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I remember a country schoolmaster of my acquaintance told me once , that he had been in company with a gentleman whom he looked upon to be the greatest paragrammatist among the moderns . Upon inquiry , I found my learned friend had ...
I remember a country schoolmaster of my acquaintance told me once , that he had been in company with a gentleman whom he looked upon to be the greatest paragrammatist among the moderns . Upon inquiry , I found my learned friend had ...
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The laugh rises upon it , and the man who utters it is looked upon as a shrewd satirist . This may be one reason why a great many pleasant companions appear so surprisingly dull when they have endeavored to be merry in print ...
The laugh rises upon it , and the man who utters it is looked upon as a shrewd satirist . This may be one reason why a great many pleasant companions appear so surprisingly dull when they have endeavored to be merry in print ...
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As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips , and began to play upon it . The sound of it was exceeding sweet , and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious , and altogether different from anything I had ever ...
As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips , and began to play upon it . The sound of it was exceeding sweet , and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious , and altogether different from anything I had ever ...
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As I looked more attentively , I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap - doors that lay concealed in ...
As I looked more attentively , I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap - doors that lay concealed in ...
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The Mice looked at one another and nobody spoke . Then the old Mouse said : - " It is easy to propose impossible remedies . ” THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE THE Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals .
The Mice looked at one another and nobody spoke . Then the old Mouse said : - " It is easy to propose impossible remedies . ” THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE THE Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals .
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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