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Page 152
... Master of the pen we ever had among us , of which he has left a beautiful Demonstration . " This " beautiful demonstration " of his penman- ship was a most intricate piece of what was known as fine knotting , or knotwork . It was said ...
... Master of the pen we ever had among us , of which he has left a beautiful Demonstration . " This " beautiful demonstration " of his penman- ship was a most intricate piece of what was known as fine knotting , or knotwork . It was said ...
Page 152
... Master Proctor , and when late in life he saw a scholar wipe his pen on a bit of cloth , he approached the desk , lifted the rag and said , " What's this ? Master Proctor had no such thing . " Tileston him- self always wiped his pens ...
... Master Proctor , and when late in life he saw a scholar wipe his pen on a bit of cloth , he approached the desk , lifted the rag and said , " What's this ? Master Proctor had no such thing . " Tileston him- self always wiped his pens ...
Page 204
Alice Morse Earle. the cruel master was fined or punished for a brutal over - exercise of his right of punishment ... masters , and governours , to the disturbance of families and discouragement of such parents and governours . " In ...
Alice Morse Earle. the cruel master was fined or punished for a brutal over - exercise of his right of punishment ... masters , and governours , to the disturbance of families and discouragement of such parents and governours . " In ...
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