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CONTAINING A COLLECTION OF THE BEST SHORT AND EASY
POEMS FOR READING AND RECITATION IN
SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
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AUTHOR OF "PRONOUNCING HANDBOOK," "COLUMBIAN SPEAKER," ETC.
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Transcriber's Note:
"Synonymes" is the correct spelling in the title of the book, "A Book of English Synonymes."
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
Page 83, "acknowledgement" changed to "acknowledgment" (or making
acknowledgment)
