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... deal about them , their amusements , and their lessons . This little HISTORY was written for a real little ARTHUR , and I have endeavoured to write it nearly as I would tell it to an intelligent child . I well remem- ber what I wanted ...
... deal about them , their amusements , and their lessons . This little HISTORY was written for a real little ARTHUR , and I have endeavoured to write it nearly as I would tell it to an intelligent child . I well remem- ber what I wanted ...
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... deal of time in hunting for them in the woods , and often went without their dinners when they could not get near enough to a beast or bird to shoot it with their bows and arrows . Now you have read enough about the houses , and ...
... deal of time in hunting for them in the woods , and often went without their dinners when they could not get near enough to a beast or bird to shoot it with their bows and arrows . Now you have read enough about the houses , and ...
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... deal of time to do ; indeed , they took a great many years , and in that time there were many different Roman governors . And when you are a little older , and know more about England , you will read some- thing about them in the large ...
... deal of time to do ; indeed , they took a great many years , and in that time there were many different Roman governors . And when you are a little older , and know more about England , you will read some- thing about them in the large ...
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... deal of fighting , they did . But although a great many of the bravest Britons were taken to Rome , some of the others joined together , to try and defend their country . One of the first of them was King Arthur , who was one of the ...
... deal of fighting , they did . But although a great many of the bravest Britons were taken to Rome , some of the others joined together , to try and defend their country . One of the first of them was King Arthur , who was one of the ...
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... gave them leave , and gave them a church in the town of Canterbury , and learned a great deal from them him-. King Ethelbert declares himself a Christian . King Alfred building his Navy . 16 CHAP . VII . AUGUSTINE AND ETHELBERT .
... gave them leave , and gave them a church in the town of Canterbury , and learned a great deal from them him-. King Ethelbert declares himself a Christian . King Alfred building his Navy . 16 CHAP . VII . AUGUSTINE AND ETHELBERT .
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