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Page 31
... cried a cheerful voice . It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew , who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach . " Bah ! " said Scrooge . " Humbug ! " He had so heated himself with rapid walking ...
... cried a cheerful voice . It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew , who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach . " Bah ! " said Scrooge . " Humbug ! " He had so heated himself with rapid walking ...
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... cried Scrooge's nephew . " Why ? " " Why did you get married ? " said Scrooge . " Because I fell in love . " " Because you fell in love ! " growled Scrooge , as if that were the only one thing in the world more ridiculous than a merry ...
... cried Scrooge's nephew . " Why ? " " Why did you get married ? " said Scrooge . " Because I fell in love . " " Because you fell in love ! " growled Scrooge , as if that were the only one thing in the world more ridiculous than a merry ...
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... cried " I know him ! Marley's Ghost ! " and fell again . The same face : the very same . Marley in his pigtail , usual waistcoat , tights and boots ; the tassels on the latter bristling , like his pigtail , and his coat - skirts , and ...
... cried " I know him ! Marley's Ghost ! " and fell again . The same face : the very same . Marley in his pigtail , usual waistcoat , tights and boots ; the tassels on the latter bristling , like his pigtail , and his coat - skirts , and ...
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... Ward would have been justified in indicting it for a nuisance . " Oh ! captive , bound , and double - ironed , " cried the phantom , " not to know , that ages of incessant labour , by immortal creatures , for this earth A CHRISTMAS CAROL ...
... Ward would have been justified in indicting it for a nuisance . " Oh ! captive , bound , and double - ironed , " cried the phantom , " not to know , that ages of incessant labour , by immortal creatures , for this earth A CHRISTMAS CAROL ...
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... cried the Ghost , wringing its hands again . " Mankind was my business . The com- mon welfare was my business ; charity , mercy , for- bearance , and benevolence , were , all , my business . The dealings of my trade were but a drop of ...
... cried the Ghost , wringing its hands again . " Mankind was my business . The com- mon welfare was my business ; charity , mercy , for- bearance , and benevolence , were , all , my business . The dealings of my trade were but a drop of ...
Contents
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CHRISTMAS IN OLD TIME Sir Walter Scott | 150 |
THE SHIPWRECK Robert Louis Stevenson | 165 |
ELEPHANT HUNTING Roualeyn Gordon Cumming | 180 |
SOME CLEVER MONKEYS Thomas Belt | 198 |
POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC Benjamin Franklin | 204 |
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK | 221 |
TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN William Cullen Bryant | 290 |
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY Robert Burns | 295 |
BANNOCKBURN Robert Burns | 303 |
THE GOVERNOR AND THE NOTARY Washington Irving | 311 |
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Samuel T Coleridge | 321 |
THE PETRIFIED FERN Mary Bolles Branch | 352 |
AN EXCITING CANOE RACE J Fenimore Cooper | 376 |
THE BUFFALO Francis Parkman | 395 |
THE CAPTURE OF VINCENNES George Rogers Clark | 228 |
THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK Edgar Allan Poe | 255 |
THE MODERN BELLE Stark | 266 |
THE KNOCKOUT Davy Crockett | 275 |
TO MY INFANT SON Thomas Hood | 283 |
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Alfred Tennyson | 452 |
QUEEN VICTORIA Anna McCaleb | 458 |
THE RECESSIONAL Rudyard Kipling | 471 |
THE SOLDIERS DREAM Thomas Campbell | 476 |
THE PICKETGUARD Mrs Ethel Lynn Beers | 483 |
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accent auld lang syne began Black Hawk Bob Cratchit buffalo bull Burleigh Withers called camp canoe child Chingachgook Cratchit cried dark dead dear Dickens door elephant enemy eyes face father feet Fezziwig fire garrison Ghost Gordon Stevenson hand head heard heart herd hills horses hour hundred Indians Jacob Marley JOHN HOWARD PAYNE knew land laughed live looked Marley means Merry Christmas miles morning Neapope never night old Kentucky home Old Oaken Bucket passed poem Poor Richard says prairie queen returned rhyme rifle river ROBERT BURNS rock round Saukenuk scout Scrooge Scrooge's nephew Shaw shot side soon Spirit stanza stood syllables TĂȘte Rouge thee things thou thought Tiny Tim told trees troops turned uncle Uncle Scrooge Victoria voice walked widow machree word yards young