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An alphabet of history (1905)

Nesbit, Wilbur Dick, 1871-1927, Young, Ellsworth, Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947. asn CU-BANC, Paul Elder and Company. (1905) bkp CU-BANC, Tomoyé Press. (1905) bkp CU-BANC · San Francisco : Paul Elder and Company Publishers · leaf 30

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ashing fancy dart Ofttimes in measures rather raw —Villon gave these ballades their start. His purse was ever bare of dimes; He often felt the grip of law;Yet he, the jolliest of mimes, Who slept most nights upon the straw And wakened to the raucous cawOf ravens, never shirked his part; He never… … ATT When Watt was but a little boy —His papas pride, his mamas joy —He sat beside the kitchen fireThe bubbling teapot to admire; And as he watched the hissing steam He straightway then began to dream Of what the vapor hot could do If how to use it he but knew. Eventually he devised A neat invention…

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