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... , that they may be as happy as my niece Anne , for whom this little book is intended as a birth- day present , by her affectionate AUNT JANE . Longfield , June 1822 . CONTENTS . THE FIRST PART . CHAPTER I. History of vi PREFACE .
... , that they may be as happy as my niece Anne , for whom this little book is intended as a birth- day present , by her affectionate AUNT JANE . Longfield , June 1822 . CONTENTS . THE FIRST PART . CHAPTER I. History of vi PREFACE .
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... Anne , that the unhappy Jews were always quarrelling among themselves , and were obliged to call in the Romans to their assistance against each other ; and that the Romans found it no difficult task to conquer a country which was ...
... Anne , that the unhappy Jews were always quarrelling among themselves , and were obliged to call in the Romans to their assistance against each other ; and that the Romans found it no difficult task to conquer a country which was ...
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... Anne . 66 Josephus was greatly struck with all he saw ; and you will find , when you begin to read , that this visit of his to Rome was of the greatest importance to him all his life through . When he returned to Judea , he found the ...
... Anne . 66 Josephus was greatly struck with all he saw ; and you will find , when you begin to read , that this visit of his to Rome was of the greatest importance to him all his life through . When he returned to Judea , he found the ...
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... Anne ; " did he leave these ungrateful men , then , Aunt ? ” " No , my dear , he knew his duty better ; he stayed and fought with them , and for them , and assisted them by his advice and by his own cou- rage , till he was taken ...
... Anne ; " did he leave these ungrateful men , then , Aunt ? ” " No , my dear , he knew his duty better ; he stayed and fought with them , and for them , and assisted them by his advice and by his own cou- rage , till he was taken ...
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... Anne , “ I am sure I remember Herod ; he was the cruel king of the Jews , who ordered all the little children in Judea to be put to death , when Joseph and Mary fled into Egypt , you know , to escape with their Son . " " It was the very ...
... Anne , “ I am sure I remember Herod ; he was the cruel king of the Jews , who ordered all the little children in Judea to be put to death , when Joseph and Mary fled into Egypt , you know , to escape with their Son . " " It was the very ...
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