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Excerpt from The Young Pupil's Second Book: Comprising a Great Variety of Interesting Lessons, on Subjects Calculated to Improve the Heart, and to Inform and Develop the Powers of the Juvenile Mind
As the child proceeds, he is asked What is a harper What is a lament What is meant by faithful Who was faithful? To whom was be faithful? What do you mean by his love being constant What is meant by the sour looking folks, and b the harper being heartless Who was his friend Who was Pat Why is he cal ed Pat? How did he and his dog sleep? What is meant by snugly How did Tray show his kindness? What do you mean by a wallet and by its being scant? What is meant by i thought of his case What did Pat do in consequence? What at last became of Tray? And what did Pat do on the occasion? What is meant by for saken How was the liarper forsaken? What is meant by a vill e? And by a na tive village? What is the difference between a town, a village, an a hamlet? What name is given to the inhabitant of a Village What is the meaning of the words natal, na tivity At the conclusion, the pupil may be called upon to give an abstract of the whole story in his own language. And as he advances, the examinations may be rendered much more intricate, and carried to it much greater extent.
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