The Victoria reading books. Introduction to book 1 |
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... Noon 24 Little May ...... ..... 58 A March Noon ....... 24 Evening ..... 25 The Lion .... Evening Hymn 26 Wheat Harvest 27 Child's Welcome .. The New Book .. I saw a ship .... .... 59 ... 60 .61 .62 EC स one , two , buckle my shoe ...
... Noon 24 Little May ...... ..... 58 A March Noon ....... 24 Evening ..... 25 The Lion .... Evening Hymn 26 Wheat Harvest 27 Child's Welcome .. The New Book .. I saw a ship .... .... 59 ... 60 .61 .62 EC स one , two , buckle my shoe ...
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... noon- -afternoon THE DAY . With the sun - rise the day dawns . Light then begins to spread over the earth . When it is quite light , the morning has come and it is time to get up . Noon is at twelve After o'clock . Before noon is the fore - ...
... noon- -afternoon THE DAY . With the sun - rise the day dawns . Light then begins to spread over the earth . When it is quite light , the morning has come and it is time to get up . Noon is at twelve After o'clock . Before noon is the fore - ...
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... noon war soon warm field yield moon sealed Now it is noon . swarm NOON . How hot it is . It is very hot in the sun ; but it is cool in the shade of the trees . Some of the cows lie down ; some stand in the shade , where it is cool ; and ...
... noon war soon warm field yield moon sealed Now it is noon . swarm NOON . How hot it is . It is very hot in the sun ; but it is cool in the shade of the trees . Some of the cows lie down ; some stand in the shade , where it is cool ; and ...
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... , And with Thyself my spirit fill . Let all my con - verse be sin - cere : My con - science as the noon - day clear ; For Thine all - seeing eye sur - veys My se - cret thoughts , my works and ways . THE DOG , THE CAT , THE DUCK , AND. 41.
... , And with Thyself my spirit fill . Let all my con - verse be sin - cere : My con - science as the noon - day clear ; For Thine all - seeing eye sur - veys My se - cret thoughts , my works and ways . THE DOG , THE CAT , THE DUCK , AND. 41.
Common terms and phrases
Betty Pringle big billy-goat Gruff birdie bonny song bridge bright butter catch Christmas pie Cocky-locky coming to gobble cream cuckoo dark Ding dong duck Ducky-daddles fawn field flies gaed going to-day gone Goosy-poosy grass grey greedy hawk Henny-penny hill-side idle Jack Horner King to sing kite kitty lamb little bird little girl Little Robin Red-breast Mary masts mee-ow Meggy and Herbert mi-ow milk mittens moolly cow mother dear Muschy nest nice night noon play pleasant plough pretty purr-r puss pussy Pussy-cat Quack roared the troll sail sailors ship sky is falling sly fox snipe song Spring tell the King thing three little kittens tree trip and go TRIP-TRAP Turkey-lurky VICTORIA READER walk warm wash'd wee boy wee robin answer'd wee robin flew wheat wool Write and Spell young goat yule morning
Popular passages
Page 8 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 6 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 41 - Lord ! I my vows to Thee renew : Scatter my sins as morning dew ; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with Thyself my spirit fill. 5. Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite.
Page 25 - There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping anon, anon. There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains ; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing ; The rain is over and gone ! William Wordsworth '44* CHORAL SONG OF ILL YRIAN PEASANTS.
Page 14 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 36 - ONCE on a time there were three Billy-goats, who were to go up to the hill-side to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was " Gruff." On the way up was a bridge over a burn they had to cross ; and under the bridge lived a great ugly Troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker. So first of all came the youngest billy-goat Gruff to cross the bridge. " Trip, trap ! trip, trap !
Page 24 - The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Page 28 - A country life is sweet ! In moderate cold and heat, To walk in the air, how pleasant and fair, In every field of wheat, The fairest of flowers adorning the bowers, And every meadow's brow ; So that I say, no courtier may Compare with them who clothe in grey, And follow the useful plough.
Page 30 - The Sheep. LAZY sheep, pray tell me why In the pleasant fields you lie, Eating grass and daisies white, From the morning till the night ? Every thing can something do, But what kind of use are you...
Page 4 - And away Robin ran; Says little Robin Redbreast, 'Catch me if you can.