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... Winkle , and Mr. Snodgrass . 6 Mr. Pickwick was struck motionless and speechless . He stood with his lovely burden in his arms , gazing vacantly on the countenances of his friends , without the slightest attempt at recognition or ...
... Winkle , and Mr. Snodgrass . 6 Mr. Pickwick was struck motionless and speechless . He stood with his lovely burden in his arms , gazing vacantly on the countenances of his friends , without the slightest attempt at recognition or ...
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... Winkle carried the interesting boy , screaming and struggling , to the further end of the apartment ) . " Now , help me lead this woman down stairs . ' " Oh , I am better now , " said Mrs. Bardell , faintly . " " " Let me lead you down ...
... Winkle carried the interesting boy , screaming and struggling , to the further end of the apartment ) . " Now , help me lead this woman down stairs . ' " Oh , I am better now , " said Mrs. Bardell , faintly . " " " Let me lead you down ...
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... Winkle ! " said Mr. Skimpin . " Here ! " replied a feeble voice . Mr. Winkle entered the witness box , and having been duly sworn , bowed to the judge with considerable deference . " Don't look at me , sir , " said the judge , sharply ...
... Winkle ! " said Mr. Skimpin . " Here ! " replied a feeble voice . Mr. Winkle entered the witness box , and having been duly sworn , bowed to the judge with considerable deference . " Don't look at me , sir , " said the judge , sharply ...
Page 38
... Winkle's natural taste for perjury would in- duce him to give some name which did not belong to him . " Winkle , " replied the witness . 66 ' What's your Christian name , sir ? " angrily inquired the little judge . " Nathaniel , sir ...
... Winkle's natural taste for perjury would in- duce him to give some name which did not belong to him . " Winkle , " replied the witness . 66 ' What's your Christian name , sir ? " angrily inquired the little judge . " Nathaniel , sir ...
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... Winkle , do not evade the question . Are you , or are you not , a particular friend of the defendant's ? " " I was ... Winkle . " Yes , you are . that at once , sir ? And why couldn't you say Perhaps you know the plain- tiff , too ? Eh ...
... Winkle , do not evade the question . Are you , or are you not , a particular friend of the defendant's ? " " I was ... Winkle . " Yes , you are . that at once , sir ? And why couldn't you say Perhaps you know the plain- tiff , too ? Eh ...
Contents
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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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