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... Serjeant Buz- fuz16 rubbed his eyes very hard with a large , white handkerchief , and gave an appealing look 16. Sergeant Buzfuz is the lawyer who will speak to the jury on Mrs. Bardell's side . Dodson & Fogg have prepared the papers ...
... Serjeant Buz- fuz16 rubbed his eyes very hard with a large , white handkerchief , and gave an appealing look 16. Sergeant Buzfuz is the lawyer who will speak to the jury on Mrs. Bardell's side . Dodson & Fogg have prepared the papers ...
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... Serjeant Snubbin . 66 Serjeant Buzfuz and Mr. Skimpin for the plaintiff , " said the judge , writing down the names in his note - book , and reading as he wrote : " for the defendant , Serjeant Snubbin and Mr. Monkey . ” " Beg your ...
... Serjeant Snubbin . 66 Serjeant Buzfuz and Mr. Skimpin for the plaintiff , " said the judge , writing down the names in his note - book , and reading as he wrote : " for the defendant , Serjeant Snubbin and Mr. Monkey . ” " Beg your ...
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... Serjeant Buzfuz then rose with all the majesty and dignity which the grave nature of the pro- ceedings demanded , and having whispered to Dodson , and conferred briefly with Fogg , pulled his gown over his shoulders , settled his wig ...
... Serjeant Buzfuz then rose with all the majesty and dignity which the grave nature of the pro- ceedings demanded , and having whispered to Dodson , and conferred briefly with Fogg , pulled his gown over his shoulders , settled his wig ...
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... serjeant's voice faltered , and he pro- ceeded with emotion : " Some time before his death , he had stamped his ... Buzfuz paused , while several gentlemen of the jury took a note of the document . " There is no date to that , is there , sir ...
... serjeant's voice faltered , and he pro- ceeded with emotion : " Some time before his death , he had stamped his ... Buzfuz paused , while several gentlemen of the jury took a note of the document . " There is no date to that , is there , sir ...
Contents
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74 | |
87 | |
THE BATTLE OF CRESSY Jean Froissart | 94 |
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA E S Creasy | 111 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 138 |
THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE | 145 |
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON Selections James Boswell | 155 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Theodore Roosevelt | 277 |
THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS E S Creasy | 284 |
SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY Joseph Addison | 329 |
SIR FRANCIS BACON | 356 |
OF STUDIES Sir Francis Bacon | 362 |
ROBERT OF LINCOLN William Cullen Bryant | 410 |
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS Oliver Wendell Holmes | 423 |
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN John Keats | 433 |
OWLS Gilbert White | 169 |
THE VISION OF MIRZA Joseph Addison | 231 |
PIPPA PASSES Adapted from Robert Browning | 240 |
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Abraham Lincoln | 272 |
THE FATE OF THE INDIANS Charles Sprague | 439 |
A CALL TO ARMS Patrick Henry | 451 |
HANDY TABLES | 469 |
INDEX | 479 |
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