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Healthful Sports for Young Ladies

St. Sernin, Mademoiselle; Dugourc, J. D. (Jean Démosthène), 1749-1825 [Illustrator]; Combe, William, 1742-1823 [Translator]· 4 chapters· 15,717 words

HEALTHFUL SPORTS FOR YOUNG LADIES; ILLUSTRATED BY ELEVEN ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, FROM DRAWINGS BY J. DUGOURC, _Draughtsman to His Majesty the King of France_; Accompanied by Descriptions, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF MADEMOISELLE ST. SERNIN, AND INTERSPERSED WITH _ORIGINAL POETRY...

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2. Part 2

Ernestina invented a game of this sort, in which a great number of persons might be engaged at once. It was a trial who should remain the longest time motionless in the same pla...

3. Part 3

In order due, the king, the queen, The knights and other ranks are seen: A picture true of martial strife, Such as appears in human life. The contest of the mind succeeds, The s...

1. Part 1

HEALTHFUL SPORTS FOR YOUNG LADIES; ILLUSTRATED BY ELEVEN ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, FROM DRAWINGS BY J. DUGOURC, _Draughtsman to His Majesty the King of France_; Accompanied by Descrip...

4. Part 4

When Ernestina’s eyes were bandaged, Adriana went to Madame D’Hernilly, who had till then remained seated at some distance without taking any share in the game, but at the desir...