Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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... seen much of the world . He sat in Parliament as a member for Kent . If we did not know from his history that Chau- cer had mixed with all sorts of people , and seen many kinds of life , we should be quite sure of it from his poems ...
... seen much of the world . He sat in Parliament as a member for Kent . If we did not know from his history that Chau- cer had mixed with all sorts of people , and seen many kinds of life , we should be quite sure of it from his poems ...
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... seen by the light of great torches , and every house was decked with colored lamps . Such was the London in which John Milton spent his boyhood . As a boy , it is quite possible he may have seen Shakespeare , for not far away from his ...
... seen by the light of great torches , and every house was decked with colored lamps . Such was the London in which John Milton spent his boyhood . As a boy , it is quite possible he may have seen Shakespeare , for not far away from his ...
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... seen ; they rested on the bosom of the lake . The Indians called the flower White Lily . This star lived in the skies of the south . Its brethren can be seen far off in the cold north . They hunt the Great Bear . " Children , " said the ...
... seen ; they rested on the bosom of the lake . The Indians called the flower White Lily . This star lived in the skies of the south . Its brethren can be seen far off in the cold north . They hunt the Great Bear . " Children , " said the ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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