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Page 138 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 17 - Every-Day Things ; or, Useful Knowledge respecting the Principal Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Substances in Common Use. Second Edition, revised. 18mo., cloth, Is. 6d. " A little encyclopaedia of useful knowledge, deserving a place in every juvenile library.
Page 42 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Page 30 - Mamma's Lessons. For her Little Boys and Girls. Thirteenth Edition, with eight Engravings. Price 2s. 6rf. cloth; 3s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges. The Mine; Or, Subterranean Wonders. An Account of the Operations of the Miner and the Products of his Labours; with a Description of the most important in all parts of the World.
Page 7 - twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence...
Page 32 - SHOES. 2. CINDERELLA. 3 COCK ROBIN. 4. COURTSHIP OF JENNY WREN. 5. DAME TROT AND HER CAT. 6. HISTORY OF AN APPLE PIE. 7. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
Page 29 - Little Lessons for Little Learners, in Words of One Syllable. By Mrs. BARWELL.
Page 22 - The Modern British Plutarch; Or, Lives of Men distinguished in the recent History of our Country for their Talents, Virtues and Achievements. By WC TAYLOR, LL.D. Author of "A Manual of Ancient and Modern History,
Page 28 - Engravings. 2s. 6d. plain; 3s. 6d. coloured. Bible Illustrations; Or, a Description of Manners and Customs peculiar to the East, and especially Explanatory of the Holy Scriptures. By the Rev. BH DRAPER. With Engravings. Fourth Edition. Revised bv Dr. KITTO, Editor of " The Pictorial Bible,
Page 25 - True Stories from Ancient History, , . . , . Chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death : of Charlemagne. Twelfth Edition.

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