Reading exercises, for schools, by David Blair |
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Page 27
... length reached the spot , it ascends the trunk , and de vours whatever it can find on the branches ; by gnawing the bark also it soon destroys the life of the tree , and thus the source is lost from which it drew its support . This ...
... length reached the spot , it ascends the trunk , and de vours whatever it can find on the branches ; by gnawing the bark also it soon destroys the life of the tree , and thus the source is lost from which it drew its support . This ...
Page 38
... length they found a wide - mouthed bottle hanging beneath the bough of a peach - tree , ex- posed in the most alluring manner . The thought- less epicure plunged headlong into the vessel , resolving to indulge his appetite without any ...
... length they found a wide - mouthed bottle hanging beneath the bough of a peach - tree , ex- posed in the most alluring manner . The thought- less epicure plunged headlong into the vessel , resolving to indulge his appetite without any ...
Page 42
... length , and connected by a fine membrane , which reaches also to the hind legs , and from thence to the tail . The female brings forth from two to five young at a time , and suckles them like quadrupeds . All the species of Bats found ...
... length , and connected by a fine membrane , which reaches also to the hind legs , and from thence to the tail . The female brings forth from two to five young at a time , and suckles them like quadrupeds . All the species of Bats found ...
Page 47
... length he was sent to prison ; and those limbs which had been swift in doing wrong , were now loaded with irons . It may easily be supposed what effect it had on the minds of his parents , to see their BLAIR'S READING EXERCISES . 47.
... length he was sent to prison ; and those limbs which had been swift in doing wrong , were now loaded with irons . It may easily be supposed what effect it had on the minds of his parents , to see their BLAIR'S READING EXERCISES . 47.
Page 54
... length , as he was trying to turn about , some how or other , for want of better understanding how to manage it , the boat dipped , as it is called , the water poured in , and in a minute with Hugh in it sunk down to the bottom . Robert ...
... length , as he was trying to turn about , some how or other , for want of better understanding how to manage it , the boat dipped , as it is called , the water poured in , and in a minute with Hugh in it sunk down to the bottom . Robert ...
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Page 147 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 77 - 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 150 - And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Page 131 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 106 - The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand ; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
Page 130 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 79 - It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him. Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Page 131 - And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Page 146 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Page 117 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine...