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... young friends have no doubt heard their parents join in the lament that has been made by some clever men on the general want of knowledge of " common things . " Grown men who could talk with Virgil or Homer in their own tongues , are ...
... young friends have no doubt heard their parents join in the lament that has been made by some clever men on the general want of knowledge of " common things . " Grown men who could talk with Virgil or Homer in their own tongues , are ...
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... young readers will have reason to remember with a kindly regard among the thousand common circumstances of life , the instruction imparted in these pages . PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION . THE favourable manner in which this little work has ...
... young readers will have reason to remember with a kindly regard among the thousand common circumstances of life , the instruction imparted in these pages . PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION . THE favourable manner in which this little work has ...
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... or nothing ; old newspapers or any waste pieces of paper will do to practice upon , and toys can be made in great variety for the amusement of your young friends in the long winter evenings . PAPER BOAT . No. 1 . CUT a piece of PAPER TOYS.
... or nothing ; old newspapers or any waste pieces of paper will do to practice upon , and toys can be made in great variety for the amusement of your young friends in the long winter evenings . PAPER BOAT . No. 1 . CUT a piece of PAPER TOYS.
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... subject , we refer our young friends to it for further information , should it be required . * Home Pastime ; or , The Child's Own Toy - maker , THE RACE . CUTTING out objects in cardboard may be 20 THE BOY'S OWN TOY - MAKER .
... subject , we refer our young friends to it for further information , should it be required . * Home Pastime ; or , The Child's Own Toy - maker , THE RACE . CUTTING out objects in cardboard may be 20 THE BOY'S OWN TOY - MAKER .
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... , until lately , might be seen as a river police station , moored in the Thames near Somerset House . Robinson Crusoe , our young readers may remember , also first sailed in a brig . CLIPPER SHIP . Tag - got - start bd HO BRIG . 87.
... , until lately , might be seen as a river police station , moored in the Thames near Somerset House . Robinson Crusoe , our young readers may remember , also first sailed in a brig . CLIPPER SHIP . Tag - got - start bd HO BRIG . 87.
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African Wanderers amusement attached Author bait ball BARBARA HUTTON bend birds block boat bottle bottom bowsprit boys brass centre Chromolithography cloth elegant coloured Illustrations corner cross-trees cylinder deck dotted lines Edition electrical Engravings fasten Fcap feather FIC.I fish fold four front G. A. HENTY gaff gilt edges glass GRIFFITH AND FARRAN half hand HARRISON WEIR hook horse inside kite larvæ length magnet main-mast mast methylated spirit Model Yachts paint Paper Boards pass piece of paper piece of wood portion PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH PUZZLE rigging ropes round rowlocks sails scissors shape shellac Shillings Shillings and Sixpence side silk slips small hole spritsail square stand stout string strips Take a piece Thomas Dunman THOMAS HOOD thread top-mast TOY-MAKER tube upper vessel W. H. G. KINGSTON wire yard young
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