A treasury of Pleasure books for young and old [ed. by J. Cundall].1851 |
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... better scholars , you will be able to understand and enjoy these tales and pictures as much as you did the " House that Jack Built " or " Cock Robin . ” Last year's " Pleasure Books " were all English stories ; but this year I have ...
... better scholars , you will be able to understand and enjoy these tales and pictures as much as you did the " House that Jack Built " or " Cock Robin . ” Last year's " Pleasure Books " were all English stories ; but this year I have ...
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... better , had not his uncle been persuaded by the monks of Fountain Abbey to leave all his property to the Church ; and thus poor Robin , being sent adrift into the world , took refuge in Sherwood Forest , where he met with several other ...
... better , had not his uncle been persuaded by the monks of Fountain Abbey to leave all his property to the Church ; and thus poor Robin , being sent adrift into the world , took refuge in Sherwood Forest , where he met with several other ...
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... better try and learn something more about him , or else he would ruin their business . So when the market was over , one of them invited Robin Hood to dine with their company . The Sheriff of Not- tingham presided at the head of the ...
... better try and learn something more about him , or else he would ruin their business . So when the market was over , one of them invited Robin Hood to dine with their company . The Sheriff of Not- tingham presided at the head of the ...
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... better than any man in Christendom . So , being anxious to see how far this was true , Robin set off one morning for Fountain Dale , where he found the friar rambling on the bank of the river Skell . The friar was a burly man at least ...
... better than any man in Christendom . So , being anxious to see how far this was true , Robin set off one morning for Fountain Dale , where he found the friar rambling on the bank of the river Skell . The friar was a burly man at least ...
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... better man of the two . " Little John accepted the challenge . The shafts flew off ; and when the dead bird was picked up , it was found that the friar's arrow had pinioned the hawk's wings to his sides , and that Little John had ...
... better man of the two . " Little John accepted the challenge . The shafts flew off ; and when the dead bird was picked up , it was found that the friar's arrow had pinioned the hawk's wings to his sides , and that Little John had ...
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abbot Allen-a-Dale animal answered archers asked bargain beard beautiful bird BOOKS FOR YOUNG brother butcher castle CHARMED FAWN companion cried delighted dinner door drake DRAWINGS BY EDWARD Earl of Huntingdon EDWARD WEHNERT Emperor Barbarossa exclaimed flew flock follow Fountain Abbey Friar Tuck gave goats golden goose hand HARRISON WEIR head hearing horse hunt huntsmen ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX inquired John Little king knife-grinder Kyffhauser Little John lived Lord LUCK majesty Marquis of Carabas marsh master milk monk morning mother never night ogre once outlaw passed through Sherwood peasant Peter Klaus PETER THE GOATHERD piep PLEASURE BOOKS poor duckling PUSS IN BOOTS Quack queen quoth reached replied saying Sheriff Sherwood Forest shew Sir Rychard Sittendorf SIX DRAWINGS sooner stones swans swim thing tired took UGLY LITTLE DUCK vanish at dawn wild geese YOUNG AND OLD