The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 112
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER. JACK THE GIANT-KILLER. … N the reign of King Ar-thur, and in the countyof Cornwall, near to theLands End of England,there lived a wealthy-fanner, who had an onlyson, named Jack. Hewas brisk, and of a readywit, so that whatever hecould not perform by force and strength he ac-complished by ingenious wit and policy. Neverwas…
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