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... 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.
... 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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... means sur- prising that he should have paused before a small station- er's and print - seller's window ; but without further explanation it does appear surprising that his eyes should have no sooner rested on certain pictures which were ...
... means sur- prising that he should have paused before a small station- er's and print - seller's window ; but without further explanation it does appear surprising that his eyes should have no sooner rested on certain pictures which were ...
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... means more ? " in- quired Sam . " Vell p'raps it is a more tenderer word , " said Mr. Weller , after a few moments ' reflection . " Go on , Sammy . " " Feel myself ashamed and completely cir- cumscribed in a dressin ' of you , for you ...
... means more ? " in- quired Sam . " Vell p'raps it is a more tenderer word , " said Mr. Weller , after a few moments ' reflection . " Go on , Sammy . " " Feel myself ashamed and completely cir- cumscribed in a dressin ' of you , for you ...
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... mean ? Chops and Tomata sauce . Yours , Pickwick ! Chops ! Gracious heavens ! and Tomata sauce ! Gentle- men , is the happiness of a sensitive and confiding female to be trifled away , by such shallow arti- fices as these ? The next has ...
... mean ? Chops and Tomata sauce . Yours , Pickwick ! Chops ! Gracious heavens ! and Tomata sauce ! Gentle- men , is the happiness of a sensitive and confiding female to be trifled away , by such shallow arti- fices as these ? The next has ...
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... mean ? For aught I know , it may be a reference to Pickwick himself , who has most unquestionably been a criminally slow coach during the whole of this transaction , but whose speed will now be very unexpectedly accelerated , and whose ...
... mean ? For aught I know , it may be a reference to Pickwick himself , who has most unquestionably been a criminally slow coach during the whole of this transaction , but whose speed will now be very unexpectedly accelerated , and whose ...
Contents
THE DEATH OF CÆSAR Plutarch | 55 |
THE DEATH OF CÆSAR Shakespeare | 74 |
JULIUS CÆSAR James Anthony Froude | 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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