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... character that it gained any great popularity . The preface to the original edition bears date September 27 , 1837. Since that time there has been no falling off of interest in the books , and they leave us with their diverting ...
... character that it gained any great popularity . The preface to the original edition bears date September 27 , 1837. Since that time there has been no falling off of interest in the books , and they leave us with their diverting ...
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... character of course ? ” said Mr. Pickwick . " Ask the landlady o ' the White Hart about that , sir , " replied Sam . " Can you come this evening ? " " I'll get into the clothes this minute , if they're here , " said Sam with great ...
... character of course ? ” said Mr. Pickwick . " Ask the landlady o ' the White Hart about that , sir , " replied Sam . " Can you come this evening ? " " I'll get into the clothes this minute , if they're here , " said Sam with great ...
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... characters to corre- spond . These motions , although unquestion- ably of the greatest assistance to original com- position , retard in some degree the progress of the writer ; and Sam had unconsciously been a full hour and a half ...
... characters to corre- spond . These motions , although unquestion- ably of the greatest assistance to original com- position , retard in some degree the progress of the writer ; and Sam had unconsciously been a full hour and a half ...
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... character of the man . They are not open , fervent , eloquent epistles , breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment . They are covert , sly , underhand communications , but , fortunately , far more conclusive than if ...
... character of the man . They are not open , fervent , eloquent epistles , breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment . They are covert , sly , underhand communications , but , fortunately , far more conclusive than if ...
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... characters . " I will even go further than this , Mr. Winkle , " continued Mr. Phunky in a most smooth and complacent manner . " Did you ever see any- thing in Mr. Pickwick's manner and conduct towards the opposite sex , to induce you ...
... characters . " I will even go further than this , Mr. Winkle , " continued Mr. Phunky in a most smooth and complacent manner . " Did you ever see any- thing in Mr. Pickwick's manner and conduct towards the opposite sex , to induce you ...
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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