Old-time schools and school-books . to be a more plain eafy and regular Method ofteaching young children than any other Book of thiskind and Bignefs extant. The Defcription of a good Boy. THE boy that is goodDoes mind his book well;And if he cant readWill ftrive for to fpell. His fchool he does love ; And when he is there,For plays and for toys, No time can he fpare. Of taking Gods Name in vain. TO mention God, no man has juft pretence,But to his honour, or the truths common talk, where trifles moft abound,God, Chrift or Lord ftrikes horror with the fhould we dare appeal t
Old-time schools and school-books . to be a more plain eafy and regular Method ofteaching young children than any other Book of thiskind and Bignefs extant. The Defcription of a good Boy. THE boy that is goodDoes mind his book well;And if he cant readWill ftrive for to fpell. His fchool he does love ; And when he is there,For plays and for toys, No time can he fpare. Of taking Gods Name in vain. TO mention God, no man has juft pretence,But to his honour, or the truths common talk, where trifles moft abound,God, Chrift or Lord ftrikes horror with the fhould we dare appeal to him on high,To gain belief, or to atteft a lie,Thus to abufe that name, if man prefume,The third Commandment loudly fpeaks their fome, alas ! in every trivial caufe,To ftop a gap in fpeech, or for a paufe;Or to fill up the fentence, at each word,From mouths unhallowd, breathe, Chrift, God or Lord, if eer fuch monsters I come nigh,From their ill ways give me the grace to fly. 62 Old-time Schools and School-books. The Inside of the First Leaf of A New one-third. H Againft Songs or Ballads. ATE vulgar impious Tongs, a wretched chime,Where fulfome nonfenfe jingles into rhyme.
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