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... William Tell Firmness of Character George Washington PAGE 1 3 5 8 16 20 * General Lally 27 > Real Feelings 31 Economy 34 Ferocity of the Tiger 40 Long Life 42 Benjamin Franklin 45 > Sagacity of a Dog 49 An Irish Chieftain 54 A Lesson ...
... William Tell Firmness of Character George Washington PAGE 1 3 5 8 16 20 * General Lally 27 > Real Feelings 31 Economy 34 Ferocity of the Tiger 40 Long Life 42 Benjamin Franklin 45 > Sagacity of a Dog 49 An Irish Chieftain 54 A Lesson ...
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... WILLIAM TELL . THE Country called Switzerland is beau- tiful , and seems intended by nature to be , what it has been for many ages , a place for free men , and none but free men , 8 WILLIAM TELL .
... WILLIAM TELL . THE Country called Switzerland is beau- tiful , and seems intended by nature to be , what it has been for many ages , a place for free men , and none but free men , 8 WILLIAM TELL .
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... other coun- tries the poor suffer thirst from want of water , the country people there have plen- ty of the clearest and sweetest mountain streams ; because , the more hot the sun- beams are , the more they melt the snow on WILLIAM TELL .
... other coun- tries the poor suffer thirst from want of water , the country people there have plen- ty of the clearest and sweetest mountain streams ; because , the more hot the sun- beams are , the more they melt the snow on WILLIAM TELL .
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... joyment of all those blessings which na- ture had granted them , because they had not that , without which , men can never be happy ; for , let the sun shine ever so brightly , and the trees blossom and the flowers blow 10 WILLIAM TELL .
... joyment of all those blessings which na- ture had granted them , because they had not that , without which , men can never be happy ; for , let the sun shine ever so brightly , and the trees blossom and the flowers blow 10 WILLIAM TELL .
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... he had a long bow and a strong arm ; and that if only a hundred of those who heard him , would but join with him , he thought others in the different valleys and hills about them , would soon come and help them ; WILLIAM TELL . 11.
... he had a long bow and a strong arm ; and that if only a hundred of those who heard him , would but join with him , he thought others in the different valleys and hills about them , would soon come and help them ; WILLIAM TELL . 11.
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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.