The Battersea series of standard reading books for boys. First (Second) primer, Part 21879 |
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a-gain al-ways BATTERSEA be-gan be-hind bird black-bird's blue boat bright bump By-and-by cake calf CHARING CROSS cher-ries child clothes COMPOUND INITIAL CONSONANTS cows-lips cru-el Ding dong bell doll drowned dunce ea-ten ear-ly EDWARD STANFORD eggs eyes father fell FINAL CONSONANTS fish Fred FRED KING frog fruit full of fun gave geese grass gree-dy grubs Har-ry hear hole in-side in-to Jane kill knife Lit-tle lamb LITTLE SISTER live look love my little magpie Mary Rose mas-ter mask mice milk moth mother mouse mule neck nest nice nose o-ver pause pick Pit-ter pat-ter play plough plums poor pret-ty cow pretty rein-deer rook rose sailors sheep ship SILENT LETTERS slave Sometimes swans sweet tail taught tell thee thief Tom-my tree true blue twill ve-ry whale whey young
Popular passages
Page 64 - I'll tell thee : He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild, He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee ! Little Lamb, God bless thee ! ///. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY.
Page 37 - A boy who always told the truth, And never, never told a lie. And when he trotted off to school, The children all about would cry, " There goes the curly-headed boy — The boy that never tells a lie.
Page 64 - I'll tell thee, He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb : He is meek, and he is mild ; He became a little child. I a child and thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little lamb, God bless thee ! Little lamb, God bless thee ! TO THE TIGER.
Page 32 - Within a hollow tree ; The hen sat quietly at home, The cock sang merrily ; And all the little young ones said, " Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee.
Page 64 - Ill tell thee; He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb : He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child : I a child & thou a lamb, We are called by his name, Little Lamb God bless thee, Little Lamb God bless thee.
Page 29 - They won't let me walk, And they won't let me play, And they won't let me go Out of doors at all to-day. They put away my playthings Because I broke them all, And then they locked up all my bricks, And took away my ball.
Page 52 - The sparrow builds her clever nest, Of wool, and hay, and moss: Who told her how to weave it best, And lay the twigs across?
Page 37 - And everybody loved him so, Because he always told the truth, That every day, as he grew up, 'Twas said, " There goes the honest youth !'" And when the people that stood near Would turn to ask the reason why, The answer would be always this : " Because he never tells a lie.
Page 45 - COW THANK you, pretty cow, that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread, Every day, and every night, Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.
Page 19 - God made the sky that looks so blue ; He made the grass so green ; He made the flowers that smell so sweet, In pretty colors seen. God made the sun that shines so bright, And gladdens all I see; It comes to give us heat and light : How thankful should we be.