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... jury . Immediately afterward Mrs. Bardell , supported by Mrs. Cluppins , was led in , and placed , in a drooping state , at the other end of the seat on which Mr. Pickwick sat . An extra sized um- brella was then handed in by Mr. Dodson ...
... jury . Immediately afterward Mrs. Bardell , supported by Mrs. Cluppins , was led in , and placed , in a drooping state , at the other end of the seat on which Mr. Pickwick sat . An extra sized um- brella was then handed in by Mr. Dodson ...
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... jury , while the judge was visibly affected , and several of the beholders tried to cough down their emotions . Mrs. Bardell recovered by slow degrees , while Mrs. Cluppins , after a careful survey of Master Bardell's buttons and the ...
... jury , while the judge was visibly affected , and several of the beholders tried to cough down their emotions . Mrs. Bardell recovered by slow degrees , while Mrs. Cluppins , after a careful survey of Master Bardell's buttons and the ...
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... jury . Serjeant Buzfuz began by saying , that never , in the whole course of his professional experience -never , from the very first moment of his apply- ing himself to the study and practice of the law --had he approached a case with ...
... jury . Serjeant Buzfuz began by saying , that never , in the whole course of his professional experience -never , from the very first moment of his apply- ing himself to the study and practice of the law --had he approached a case with ...
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... jury took a note of the document . " There is no date to that , is there , sir ? " in- quired a juror . " There is no date , gentlemen , " replied Ser- jeant Buzfuz ; " but I am instructed to say that it was put in the plaintiff's ...
... jury took a note of the document . " There is no date to that , is there , sir ? " in- quired a juror . " There is no date , gentlemen , " replied Ser- jeant Buzfuz ; " but I am instructed to say that it was put in the plaintiff's ...
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... jury of her civilized countrymen . " With this beautiful peroration , Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz sat down , and Mr. Justice Stareleigh woke up . " Call Elizabeth Cluppins , " said Serjeant Buzfuz , rising a minute afterwards , with re- newed ...
... jury of her civilized countrymen . " With this beautiful peroration , Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz sat down , and Mr. Justice Stareleigh woke up . " Call Elizabeth Cluppins , " said Serjeant Buzfuz , rising a minute afterwards , with re- newed ...
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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