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THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
There was once a king whose name was Di-o-nys'i-us. He was so unjust and cruel that he won for himself the name of tyrant. He knew that almost everybody hated him, and so he was always in dread lest some one should take his life. But he was ver...
THE UNGRATEFUL GUEST
Among the soldiers of King Philip there was a poor man who had done some brave deeds. He had pleased the king in more ways than one, and so the king put a good deal of trust in him. One day this soldier was on board of a ship at sea when a great...
THE UNGRATEFUL SOLDIER
Here is another story of the bat-tle-field, and it is much like the one which I have just told you. Not quite a hundred years after the time of Sir Philip Sidney there was a war between the Swedes and the Danes. One day a great battle was fough...
THE WHITE SHIP
King Henry, the Handsome Scholar, had one son, named William, whom he dearly loved. The young man was noble and brave, and every-body hoped that he would some day be the King of England. One summer Prince William went with his father across the ...
THREE MEN OF GOTHAM
There is a town in England called Go-tham, and many merry stories are told of the queer people who used to live there. One day two men of Go-tham met on a bridge. Hodge was coming from the market, and Peter was going to the market. "Where are...
WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
The City There was once a little boy whose name was Richard Whit'ting-ton; but everybody called him Dick. His father and mother had died when he was only a babe, and the people who had the care of him were very poor. Dick was not old enough to ...
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