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Little _Margery_ saw how good, and how wise Mr. _Smith_ was,
and concluded, that this was owing to his great Learning, therefore
she wanted of all Things to learn to read. For this Purpose she used
to meet the little Boys and Girls as they came from School, borrow
their Books, and sit down and read till they returned;
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By this Means she soon got more Learning than any of her Playmates,
and laid the following Scheme for instructing those who were more
ignorant than herself. She found, that only the following Letters were
required to spell all the Words in the World; but as some of these
Letters are large and some small, she with her Knife cut out of
several Pieces of Wood ten Setts of each of these:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
p q r (s) s t u v w x y z.
[Post-processor's note: (s) is an old-English style non-terminating
letter "s".]
And six Setts of these:
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
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