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Title: A Week of Instruction and Amusement,
or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter :
interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and
prophane history, geography &c.

Author: Mrs. Harley

Release Date: May 31, 2008 [EBook #25659]

Language: English

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A

WEEK

OF

INSTRUCTION

AND

AMUSEMENT;

OR,

MRS. HARLEY'S
_BIRTHDAY PRESENT_
TO
HER DAUGHTER.

INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES
--OUTLINES OF SACRED AND
PROPHANE HISTORY--
GEOGRAPHY, &c.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS,
CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

1812.

H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The following pages were written with the design of communicating, in a
manner agreeable to children, some knowledge of those subjects which
they so often find tedious and uninteresting.--Should the stories
related inspire a love of virtue, and the lessons awaken a desire for
the further acquisition of useful knowledge, the attempt,
notwithstanding its defect, cannot, it is hoped, be deemed wholly
useless.

A WEEK OF INSTRUCTION, _&c._

_CHAPTER I._

THURSDAY.

At a pleasant village a few miles from London, resided a widow-lady of
the name of Harley; she had but one child, and to forming her manners
and instructing her mind she devoted her whole time. Anne (for so was
this little girl named) was an amiable child; she rewarded her mother's
care and affection, by paying great attentio