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Hanshew 1917
Hanshew, Hazel Phillips,
My Book of Best Stories from History
(London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1917)
Frontispiece
With trembling fingers he signed his name upon the Great Charter
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1917
Facing page 16
The two little Princes stood together, looking out through their window
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1917
Facing page 48
Poor Alfred sat dumb, while she stormed on furiously
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1917
Facing page 64
“So soon as my standard touches that wall you shall enter the fort,” she said
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1917
Facing page 96
Sir Francis Drake stood hesitant for a moment, with the big brown ball, with which he was to play, balanced in his broad palm
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1917
Facing page 112
“Ah! gentle sire! I implore you to have mercy on these six brave men!”
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1917
Facing page 144
They glanced fearfully in the direction of the sound
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1917
Facing page 176
The guards opened the great doors for them, and they passed out
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1917
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Facing page 208
In dead silence they waited, while little Handel went on playing, utterly unaware of their presence
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1917
Facing page 240
The women sobbed with joy, and the little children clung, crying, to the soldiers’ necks
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1917
Facing page 272
It was snowing heavily when Helen and her assistant set forth upon their venturesome journey
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1917
Facing page 304
The King followed, holding the hand of the little Dauphin
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1917