. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. habet came a long list of tw7o-letter combinations, ab, eb, ib, ob, ub ; ac, ec, ic, oc, uc, etc. ; then a list ofwords of one syllable; and at last the child had workedhis way triumphantly to a-bom-i-na-tion and qual-i-fi-ca-tion. There were several short and simple prayers,and there was a picture of the martyr, John Rogers,standing composedly in the flames while his family wept THE COLONIAL PERIOD 265 around him, and the executionerThere was a sec-ond alphabet with arhyme and a pic-ture for every let-ter. It began
. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. habet came a long list of tw7o-letter combinations, ab, eb, ib, ob, ub ; ac, ec, ic, oc, uc, etc. ; then a list ofwords of one syllable; and at last the child had workedhis way triumphantly to a-bom-i-na-tion and qual-i-fi-ca-tion. There were several short and simple prayers,and there was a picture of the martyr, John Rogers,standing composedly in the flames while his family wept THE COLONIAL PERIOD 265 around him, and the executionerThere was a sec-ond alphabet with arhyme and a pic-ture for every let-ter. It began : — In Adams FallWe sinned all. In the course ofcountless reprints,many changes weremade. It is said Dthat in one editionor another the coup-let for every letterin the alphabet waschanged exceptthat for A; but thePuritan never gaveup his firm graspupon the belief inoriginal sin. For acentury these twolines were a partof every orthodoxchilds moral equip-ment, and they werethe keynote of thegreater part of theprose and rhymeproduced in Amer-ica during the colo-nial grinned maliciously. la Adahs FallWe finned all. Heaven to find,The Bible Mind. Chrift crucifydFor finners dyd. The Deluge drowndThe Earih around. Elijah hidBy Karens fed. The judgment madeFelix afraid. As runs the Glass,Our Life doth pass. My Book and HeartMust never part. Job feels the Rod,—Yet bleffes GOD. Proud Korahs troopWas fwallowed up. THE ALPHABET IN THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER
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