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I _must needs go_.
Indeed, _but I'm proud_.
Ours is _but humble fare_.
He _pulled the latch_.
So I _meddle with none_.
To see _the great sights_.
Notes.--Queen Anne ruled over England from 1702 to 1714. Royal
Highness is a title belonging to all persons in a royal family.

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LESSON XXXIV.

de sired', _asked; expressed a wish_.
as sem'bled, _come together_.
in tro duce', _make known_.
sum'moned, _called_.
knight, _a man of noble position_.
grat'i tude, _thankfulness_.
el'e gant, _beautiful; handsome_.
pos sess'ing, _having; holding_.
dis play', _a grand show_.
e vent', _anything that takes place_.

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TRUE COURTESY.
PART II.

It was some weeks later that John Duddlestone found his stock of
whalebone was growing low.
"Wife," said he, "the whalebone's nearly gone, and I must have some more
at once."
"Surely, John, I know well it's nearly gone!" she answered. "Haven't I
watched every bit as you've used it? and haven't I pretty near cried to
see it go so slowly?"
"Pooh! you foolish woman!" he cried.


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