Story Hour Readings, Book 7American Book, 1921 |
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Page 7
... Bear The Story of Iron . The Wonderful Artisan Charlemagne and Roland Keeping the Bridge Orison Swett Marden James Baldwin 13 18 George Webbe Dasent 25 31 James Baldwin 39 Hélène A. Guerber 46 50 PIONEER DAYS The Story of Molly Pitcher ...
... Bear The Story of Iron . The Wonderful Artisan Charlemagne and Roland Keeping the Bridge Orison Swett Marden James Baldwin 13 18 George Webbe Dasent 25 31 James Baldwin 39 Hélène A. Guerber 46 50 PIONEER DAYS The Story of Molly Pitcher ...
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... bears me over the sea , and 15 the mantle in which I can walk unseen , and my good sword , and my keen lance , and my shield , and my gleaming dagger , and Guinevere my wife . Ask what thou wilt . " 20 25 " My request is , that thou ...
... bears me over the sea , and 15 the mantle in which I can walk unseen , and my good sword , and my keen lance , and my shield , and my gleaming dagger , and Guinevere my wife . Ask what thou wilt . " 20 25 " My request is , that thou ...
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... for stories and songs . Tennyson's Idylls of the King , for example , is a group of narrative poems describing the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table . THE GIFT OF THE WHITE BEAR BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT.
... for stories and songs . Tennyson's Idylls of the King , for example , is a group of narrative poems describing the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table . THE GIFT OF THE WHITE BEAR BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT.
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... bear that was well tamed and trained and it was the greatest treasure of a bear that had ever been thought of . The next summer 10 Thorir sailed back to Norway , and Audun went with him , taking the bear . Now Audun had made up his mind ...
... bear that was well tamed and trained and it was the greatest treasure of a bear that had ever been thought of . The next summer 10 Thorir sailed back to Norway , and Audun went with him , taking the bear . Now Audun had made up his mind ...
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... bear were starving , and it 25 was a long way to the place where the king was staying . In his distress , Audun went to a rich man named Auki and begged for food for himself and his bear . " What are you going to do with the beast ...
... bear were starving , and it 25 was a long way to the place where the king was staying . In his distress , Audun went to a rich man named Auki and begged for food for himself and his bear . " What are you going to do with the beast ...
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