : 20.
Page 144 - And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Page 141 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 195 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Page 162 - Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 129 - And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Page 126 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 262 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.