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Page 58
... taken types of people of their own times and represented them as queer mon- sters engaged in very absurd undertakings . These writings are called satires , and they are intended to hold up to ridicule the man- ners and customs of the ...
... taken types of people of their own times and represented them as queer mon- sters engaged in very absurd undertakings . These writings are called satires , and they are intended to hold up to ridicule the man- ners and customs of the ...
Page 154
... taken round to the shore , a salute being fired from the guns as the bay was entered . Meanwhile , the mother and little Franz had not been idle . " We don't frighten people by firing salutes in honor of our performances , ' said the ...
... taken round to the shore , a salute being fired from the guns as the bay was entered . Meanwhile , the mother and little Franz had not been idle . " We don't frighten people by firing salutes in honor of our performances , ' said the ...
Page 166
... taken from the Scriptures . Passion - plays treated of the life of Christ , and a play of that sort is still given at Oberammergau , Germany , every ten years . These were the only va- rieties of drama that were produced during the ...
... taken from the Scriptures . Passion - plays treated of the life of Christ , and a play of that sort is still given at Oberammergau , Germany , every ten years . These were the only va- rieties of drama that were produced during 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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