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An alphabet of history (1905)

Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick), 1871-1927, Young, Ellsworth, [from old catalog] illus · San Francisco, P. Elder and company · leaf 18

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entences that would not parse. To managers you neer were made To grovel.And, Ben, you never called a spade A shovel —Where you wrote sentences risqueWe now have costumes very gay. O rare Ben Jonson, when you asked That ladyTo drink, her name you never masked As Sadie,Nor did you call her Creole… … IDD Oh, William Kidd was a pirate bold, Yo ho, my lads, yo ho!He sailed the seas in search of gold, Yo ho, my lads, yo ho!He sailed on both sides of the line.The skull and bones he made his sign;Where he found wealth, he said: Thats mine!Three centuries ago. Oh, William Kidd was a pirate bad. Three…

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