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Aladdin Aladdin's mother appeared asked ball bean-stalk Beast beautiful music beautiful Princess beautiful stranger began begged cakes castle child Cinderella Cormoran Cornwall cried cruel daughter dear door dress eyes fairy fancy Farmer father friends garden gave genie giant giant dragging Giant-Killer giant's head gold Grand Vizier grandmother hand handsome happy harp hasty pudding heard heart hungry Jack Jack's kind King Arthur lamp letters little girl Little Goody Two-shoes little Margery Little Red Riding lived looked loved magician marriage marry Meanwell merchant Miss Margery Miss Two-shoes morning mouth never night nosegay old lady once palace present pretty Prince Princess Badroulboudour promised Red Riding Hood replied returned round sisters slaves slipper soon stood Sultan supper surprised tell thing thought told Tommy took village Vizier walk wanted wicked wife window wolf woman wonderful woodmen
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Page 332 - ... [(a - b + c) - (d + e + f)] + [g - (h - ¡)] = (- a + b) + (-c + d...
Page 352 - We are desired to give notice, that there is in the press, and speedily will be published, either by subscription or otherwise, as the public shall please to determine, the History of Little Goody Two Shoes, otherwise Mrs. Margery Two Shoes...
Page 343 - Some Time after this a poor Lamb had lost its Dam, and the Farmer being about to kill it, she bought it of him, and brought it home with her to play with the Children, and teach them when to go to Bed; for it was a Rule with the wise Men of that Age (and a very good one, let me tell you) to Rise with the Lark, and lie down with the Lamb.
Page 326 - It would both have excited your Pity, and have done your Heart good, to have seen how fond these two little ones were of each other, and how, Hand in Hand, they trotted about.
Page 330 - ... of several words. The usual manner of spelling, or carrying on the game, as they called it, was this : suppose the word to be spelt was plum pudding (and who can suppose a better) the children were placed in a circle, and the first brought the letter p...
Page 345 - Soon after the man was gone the pigeon was lost, and the concern the children were under for Mr. Jones and little Sally was in some measure diverted, and part of their attention turned after Tom, who was a great favourite, and consequently much bewailed. Mrs. Margery, who knew the great use and necessity of teaching children to submit...
Page 352 - THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY Two SHOES, otherwise called, Mrs Margery Two Shoes, with the means by which she acquired her Learning and Wisdom, and in consequence thereof her Estate ; set forth at large for the Benefit of those Who from a state of Rags and Care, And having Shoes but half a pair ; Their fortune and their Fame would fix, And gallop in a Coach and Six.
Page 333 - He put up the letter B, to which the next added r, and the next e, the next a, the next d, and it stood thus, Bread. " And what had you, Polly Comb, for your dinner ? "
Page 330 - ... puss in the corner, little Two-shoes sat, like a busy little puss, in a corner, with a book, reading. By this means she soon got more learning than her playmates; and as she wished that others should benefit by her knowledge, she laid the following plan for teaching those who were more ignorant than herself. She found that only twenty-six letters were required to spell all the words she could think of; but as some of these letters were large, and some small, she cut out with her knife, from thin...
Page 252 - Fee, faw, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman : Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.