The Pilgrims Progess

The Pilgrim's Progess

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Pilgrim's Progess in Words of
One
Syllable, by Mary Godolphin #3 in our series by Mary Godolphin
Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the
copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing
this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook.
This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project
Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the
header without written permission.
Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the
eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is
important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how
the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a
donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved.
**Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts**
**eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since
1971**
*****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of
Volunteers!*****
Title: The Pilgrim's Progess in Words of One Syllable
Author: Mary Godolphin
Release Date: December, 2004 [EBook #7088] [Yes, we are more than
one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on March 8,
2003]

Edition: 10
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PILGRIMS
PROGRESS/ONE SYLLABLE ***

This eBook was produced by Bruce W. Miller

The Pilgrim's Progress In Words of One Syllable by Mary Godolphin
Author's Preface
In offering to the public another volume on my plan of reducing
popular tales into words of One Syllable exclusively, I wish it to be
clearly understood that it is intended for Adult Beginners, no less than
for Children. There is a large class of persons who do not begin to
acquire the art of reading till somewhat late in life, and it is for such
that I think a book of this Character is peculiarly applicable.
It may be objected that my system involves the use of words which,
though short, are difficult to understand and might be made more
intelligible in polysyllabic language. But I have endeavored as far as
possible to avoid hard and technical expressions, and I cannot but think
that the mere fact of the brevity of the words must be a great attraction
to beginners of all ages. By this method the labor of dividing and
accentuating words is avoided: a difficulty which pupils who have only
attained to the knowledge of monosyllables cannot conquer by
independent effort.
I take this opportunity of acknowledging the great favor with which my
previous books of the same character have been received, and I am glad
to hear that they have been found useful as Prizes in Schools.
I have thought it necessary to retain all the names of Persons and Places
in their original form, but this is the only exception to my general rule.

Pilgrim's Progress
As I went through the wild waste of this world, I came to a place where

there was a den, and I lay down in it to sleep. While I slept I had a
dream, and lo! I saw a man whose clothes were in rags and he stood
with his face from his own house, with a book in his hand, and a great
load on his back. I saw him read from the leaves of a book, and as he
read, he wept and shook with fear; and at length he broke out with a
loud cry, and said, What shall I do to save my soul?
So in this plight he went home, and as long as he could he held his
peace, that his wife and babes should not see his grief. But at length he
told them his mind, and thus he spoke, O my dear wife, and you my
babes, I, your dear friend, am full of woe, for a load lies hard on me;
and more than this, I have been told that our town will be burnt with
fire, in which I, you my wife, and you my sweet babes, shall be lost, if
means be not found to save us.
This sad tale struck all who heard him with awe, not that they thought
what he said to them was true, but that they had fears that some weight
must be on his mind; so, as night now drew near, they were in hopes
that sleep might soothe his brain, and with all haste they got him to bed.
When the morn broke, they sought to know how he did? He told them,
Worse and worse; and he set to talk once more in the same strain as he
had done; but they took no heed of it. By and by, to