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A Week of Instruction and Amusement
A Week of Instruction and Amusement

Chapter I

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MRS.
HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Week of Instruction and Amusement

Chapter I

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MRS.
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HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
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INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
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H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
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SHORT adjective US /ʃɔrt/

brief or direct in expression

From this reading “INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.”

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ADVERTISEMENT

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From this reading ADVERTISEMENT.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

BIRTHDAY

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From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.

Blackfriars

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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

Bridge-Street

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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

Bryer

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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

c

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

DAUGHTER

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From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.

GEOGRAPHY

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

H

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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

HARLEY'S

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From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.

HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.

HISTORY

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

INTERSPERSED

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

London

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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

MRS

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From this reading MRS.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

OUTLINES

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

PRESENT

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From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.

Printer

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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

PROPHANE

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

SACRED

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

SHORTadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/

brief or direct in expression

From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

STORIES

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From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.

WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.