Blackie's graded readers, ed. by M. Paterson, Parte 4Maurice Paterson 1880 |
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Página 49
... barn owl lives near the farm yard . He eats the mice which are to be found in the corn - ricks , in the fields , and in the barns . As soon as it is dusk and the mice begin to stir abroad , the owl sets out in search of his prey . 4 ...
... barn owl lives near the farm yard . He eats the mice which are to be found in the corn - ricks , in the fields , and in the barns . As soon as it is dusk and the mice begin to stir abroad , the owl sets out in search of his prey . 4 ...
Página 50
... owl builds his nest in a hollow tree , or in the corner of some old building . The nest is not built with much care ... barn owl live , and why ? How does he use his eyes ? his ears ? his claws ? and his beak ? What name do we give to ...
... owl builds his nest in a hollow tree , or in the corner of some old building . The nest is not built with much care ... barn owl live , and why ? How does he use his eyes ? his ears ? his claws ? and his beak ? What name do we give to ...
Términos y frases comunes
acorn asked barn owl bear beautiful bindweed bird blind boy boat bought boy's called camel cherries child claws clouds colours cormorant cried danger dark duke Duncan earth eyes farmer father fish flowers form words Frank friends Gelert giant give their meaning Grab grow heard Herbert Lee horse hunter John kind latch lesson lesson:-What light light-house lion Little by little live look master mother mouse mouth nest never night noble once oyster PEARL DIVING pearls Peter Pincher poor Prepare for writing Pronounce and spell Questions rain rainbow reindeer rock round Sally sand seen shark sheep shell shining ship sloth snow soon stork storm sure swim tell thief things thought took tree vapour waste bread wind wish wolf woman wood writing to dictation writing to dictation:-The young
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Página 65 - Though she saw him there like a ball of light; For she knew he had God's time to keep All over the world, and never could sleep. The tall pink foxglove bowed his head — The violets...
Página 65 - Though she saw him there, like a ball of light; For she knew he had God's time to keep All over the world, and never could sleep. The tall pink foxglove bowed his head — The violets curtsied, and went to bed; And good little Lucy tied up her hair, And said, on her knees, her favourite prayer.
Página 92 - God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Página 12 - twere always day. With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my hapless woe ; But sure with patience I can bear A loss I ne'er can know. Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy, Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind boy.
Página 73 - Look, dear mother, the flowers all lie Languidly under the bright blue sky. See, how slowly the streamlet glides ; Look, how the violet roguishly hides: Even the butterfly rests on the rose, And scarcely sips the sweets as he goes.
Página 93 - Our outward life requires them not Then wherefore had they birth To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er his faith is dim ; For who so careth for the flowers Will much more care for him...
Página 12 - I feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I ever keep awake With me 'twere always day. With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my hapless woe ; But sure with patience I can bear A loss I ne'er can know. Then let not what...
Página 72 - CHILD'S WISH IN JUNE. MOTHER, mother, the winds are at play, Prithee, let me be idle to-day. Look, dear mother, the flowers all lie Languidly under the bright blue sky. See, how slowly the streamlet glides; Look, how the violet roguishly hides; Even the butterfly rests on the rose, And scarcely sips the sweets as he goes. Poor Tray is asleep in the noon-day sun, And the flies go about him one by one; And pussy sits near with a sleepy grace, Without ever thinking of washing her face. There flies a...
Página 126 - Suddenly the poor animal set up a shrill howl, and threw himself out of the water. At first it was thought he had been seized with cramp ; but it was worse than that — a shark was after him ! " A shark ! a shark !" sounded from the boat to the ship. Bobby swam right and left, and dived and doubled, showing his teeth, and never allowing the shark time to turn on his back, without doing which the monster could not bite him.
Página 20 - Little by little," an acorn said, As it slowly sank in its mossy bed, "I am improving every day, Hidden deep in the earth away." Little by little, each day it grew; Little by little, it sipped the dew; Downward it sent out a thread-like root; Up in the air sprung a tiny shoot.