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The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4 (1912)

University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 156

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ed was thatin which Henry VIII. of England and the Em-peror Charles V. were matched against the Princeof Orange and the Marquis of Brandenburg,while the Earl of Devonshire stopped (that is,picked up balls and kept count) for one side andLord Edmund Howard did a like service for theother side. The… … YOUNG PRINCE JAMES OF YORK AS A TENNIS PLAYER.(from AN OLD PICTURE.) At last, the kings gave up the vain attempt tokeep so capital a game to themselves, and gra-ciously vouchsafed it to their loyal subjects, sim-l)ly because they could no longer prevent theirplaying. Of course, there still remained…

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