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Common terms and phrasesafraid al'ways Alfred Selwyn Alice apple Aunt baby big brother Bobby bread bright cage called cask Charles Cherry Chickadee-dee chickens Clelia clothes-pins crick'et cried dar'ling dear little donkey door Dovey Emily Carter Ernest eyes fairy Fanny father feed flowers Frank fright'en glad Grace grandma Habersham County handsome horse Jack Jack Frost Jane Jenny John Johnny jump JUMPING ROPE kiss kitten laugh little birds little boy little chicks little dog little girl live look look and learn mamma meeou moth'er mother Nero nest nice night Nora Nursery old cat once papa poor little quails Santa Claus sing sister sleep some'thing soon squee sugar Swallow sweet tell thief thing thought Tip-top Tippet took tree trot Trottie's whee wheet WISE OLD wood Zeke Popular passagesPage 66 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. Page 139 - I'm ever on the wing : A sober suit for traveling For me's the proper thing." I. " Your little last year's nestlings — Do tell me how they grow. Page 9 - And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them: "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. Page 44 - ONLY A BABY SMALL. ONLY A BABY SMALL. ONLY a baby small, Dropt from the skies ; Only a laughing face, Two sunny eyes ; Only two cherry lips, One chubby nose; Only two little hands, Ten little toes. Only a golden head, Curly and soft ; Only a tongue that wags Loudly and oft ; Only a little brain, Empty of thought ; Only a little heart, Troubled with nought. Page 118 - A KISS when I wake in the morning, A kiss when I go to bed, A kiss when I burn my fingers, A kiss when I bump my head. A kiss when my bath is over, A kiss when my bath begins : My mamma is full of kisses — As full as nurse is of pins. A kiss when I play with my rattle, A kiss when I pull her hair ; She covered me over with kisses The day that I fell down stair. Page 115 - One lesson, shepherd, let us two divide, Taught both by what she shows, and what conceals • Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. Page 44 - Dropt from the skies ; Only a laughing face, Two sunny eyes ; Only two cherry lips, One chubby nose; Only two little hands, Ten little toes. Only a golden head, Curly and soft ; Only a tongue that wags Loudly and oft ; Only a little brain, Empty of thought ; Only a little heart, Troubled with nought. Only a tender flower Sent us to rear ; Only a life to love While we are here ; Only a baby small, Never at rest ; Small, but how dear to us, God knoweth best. Page 118 - A kiss when I bump my head. A kiss when my bath is over, A kiss when my bath begins : My mamma is full of kisses, — As full as nurse is of pins. A kiss when I play with my rattle, A kiss when I pull her hair : She covered me over with kisses The day I fell from the stair. Page 138 - The lilacs are in blossom, The cherry flowers are white. I hear a sound below me, A twitter of delight : It is my friend, the swallow, As sure as I'm alive ! " I am very glad to see you ! Pray, when did you arrive ? Page 138 - You're just the same old swallow Your wings are just as black." SWALLOW. " I always wear dark colors ; I'm ever on the wing : A sober suit for traveling For me's the proper thing. |