McGuffey's newly revised eclectic second reader : containing progressive lessons in reading and spelling. Revised and improved. (1848)
Engel, Irving, donor, McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873, ed, Shepard, Edwin, stereotyper, Winthrop B. Smith & Co. publisher · Cincinnati: : Winthrop B. Smith & Co., publishers. · leaf 109
ot whichwas singing, in a cage. 3. In a street in Cincinnati is a parrot, which, whenhe sees a dog, will whistle and cry, Come here, sir!It wonld make you laugh to see how astonished thedog will appear. He will look on this side, and onthat, and Avonder Avho is calling him. 4. But there are other… … 5. I have re^d of some linnets that were so well <taught, that they would fire cannons from a small fort; |others would pretend to be killed; they would lie Iquite still, although the birds in the fort were shooting !oif their guns all the time. \ ; 6. The Canary bird is very beautiful, and…
