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# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Traveller's Return

10. The Traveller's Return.
Sweet to the early wayfarer
The song amid the sky,
Where twinkling in the dewy light,
The sky-lark soars on high;
And cheering to the wayfarer
The gales that o'er him play,
When faint and heavily he drags
Along his noon-tide way.
And when beneath the unclouded sky
Full wearily toils he,
The flowing water makes to him
A soothing melody. ​And when the daylight wanes away,
And all is calm around,
There is sweet music to his ear
In the distant sheep-bell's sound.
And sweet the village curfew-bell,
As shades of night appear,
That marks his weary journey's bourn,
And tells that home is near.
But, oh! of all delightful sounds,
Of evening or of morn,
Far sweetest is the voice of love
That welcomes his return.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Washing Day

60. The Washing Day.
'Twas on a chill December morn,
The hour when fairies play,
The half-burnt rush-light dimly hid
The pale moon's glimm'ring ray,
When, piercing through the silent gloom,
A voice was heard to say,
What, all asleep? does no one know
It is our washing day?
Oh, there's no peace within the house;
Ah me! ah, well away!
There's little comfort in the house
Upon a washing day. ​Then hurry, hurry, down the stairs
The busy maidens run;
The shining suds fly all about,
The work it is begun.
And I am bid with frowning look
To get out of the way;
You little miss, what want you here
Upon our washing day?
Oh, there's no peace within the house;
Ah me! ah, well away!
There's little comfort in the house
Upon a washing day.
To see the house a while ago
There came three ladies gay,
With many a smile and gracious look.
And then—they went away.
Now what they said, or what they thought,
I'm sure I cannot say;
But I do not think they'll come again
Upon a washing day.
When 'tis thump—thump—splash—splash— Scold—scold away,
Ah, little comfort's in the house
Upon a washing day.
Oh, cleanliness, sweet cleanliness,
So smiling bright and fair,
Oh, who would think that thou art gain'd
With so much toil and care?
Or who would say, that thou dost owe
Thy face so smooth and gay,
To soap and suds and scrubbing-brush
Upon a washing day?
​Chorus. To the thump—thump—splash—splash—
Scold—scold away;
To all the mess and all the fuss
Upon a washing day. H. F.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/What shall we have for Dinner

13. What shall we have for Dinner?
What shall we have for dinner, Mistress Bond?
There's beef in the larder, and ducks in the pond.
Dill, ill, ill, ill, ill, ill, ill, ill, dill'd,
Come here and be kill'd.
Dill, ill, ill, ill, ill, ill, ill, ill, dill'd,
Come here and be kill'd.
Send us the beef first, good Mistress Bond;
Then get your ducks dress'd out of the pond.
Dill, ill, &c.
John Ostler, go and kill a duck or two;
Ma'am, says John Ostler, I'll try what I can do.
Dill, ill, &c.
I've been to the ducks that are in the pond.
But they will not come to be kill'd, Mistress Bond.
Dill, ill, &c.
Mistress Bond then flies to the pond in a rage,
With plenty of onions and plenty of sage.
Dill, ill, &c.
And cries, Little wagtails, come here and be kill'd,
For you must be stuff'd, and my customers fill'd.
Dill, ill, &c.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs/A Christmas Song

9. A Christmas Song.
How poor and mean this little bed
On which my Saviour lies!
Yet did he the vast ocean spread,
And paint the fair blue skies.
Ah, then how sweet shall be to me
The lot my Lord did share,
And dearer far his poverty
Than treasures rich and rare!
​How helpless seems this Infant God,
How weak his little form!
Yet nature trembles at his nod,
He rules the wintry storm.
When I am helpless, weak, or low,
I will not grieve or sigh,
For I will think my Lord was so,
Though he was God most high.
Oh, let me love the paths he trod,
And strive like him to be;
Since he, although my Lord and God,
Has lov'd to be like me.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Sacred Songs

No. II.
SACRED SONGS
ON VARIOUS SUBJECT
CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY, DOCTRINES,
AND DEVOTIONS, ETC. OF THE
CATHOLJC CHURCH.
With Woodcuts.
LONDON: BURNS AND LAMBERT. DUBLIN: J, DUFFY, 7 WELLINGTON QUAY
DERBY: RICHARDSON AND SON.
N.B. All the Songs of this Collection are Copyright.
I. TABLE OF CONTENTS,
In Alphabetical Order, referring to the Title of each Piece.
II. TABLE OF CONTENTS
In Alphabetical Order, referring to the First Line of each Piece.
The Music of the Songs in a quarto volume, price 2s.
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME TO ME
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Spider and the Fly

26. The Spider and the Fly.
Will you walk into my parlour, said a Spider to a Fly;
'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I have many pretty things to shew when you get there.
Oh, no, no! said the little Fly; to ask me is in vain:
For who goes up that winding stair shall ne'er come down again.
Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, Dear friend, what can I do
To prove the warm affection I have ever felt tor you? ​I have within my parlour great store of all that's nice:
I'm sure you're very welcome; will you please to take a slice!
Oh, no, no! said the little Fly; kind sir, that cannot be;
For I know what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see.
Sweet creature, said the Spider, you're witty and you're wise;
How handsome are your gaudy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
I have a little looking-glass upon my parlour-shelf;
If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself.
Oh, thank you, gentle sir, she said, for what you're pleased to say;
And wishing you good morning now, I'll call another day.
The Spider turn'd him round again, and went into his den,
For well he knew that silly Fly would soon come back again.
And then he wore a tiny web, in a little corner sly,
And set his table ready for to dine upon the Fly;
And went out to his door again, and merrily did sing,
Come hither, pretty little Fly, with the gold and silver wing.
​Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little Fly,
Hearing his wily flattering words, came slowly fluttering by.
With humming wings she hung aloft, then nearer and nearer drew.
Thinking only of her crested head and gold and purple hue:
Thinking only of her brilliant wings, poor silly thing! at last,
Up jump'd the cruel Spider, and firmly held her fast!
He dragg'd her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour; but she ne'er came down again.
And now, my pretty maidens, who may this story hear,
To silly, idle, flattering words, I pray you ne'er give ear;
Unto an evil counsellor close heart, and ear, and eye,
And learn a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Thrush

29. The Thrush.
How void of care yon merry Thrush,
That sings melodious in the bush;
That has no stores of wealth to keep,
No lands to plough, no corn to reap!
He never frets for worthless things,
But lives in peace, and sweetly sings;
Enjoys the present with his mate,
Unmindful of to-morrow's fate.
Rejoiced he finds his morning fare,
His dinner lies—he knows not where;
Still to the unfailing hand he chants
His grateful song, and never wants.
Of true felicity possess'd,
He glides through life supremely blest;
And for his daily meal relies
On Him whose love the world supplies.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/To-morrow the Fox will come to Town

58. To-morrow the Fox will come to Town.
To-morrow the Fox will come to town;
Watch! watch! watch him well!
To-morrow the Fox will come to town;
Oh, neighbours, watch him well!
I must desire you, neighbours all,
To halloo the Fox out of the hall,
And cry as loud as you can call,
CHORUS.
Whoop! whoop! whoop! whoop! whoop! And cry as loud as you can call;
Oh, watch him neighbours well!
He'll steal the hen out of the pen;
Watch! watch! watch him well:
He'll steel the hen out of the pen;
Oh, neighbours, watch him well!
I must desire, &c.
He'll steal the duck out of the brook;
Watch! watch! &c.
He'll steal the lamb from near the dam;
Watch! watch! &c.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Swallow's Flight

52. The Swallow's Flight.
Swallow, that on rapid wing
Sweep'st along in sportive ring,
Here and there, and low and high,
Chasing keen the painted fly;
Swallow, let me fly with thee.
First from England's southern shore
'Cross the Channel we would soar;
Then with daring flight advance
To the plains of uprightly France:— Swallow, let me fly with thee.
Where on verdant banks of Loire
Playful sport the feather'd choir,
Or where Bourdeaux skirts the side
Of Garonne's majestic tide,
I would skim away with thee.
Next o'er tow'ring Pyrenees,
Myrtb groves and orange-trees,
To the hilly wild domain,
Where are fed the flocks of Spain,
I would skim away with thee.
​Then where figs and olives grow,
Mules plod surely on and slow;
Steering thus for many a day,
Southward still our course away,
Swallow, I would fly with thee.
Past Gibraltar's rocky steep,
Dashing o'er the foaming deep;
Then our roving journey o'er,
On the sultry Afric's shore,
Swallow, I would rest with thee.
But when spring's soft gales shall play
Once more o'er our trackless way,
Round and round, in sportive ring,
Joyously on home-bound wing,
Swallow, I would fly with thee.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Woodcutter's Evening Song

36. The Woodcutter's Evening Song.
Welcome, red and roundy sun,
Dropping lowly in the west,
Now my hard day's work is done,
I'm as happy as the best.
Though to leave your pretty song,
Little birds, it gives me pain,
Tet to-morrow is not long,
Then I'm with you all again.
If I stop and stand about,
Well I know how things will be;
They will all be looking out,
Watching anxiously for me.
Fare ye well and hold your tongues,
Sing no more till next I come;
They're not worthy of your songs
That never care to drop a crumb.
All day long I love the oaks;
But at night yon little cot,
Where I see the chimney smokes,
I know not a prettier spot. ​All my little folks are there,
Waiting me with pleasant looks:
Table ready set and chair.
Supper hanging on the hooks.
Soon as ever I get in,
Quick my faggot down I fling;
Little prattlers then begin,
Teasing me to talk and sing.
Welcome, red and roundy sun.
Dropping lowly in the west,
Now my hard day's work is done,
I'm as happy as the best.
# A History of Slavery and its Abolition/Section 14

SECT. XIV.—HISTORY OF THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
With inexpressible pleasure we turn to this more delightful page of the subject, and though we have yet many weary steps to travel before we ​reach the goal, they will, we trust, be pursued with interest and enlivened by expectation.
"The name of the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance; but the name of the wicked shall not." In accordance with these established axioms of sacred truth, as far as our little influence is concerned, we have suffered the names of the perpetrators of particular instances of cruelty and oppression to sink in silence and oblivion; but we will endeavour to collect at least the names of those who have distinguished themselves as the advocates of suffering humanity, and whose names ought to pass with honour down the stream of time. Wherever the record of their deeds shall reach, those who come after them shall praise God that ever they lived, that they were stirred up to sanction and uphold the righteous cause, and that at length success was granted to crown their persevering efforts. For the sake of clearness, these worthies will be divided into three classes. Those who expressed liberal sentiments, or in any way opposed the oppression of the negroes, before any systematic efforts were made in their behalf; those who avowedly aimed at the abolition of the slave-trade, with the measures they adopted, by which it was accomplished; and those who have been instrumental in effecting the abolition of slavery itself.
# A History of Wood-Engraving

* A HISTORY
* OF
* WOOD-ENGRAVING
* BY
* GEORGE E. WOODBERRY
* ILLUSTRATED
* NEW YORK
* HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
* 1883
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
All rights reserved.
PREFACE.
IN this book I have attempted to gather and arrange such facts as should be known to men of cultivation interested in the art of engraving in wood. I have, therefore, disregarded such matter as seems to belong rather to descriptive bibliography, and have treated wood-engraving, in its principal works, as a reflection of the life of men and an illustration of successive phases of civilization. Where there is much disputed ground, particularly in the early history of the art, the writers on whom I have relied are referred to, and those who adopt a different view are named; but where the facts seemed plain, and are easily verifiable, reference did not appear necessary.
In conclusion, I have the honor to acknowledge my obligations to the officers of the Boston Public Library, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Harvard College Library, for permission to reproduce several cuts in their possession; and to Mr. Lindsay Swift, of the Boston Public Library, for the list of authorities at the end of the volume. ​Especially it is my pleasant duty to thank Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard University, from whose curious and valuable collection more than half of these illustrations are derived, both for them and for suggestion, advice, and criticism, without which, indeed, the work could not have been written.
George Edward Woodberry
CONTENTS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1930, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 93 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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# A History of Slavery and its Abolition/Section 5

SECT. V. — THE SOURCES OF SLAVERY.
If liberty is the birthright of every human being, in what manner have persons become slaves? This is a very natural question. We should think liberty so dear a blessing, that every one would most strenuously maintain and defend it, and watch against every thing that might endanger it. Fellow feeling, we should think, would also prompt every man to defend this sacred right of his neighbour against encroachment; and that, if an attempt should be made to enslave one man, the whole neighbourhood would rise to defend or rescue him; and that thus slavery must be of very rare occurrence, and its extensive prevalence absolutely impossible. This, however, is very far from being the true state of the case.
Among the causes of slavery may be mentioned—
* Crime.—On account of their crimes, some persons have been condemned to labour in a state of slavery for a limited time, or for the remainder of life.
* Captives taken in war have been either detained and employed as slaves in public works, or sold to individuals, or appropriated by the captors for their own private use, as any other part of the booty taken in war. Persons thus becoming slaves, ​have often been redeemed from captivity by a ransom paid by their friends; or exchanged for other captives, restored to their own country, and set at liberty.
* Debtors have sometimes sold themselves to their creditors, either for a limited time, or for life.
* A vast proportion of slaves have been made so by the treachery of man. They have been enticed by stratagem, or seized by violence, and sold into captivity. Even parents have sold their children in this manner.
* Children born of parents in a state of slavery, being destitute of the means of claiming the native liberty of man, have inherited the slavery of their parents, and become the property of their possessor; and thus slavery, when once incurred, has been perpetuated from generation to generation.
# A History of Slavery and its Abolition/Section 13

SECT. XIII.—PARTIAL AMELIORATION OF SLAVERY
It is by no means desired, or desirable, to leave on the mind of the reader an impression that the lot of the slaves was equally wretched in all situations, and under all masters. There have been some honourable instances of persons coming involuntarily into the possession of slave plantations, who, perhaps, had not duly considered the real and unimproveable nature of the system, or who found it impracticable to fulfil their humane wishes, in altogether abolishing it even on their own estates, but who rendered it as tolerable as possible by their humane attention to the comfort of their slaves; not leaving them to the tender mercies of unprincipled and interested hirelings, but personally superintending their affairs, dwelling among their people, assigning moderate bounds to the labour required of them, affording them sufficient means of comfortable subsistence, encouraging by suitable rewards their diligence and fidelity, countenancing their endeavours to establish a little property, duly respecting the sacred ties of relationship, and taking pleasure in feeling themselves surrounded by contented happy families. This kind of conduct has ​usually been pursued by persons who, being themselves enlightened by liberal principles, and under the influence of piety, were desirous of promoting the instruction of those dependent on them. On such estates the schoolmaster and the christian missionary have been encouraged, the negro has been elevated in the scale of society, he has had something worth living and labouring for, and something that could exalt and compose his mind in the prospect of death. These instances have occurred, and they have reduced slavery, especially in the case of those born on the estate, to little more than a name, and it has generally proved, that slaves thus humanely treated, have not been unworthy of the kindness shown them. But these instances have been "like angel's visits, few and far between." To such slaves as have been expatriated, nothing could do away the bitter recollection of original injury; and even of those who never knew any other lot than that of slavery, the more their minds were enlightened by knowledge, the more keenly would they feel the degradation connected even with the name; nor could either class dismiss the apprehension, that, in case of the death of their humane masters, the property must pass into other hands, and that they had no security that themselves or their families might not be transferred to the possession of some careless master, and to the iron grasp of some relentless slave-driver.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lá
### Lá.
#### 喇$^1$

    Precipitate utterance.

#### 拉$^1$

    To drag; pull; draw near; break; destroy.

#### 獵$^{-4}$

    To hunt wild animals; to hunt; pursue earnestly.

#### 臘$^{-4}$

    The time when sacrifices are offered; to bind.

#### 蠟$^{-4}$

    Wax; resin.

#### 躐$^{-4}$

    To leap over; to overpass; overstep.

#### 邋$^{-4}$

    Walking in a slow, pacing manner.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lua
### Lua.
#### 籮$^{-1}$

    A bamboo utensils for carrying things across the shoulders.

#### 辣$^4$

    Acrid, pungent taste; very sour.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Luan
### Luan.
#### 孌$^{-1}$

    Yielding; complying; warm affection for; longing after.

#### 巒$^{-1}$

    The vertex or summit of a mountain.

#### 攣$^{-1}$

    To bind or tie; to attach; interminable concatenation.

#### 欒$^{-1}$

    Name of a tree with yellow wood, red branches and green leaves.

#### 鑾$^{-1}$

    Bells attached to the imperial carriage; the imperial carriage.

#### 鸞$^{-1}$

    A fabulous bird called divine.

#### 戀$^{-3}$

    Warm affection for; ardent attachment to; devoted to.

#### 亂$^{-3}$

    Confusion; rebellion; to confuse; make insurrection.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lui
### Lui.
#### 雷$^{-1}$

    Thunder; a great noise; to echo.

#### 擂$^{-1}$

    To rub or grind; to pound in a mortar.

#### 羸$^{-1}$

    Lean; thin; meagre; emaciated.

#### 鐳$^1$

    A kind of vase.

#### 累$^2$

    To heap upon; pile up; bind; involve.

#### 縲$^2$

    A black cord; to bind or fasten with a cord.

#### 儡$^2$

    To injure; destroy; to injure mutually.

#### 壘$^2$

    A military wall; rampart; piled up; hilly.

#### 䉪$^2$

    A hand-mill for grinding grain.

#### 纍$^2$

    To connect or bind together; concatenate; to implicate.

#### 罍$^2$

    A wine vessel with thunder clouds depicted on it.

#### 藟$^2$

    Name of a creeping plant.

#### 磊$^2$

    A great number of stones or rocks together.

#### 誄$^2$

    A eulogy on deceased persons; to eulogize.

#### 蕊$^2$

    The central part of a flower; pistils; suspicious.

#### 戾$^{-3}$

    To stop; bend; crooked; perverse; wicked; to extend to.

#### 淚$^{-3}$

    Tears; weeping; to flow rapidly.

#### 纍$^{-3}$

    To implicate; involve; injure.

#### 彙$^{-3}$

    A hedgehog; porcupine.

#### 類$^{3-}$

    A class; species; sort; kind.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lut
### Lut.
#### 聿$^{-4}$

    A pen or pencil to write with; to narrate; forthwith; then; but; accordingly.

#### 律$^{-4}$

    A law; constant rule; notes of music. ​

#### 𢯰$^{-4}$

    To remove the dregs; to separate the pure from the impure.

#### 繂$^{-4}$

    A large rope; a pulley; a tackle.

#### 膟$^{-4}$

    Flesh used in sacrifices.

#### 隼$^{-4}$

    Name of a bird of prey.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lu
### Lu.
#### 虜$^{-1}$

    To take alive; take captive as prisoners of war.

#### 擄$^{-1}$

    To take captive; seize; plunder.

#### 廬$^{-1}$

    A cottage; thatch or matt huts; a temporary lodge.

#### 𤬛$^{-1}$

    A species of gourd.

#### 蘆$^{-1}$

    Name of a medicinal plant.

#### 顱$^{-1}$

    The head; forehead; skull.

#### 艫$^{-1}$

    A certain kind of boat; the end of a boat.

#### 婁$^{-1}$

    An excessive number; many; stupid; simple.

#### 僂$^{-1}$

    Curved; distorted; to bend.

#### 摟$^{-1}$

    To draw; drag; pull; embrace.

#### 㺏$^{-1}$

    A sow; female swine.

#### 鏤$^{-1}$

    Hard iron or steel; to engrave; carve.

#### 髏$^{-1}$

    The bones of the head; the calvaria.

#### 鹵$^2$

    Salt; salt land; natural salt.

#### 𢟧$^2$

    A deceived, perturbed mind; a hurried manner.

#### 魯$^2$

    Blunt; stupid; confused; name of a state. ​

#### 櫓$^2$

    A large shield; the large oar or skill in the stern of Chinese boats.

#### 屢$^2$

    Many times; reiterated; often.

#### 縷$^2$

    Silk thread; thread.

#### 賂$^{-3}$

    To give; to bribe; presents; bribes.

#### 輅$^{-3}$

    A carriage; harness; large; great.

#### 鷺$^{-3}$

    Name of a white water-bird that flies in groups.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Luat
### Luat.
#### 劣$^{-4}$

    Infirm; weak; feeble; scarcely adequate.

#### 閱$^4$

    To inspect and take account of; to review; survey; examine.

#### 埓$^4$

    A low dike, wall or path in a field; to mark or draw limits; to class. ​

#### 捋$^4$

    To pluck; or take with the fingers; to rub or feel.
# A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Lun
### Lun.
#### 侖$^{-1}$

    To roll; think; arrange; spherical.

#### 倫$^{-1}$

    Constant; regular; species; kindred; right and proper.

#### 圇$^{-1}$

    Round; complete.

#### 崙$^{-1}$

    Name of mountains in central Asia.

#### 淪$^{-1}$

    Circular ripples on water; a whirlpool; to perish; hell.

#### 綸$^{-1}$

    To wind silk; to compare; classify and adjust; to sort.

#### 輪$^{-1}$

    A wheel; large; great; to revolve; north and south.

#### 論$^{-3}$

    To discourse about; discuss; reason; consult.

#### 嫩$^{3-}$

    Weak; small; fine; delicate; soft; young; good.