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    The Royal Picture Alphabet
    The Royal Picture Alphabet
    The Royal Picture Alphabet
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    The Royal Picture Alphabet

    By John Leighton

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    The Royal Picture Alphabet
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    John Leighton

    John Leighton received a BA in philosophy from the University of Minnesota and a JD from William Mitchell College of Law. He practiced law in Minneapolis for more than thirty years before retiring. He and his wife, Susan, live on a lake in northwestern Wisconsin.

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      The Royal Picture Alphabet - John Leighton

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Royal Picture Alphabet, by Luke Limner

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Royal Picture Alphabet

      Author: Luke Limner

      Release Date: November 25, 2007 [EBook #23619]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROYAL PICTURE ALPHABET ***

      Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      THE

      ROYAL

      PICTURE ALPHABET.

      LONDON:

      WARD AND LOCK,

      158, FLEET STREET.

      POETICAL PREFACE

      TO THE

      ROYAL PICTURE ALPHABET.

      TO PRECEPTORS.

      With learning may laughter be found,

      ’Tis good to be merry and wise;

      To gaily get over the ground,

      As higher and higher we rise.

      Some children their letters may learn,

      While others will surely do more,

      As the subjects suggestively turn

      To matters not thought of before.

      Descriptions and pictures combined

      Are here made attractive and clear;

      So suited that children may find

      From error the truth to appear.

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