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... defendant , my Lord , ” said Mr. Serjeant Snubbin . " Anybody with you , brother Snubbin ? " in- quired the court . " Mr. Phunky , my Lord , " replied Serjeant Snubbin . 66 Serjeant Buzfuz and Mr. Skimpin for the plaintiff , " said the ...
... defendant , my Lord , ” said Mr. Serjeant Snubbin . " Anybody with you , brother Snubbin ? " in- quired the court . " Mr. Phunky , my Lord , " replied Serjeant Snubbin . 66 Serjeant Buzfuz and Mr. Skimpin for the plaintiff , " said the ...
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... defendant . " Of this man Pickwick I will say little ; the subject presents but few attractions ; and I , gentlemen , am not the man , nor are you , gentle- men , the men , to delight in the contemplation of revolting heartlessness ...
... defendant . " Of this man Pickwick I will say little ; the subject presents but few attractions ; and I , gentlemen , am not the man , nor are you , gentle- men , the men , to delight in the contemplation of revolting heartlessness ...
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... defendant Pickwick , if he be in court , as I am informed he is , that it would have been more decent in him , more becoming , in better judgment , and in better taste , if he had stopped away . Let me tell him , gentlemen , that any ...
... defendant Pickwick , if he be in court , as I am informed he is , that it would have been more decent in him , more becoming , in better judgment , and in better taste , if he had stopped away . Let me tell him , gentlemen , that any ...
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... defendant , and which speak volumes indeed . These letters , too , bespeak the character of the man . They are not open , fervent , eloquent epistles , breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment . They are covert ...
... defendant , and which speak volumes indeed . These letters , too , bespeak the character of the man . They are not open , fervent , eloquent epistles , breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment . They are covert ...
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... defendant , are you not ? " " I have known Mr. Pickwick now , as well as I recollect at this moment , nearly- " " " Pray , Mr. Winkle , do not evade the question . Are you , or are you not , a particular friend of the defendant's ...
... defendant , are you not ? " " I have known Mr. Pickwick now , as well as I recollect at this moment , nearly- " " " Pray , Mr. Winkle , do not evade the question . Are you , or are you not , a particular friend of the defendant's ...
Contents
55 | |
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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