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182 Old-time Schools and School-books
find "The Dog," "The Stag," and "The Squirrel ' described, a paragraph to each. Then there was a half-page disquisition about time. The read- |
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" A Virago is a Turbulent, Masculine Woman." From the illustrated edition of 1829. |
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ing otherwise consisted of short disconnected sentences containing as a rule wise advice, or statements of interesting facts. Nearly every page had |
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" An Orator makes Orations." From the illustrated edition, 1829. |
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some of these sentences, and they numbered over a* thousand in all. Below are selections from them, beginning with the shortest and simplest: —
an ox
is it so
I am to go in
He has got a new tub |
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