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... father , or husband ? I am indeed persuaded that the well - grounded love of our own country is the best security for that en- lightened philanthropy which is aimed at as the per- fection of moral education . This is the feeling that ...
... father , or husband ? I am indeed persuaded that the well - grounded love of our own country is the best security for that en- lightened philanthropy which is aimed at as the per- fection of moral education . This is the feeling that ...
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... father ; why Henry the Second was called Plantagenet CHAPTER XX . RICHARD I. - 1189 to 1199 . 58 How Richard the First went to fight in foreign countries , and the evil things that happened in his absence ; how the Jews were ill ...
... father ; why Henry the Second was called Plantagenet CHAPTER XX . RICHARD I. - 1189 to 1199 . 58 How Richard the First went to fight in foreign countries , and the evil things that happened in his absence ; how the Jews were ill ...
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... father King of Eng- land ; how he was beaten , and after many dangers escaped to Italy . . 226 CHAPTER LVII . GEORGE III . - 1760 to 1820 . How George the Third , after making a general peace , went to war with the Americans ; how ...
... father King of Eng- land ; how he was beaten , and after many dangers escaped to Italy . . 226 CHAPTER LVII . GEORGE III . - 1760 to 1820 . How George the Third , after making a general peace , went to war with the Americans ; how ...
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... fathers and mothers were to see them so improved . You see , therefore , that when God allowed the Romans to conquer the Britons , he made them the means of teaching them a great many useful things ; above all , how to read . In a short ...
... fathers and mothers were to see them so improved . You see , therefore , that when God allowed the Romans to conquer the Britons , he made them the means of teaching them a great many useful things ; above all , how to read . In a short ...
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... fathers had , but the others would not give it them ; at last , after many years of disputing , it was settled that there should be only one king of all England ; and from that time the whole country has been called England , and there ...
... fathers had , but the others would not give it them ; at last , after many years of disputing , it was settled that there should be only one king of all England ; and from that time the whole country has been called England , and there ...
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