McGuffey's First [-Sixth] Eclectic Reader Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...that he should not have thought of it before He would ask Dominie Black to let him take Jenny home. What could be more sensible and straightforward than such a plan? 26. Of course the good old schoolmaster gave Andrew the desired permission, and every thing ended happily. But the best thing about the whole affair was the lesson that the young Scotch boy learned that day. 27. The lesson was this: when we are puzzling our brains with plans to help ourselves out of trouble, let us always stop a moment in our planning, and try to think if there is not some simple way out of the difficulty, which shall be in every respect perfectly right, If we do this, we shall probably find a way more easy and satisfactory than any which we can devise. DEFINITIOnS.--8. Par-tie'u-lar, not ordinary, worthy of particular attention, chief. 13. D6m'i-nle, . the Scotch name for schoolmaster. 18. Re-flget'ing, thinking earnestly. 20. O-ver-cast', covered with gloom. 21. Ac-count', to state the reasons. 22. Imprae'ti-ea-ble, not possible. 23. Ans-I'e-ty, care, trouble of mind. 27. De-vige', plan, contrive. Exercises.--Why could not Jenny cross the stream? Whom did she ask to help her? What can you tell about Andrew? Who was Jennie Murdock? What did Jenny wish Andrew to do? Why could he not go with her? Would it have been right for Andrew to have told an untruth even to help Jenny out of trouble? What did he finally do? What does this lesson teach us to do in case of trouble? LI. THE GOLDEN EDLE. 1. To act with integrity and good faith was such a habit with Susan that she had never before thought of examining the Golden Rule: "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." But the longer she reflected upon it, the f stronger was her convicti...