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... head , whose beaming eyes were seen twinkling behind circular spectacles . He wore a long - tailed coat , waistcoat , tight breeches , hose and gaiters , and presented altogether an amusing and attractive personality . His faithful ...
... head , whose beaming eyes were seen twinkling behind circular spectacles . He wore a long - tailed coat , waistcoat , tight breeches , hose and gaiters , and presented altogether an amusing and attractive personality . His faithful ...
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... and unaccountable . He paced the room to and fro with hurried steps , popped 4. Relict means widow . 5. She was left to manage all the property her husband had when he died . his head out of the window at intervals of about 2 MR . PICKWICK.
... and unaccountable . He paced the room to and fro with hurried steps , popped 4. Relict means widow . 5. She was left to manage all the property her husband had when he died . his head out of the window at intervals of about 2 MR . PICKWICK.
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Charles H. Sylvester. his head out of the window at intervals of about three minutes each , constantly referred to his watch , and exhibited many other manifestations of impatience very unusual with him . It was evident that something of ...
Charles H. Sylvester. his head out of the window at intervals of about three minutes each , constantly referred to his watch , and exhibited many other manifestations of impatience very unusual with him . It was evident that something of ...
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... head , commenced assailing that immortal gentleman about the back and legs , with such blows and pinches as the strength of his arm , and the violence of his excitement , allowed . " Take this little villain away , " said the ago- nized ...
... head , commenced assailing that immortal gentleman about the back and legs , with such blows and pinches as the strength of his arm , and the violence of his excitement , allowed . " Take this little villain away , " said the ago- nized ...
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... head on his left arm , so as to place his eyes as nearly as possible on a level with the paper , while glancing sideways at the letters he is constructing , to form with his tongue imaginary characters to corre- spond . These motions ...
... head on his left arm , so as to place his eyes as nearly as possible on a level with the paper , while glancing sideways at the letters he is constructing , to form with his tongue imaginary characters to corre- spond . These motions ...
Contents
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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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