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FIRST BOOK

FOR

CHILDREN. - ,

BEtNG COMPOSED OF EASY LESSONS

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. SPELLING .!J.ND RE/lDING,

BKOCi{VILLE, U. C.

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE

RECORDER.

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1823.

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'3 LESSON, I.

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LBssoN, II.

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LESSON, III.

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LESSON, V.

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, LESSON, VI.

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LESSON, VII.

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LESSON, VIII.

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LESSON, IX.

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LESSON, XII.

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Les'soN, XIII.

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LESSON, XIV.

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8 LESSON, xv.

Jack get up, the sun is up and you are still in bed; none but idle boys lie in bed when the sun is up.

Nan is gone to feed the hens. and James to cut hay, new hay smells sweet We must make hay while the \, sun shines.

LESSON, XV!.

Cats are good to catch IPice mice eat the grain. and do much hurt at times.

Let us go in the yard,and play, good boys must have a time to play after they have been at school and got th,eir tasks ·

9 LESSON, XVII.

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LESSON, XIX • .

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LESSON, xx. As soon as it is day, so

that the lark can see to fly, he rises from the ground and soars high in the air, and sings most sweet: this is the best time of the d rty to walk out, when the air is fresh and cool. '

12 LESSON, XXI,. , .

By the word,of the Lord was the world made, and all things that are ill it. He made the sun to rule the day, and the, moon ' to rule the night. All the beasts that walk on the earth, the fish ~hat swim in the sea, and the fowls that fly in the air are the work , of his hand.'

LESSON, XXII.

God knows all that we do, and we can not hide our­selves from him: then let us do all that he has told us to do, an·d not do those things which he has said we p;hould not do.

LESSON, XXIH.

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14 LESSON, XXIV.

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Hi LESSON, xX'v-.

Be . a good child; mind your book; love your school

. and strive to learn. Tell no tales, caJl no ill names, you must not lie, nor swear, . nor cheat, nor steal. Play not ~rith bad boys; use no ill words at play, spend your time well, live in peace and shun strife.

A good child wiIi not iie, swear, or steal-he will be good at home, and ask to read his book; when he gets up he will wash his, hands and face clean, h~ will comb his hair, and· make haste to school.

, ' ]'6 LESSON, XXVI.

De cen cy se cre cy i ro ny ,- no bod y la zi ness an i mal ac ci dent ac cu rate ben e fit but te; fly 'cal i co can is ter cap 1 tal cm na mon , <lif fi cult dil i gent en e my fam i Iy every fan ci ful gal Ie ry gen er al in di go . in no cenl in ter ' est Ii bra, ry Ilib er ty min is ter nat ur al nur se ry

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17 LESSON, XXVII

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LESSON, XXVIII.

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19 LESSON, XXIX.

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21 . . The Lapwing. Too lapwings were given

to a ' clergyman, who put them into hjs garden: one 'soon died, but the other con­tinued to pick up suc.h food a.s · the place afforded, till winter deprived it of its usu-

. al supply. Necessity soon compelled it to draw near the house; by which it grad­ually became familiarized to occasional interruption's from the family. At length one 'of the servants, when he had occasion to go into the back-kitchen with a light, observed that the lap­wing always uttered his cry .

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22 " pee-wit" to obtain admit­tance. He soon grew more familiar: as the winter ad­vanced he approached as far as the kitchen; but with much caution, as that part .of the house was generally occupied with a dog . and a

I_ cat, whose friendship, how:..

ever the lapwing concilia­ted so entirely, that it was his regular custom to resort to the fireside as soon as it grew dark, and spend the evening and night with his -associates, sitting close by them, and partaking of the warmth. As soon as spring -appeared, he discontipued

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23 his visits to the house, ana betook himself to the ga~­den; but on. the approach of winter, he had recourse to his old. shelter and friends who received him very cor­dially. Security was pro':: d uctive of insolence; what 'was at first obtained with caution, was afterwards ta­ken without reserve: he fre­quently aOlUsed himself with washing in the bowl, which ,vas set for the dog to drin k' out of; and while he was thus employed, he showed marks I

of the greatest indignation if J either of his companions presumed to interrupt him,

24 The lapwing is about the size of

the common pigeon, and is covered very thickly witil plumes, but of a different colour on the outward part. They are found in most parts of Europe, Their chief food . is worms. They make a great noise with~~heir wings in flying, and are caUe-il peewits in the North of England, from their particular cry. The female lays too eggs on the dry ground near some marsh, upon a little bed which she prepares of " dry grass. These are olive color-ed and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks, and the young are covered with thick down.