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The Story of the White Mouse, by Unknown
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Title: The Story of the White Mouse
Author: Unknown
Release Date: October 3, 2009 [EBook #30169]
Language: English
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NEW JUVENILE LIBRARY.
The
STORY
of the
WHITE MOUSE.
Embellished With Four Elegant Copperplates. A New and Correct Edition.
LONDON: Printed for the Booksellers. 1816.
The STORY of the WHITE MOUSE.
In the kingdom of Bonbobbin, which, by the Chinese annals, appears to have flourished twenty thousand years ago, there reigned a prince, endowed with every accomplishment which generally distinguishes the sons of kings. His beauty was brighter than the sun. The sun, to which he was nearly related, would sometimes stop his course, in order to look down and admire him.
His mind was not