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The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq
The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq
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The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq

Date1778
Names
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Format
Medium
Dimensions18 x 11 cm
Extent
  • 18 x 11 cm
Language
ProvenancePurchased with interest from the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Trust Fund
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131137008256D
Dewey NumberBI HAN
The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea- shore" : founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science)
The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea- shore" : founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science)
1864
The history of Isaac Jenkins : to which are added, A friendly gift to servants and apprentices, and The brazier, or, mutual gratitude, &c., &c
The history of Isaac Jenkins : to which are added, A friendly gift to servants and apprentices, and The brazier, or, mutual gratitude, &c., &c
1831
Book cover: green marbled
Juvenile philosophy : containing amusing and instructive discourses on Hogarth's prints of the industrious and idle apprentices : analogy between plants and animals &c. &c. ; designed to enlarge the understandings of youth, and to impress them at an early period with just and liberal conceptions
1801
Green cloth book cover embossed with silhouette of adult reading book to two children
Peter Parley's tales about boys : at home and abroad : The lost sea boys, Humility, The snake charmer, The young reformers, Self conduct, Sincerity, &c. &c.
approximately 1850
A grammar of the English language in a series of letters : intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general, but more especially for the use of soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys
A grammar of the English language in a series of letters : intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general, but more especially for the use of soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys
1819
The bold lads of Canada
The bold lads of Canada
1814
James Arnold, 24, of Mimico, one of the singing Four Lads, and Helen Caron, 20, of Toronto, were married Saturday in Ottawa. They met four years ago
James Arnold, 24, of Mimico, one of the singing Four Lads, and Helen Caron, 20, of Toronto, were married Saturday in Ottawa. They met four years ago
10/9/1956
The Four Lads show their style in an up-tempo number last ight at Beverly Hills Hotel
The Four Lads show their style in an up-tempo number last ight at Beverly Hills Hotel
12/26/1967
Somebody will get a letter home from one of these lads in what the censor calls a regiment
Somebody will get a letter home from one of these lads in what the censor calls a regiment
4/18/1941
Rough coast of Newfoundland will become even more inhospitable to any would-be-invader once these lads get ashore
Rough coast of Newfoundland will become even more inhospitable to any would-be-invader once these lads get ashore
9/17/1940
The exact size of the Canadian garrison that is now in Newfoundland is a military secret, but there are plenty of our lads assisting the Americans. Tw(...)
The exact size of the Canadian garrison that is now in Newfoundland is a military secret, but there are plenty of our lads assisting the Americans. Tw(...)
4/11/1942
Heartily cheered were these four Chinese lads who paraded with the United Nations group during the demonstration
Heartily cheered were these four Chinese lads who paraded with the United Nations group during the demonstration
1/21/1943