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... a Dog 49 An Irish Chieftain 54 A Lesson for a Prince x Sir Thomas Moore and Sir Walter Ralegh x William Shakspeare x Admiral Byng 57 59 63 69 Presence of Mind 74 · Bertholde 78 · PAGE X The generous Dog X The Ape the best.
... a Dog 49 An Irish Chieftain 54 A Lesson for a Prince x Sir Thomas Moore and Sir Walter Ralegh x William Shakspeare x Admiral Byng 57 59 63 69 Presence of Mind 74 · Bertholde 78 · PAGE X The generous Dog X The Ape the best.
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... for his country . But the English completely won the victory , and took possession of all the land round about , which they have kept ever since . BERTHOLDE . THERE was , in former times , a H 3 PRESENCE OF MIND . 77.
... for his country . But the English completely won the victory , and took possession of all the land round about , which they have kept ever since . BERTHOLDE . THERE was , in former times , a H 3 PRESENCE OF MIND . 77.
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... Bertholde , in whose company the King enjoyed the greatest pleasure , and was accustomed even to ask advice of him in any difficult matter . This provoked the discontented courtiers , espe- cially because Bertholde always walked about ...
... Bertholde , in whose company the King enjoyed the greatest pleasure , and was accustomed even to ask advice of him in any difficult matter . This provoked the discontented courtiers , espe- cially because Bertholde always walked about ...
Page 79
... Bertholde had com- mitted a great crime , and that he ought to have him put to death . The King doubted that he was ... Bertholde's sentence to die arrived , he was led forth bound with cords , and surrounded by a BERTHOLDE . 79.
... Bertholde had com- mitted a great crime , and that he ought to have him put to death . The King doubted that he was ... Bertholde's sentence to die arrived , he was led forth bound with cords , and surrounded by a BERTHOLDE . 79.
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... Bertholde , who being permitted to ap- proach his Majesty , kissed his hand , and said he had a petition to make . " Make it , " replied the King , with tears in his eyes , " and be it what it may , I will grant it , - unless you wish ...
... Bertholde , who being permitted to ap- proach his Majesty , kissed his hand , and said he had a petition to make . " Make it , " replied the King , with tears in his eyes , " and be it what it may , I will grant it , - unless you wish ...
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Page 4 - The BEAUTIES of HISTORY ; or. Pictures of Virtue and Vice, drawn from examples of Men eminent for their Virtues, or infamous for their Vices. Selected for the instruction and entertainment of Youth.
Page 4 - The first of these little Treatises is intended to be the young pupil's manual; and the greater part of it is to be committed to memory : the Second is designed to remain some time in the possession of the teacher for her own occasional use ; the whole, to assist ladies in teaching the rudiments of Grammar, not only to the female part of their family, but their little sons, before they go to school.
Page 1 - Butler's Outline Maps, and Key, or GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES ; with a Set of Coloured Outline Maps, designed for the use of Young Persons. By the late WILLIAM BUTLER. Enlarged by the Author's Son, J.
Page 1 - ... introducing in the Key a large fund of bioirraphical, historical, and general information. Such were the Author's views; and the extensive favour with which his effort has been received, demonstrates that his labour was not In vain. The very low price of the work puts it within the reach of every one who has the least desire of improving himself, or his dependents, in the knowledge of the most useful, because the most frequently in demand, of all sciences.