Old-time schools and school-books . he latter follow: — That it will infallibly Allure and Leadhim on into a Way of READING With all the Eafe and Expedi-tion that can bedefired. By Militant Eonfcffep LONDON, Printed for G. Conyers and J. Kjchardfon.,in Little Britain. 1712. Title-page of The Childs one-third. £)ueft. Whats that which is higher fitting than ftand- ing Anfw. It is a Dog. 48 Old-time Schools and School-books ^ueft. A long Tail, a Tongue and a MouthFull fifty feet above the Ground,Tis heard both Eaft, IVeft, North and South,A mile or two all round. Anfw. It is a
Old-time schools and school-books . he latter follow: — That it will infallibly Allure and Leadhim on into a Way of READING With all the Eafe and Expedi-tion that can bedefired. By Militant Eonfcffep LONDON, Printed for G. Conyers and J. Kjchardfon.,in Little Britain. 1712. Title-page of The Childs one-third. £)ueft. Whats that which is higher fitting than ftand- ing Anfw. It is a Dog. 48 Old-time Schools and School-books ^ueft. A long Tail, a Tongue and a MouthFull fifty feet above the Ground,Tis heard both Eaft, IVeft, North and South,A mile or two all round. Anfw. It is a Bell in a Steeple. ^ueft. I neverSpoke but once. Anfw. It is Ba-laams Afs. A Countrymanbeing preftfor a Soldier, wasengaged in a Fight,and at his returnwas aflcd, whatManly Acts he haddone, he anfwerdhe had cut off oneof the Enemyslegs. Oh ! faidthe other, you haddone much morelike a ftout Man,if vou had cut offhis Head : Oh !faid he, that wasoff before. Somewhat al-lied to the twobooks just de-scribed, in theirdistinctly reli-. A Tree of Knowledge Frontispiece,From The London Spelling-Book. 1710- Colonial Schools of the Eighteenth Century 49 gious character,was The Prot-estant Tutor, in-structing Youthand Others, inthe compleatmethod of Spel-ling, Reading,and Writing,True Englifh :Alfo difcoveringto them the No-torious Errors,Damnable Doc-trines, and cruelMaJJacres of thebloody Papifts,which Englandmay expectfrom a Pop-ifh Successor :Printed by andfor Tho. Norris,and fold at theLooking-glafson London-Bridge. Thetitle-page fromwhich this is taken is dated 1715, but there were earlier editions,and the book apparently enjoyed a considerable cir-culation. The lessons included the alphabet, a few
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