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... NIGHT ? " I ASKED " TAKE THIS BEETLE WITH YOU . " · " WHAT IS DIS HERE PON DE TREE ? " HE SEEMED STUPEFIED - THUNDERSTRICKEN THE GOLD - BUG ( Halftone ) " THE BRIDGE IS HUMAN LIFE . " ROBERT BROWNING ( Halftone ) · 54 K. White 66 K ...
... NIGHT ? " I ASKED " TAKE THIS BEETLE WITH YOU . " · " WHAT IS DIS HERE PON DE TREE ? " HE SEEMED STUPEFIED - THUNDERSTRICKEN THE GOLD - BUG ( Halftone ) " THE BRIDGE IS HUMAN LIFE . " ROBERT BROWNING ( Halftone ) · 54 K. White 66 K ...
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... night , at which hour he regularly condensed himself into the limits of a dwarfish French bedstead in the back parlour ; and the infantine sports and gymnastic exercises of Master Bardell were exclusively confined to the neighboring ...
... night , at which hour he regularly condensed himself into the limits of a dwarfish French bedstead in the back parlour ; and the infantine sports and gymnastic exercises of Master Bardell were exclusively confined to the neighboring ...
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... night had closed in , Mr. Weller was furnished with a gray 9. Sam alludes to the bills " Boy Wanted " or " Man Wanted , ' that are often seen in the windows of stores and offices in the city . coat with the P. C. button , 10 a black MR ...
... night had closed in , Mr. Weller was furnished with a gray 9. Sam alludes to the bills " Boy Wanted " or " Man Wanted , ' that are often seen in the windows of stores and offices in the city . coat with the P. C. button , 10 a black MR ...
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... night , but is uncommon perwerse , and unpleasant this mornin ' . Signed upon oath , S. Veller , Esquire , Senior . That's the last vun as was issued , Sammy , " replied Mr. Weller , untying his shawl . " No better yet ? " inquired Sam ...
... night , but is uncommon perwerse , and unpleasant this mornin ' . Signed upon oath , S. Veller , Esquire , Senior . That's the last vun as was issued , Sammy , " replied Mr. Weller , untying his shawl . " No better yet ? " inquired Sam ...
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... what do you think ? " " I don't like it , Sam , " rejoined Mr. Weller . " I never know'd a respectable coachman as wrote poetry , ' cept one , as made an affectin ' copy o ' werses the night afore he wos hung for 22 MR . PICKWICK.
... what do you think ? " " I don't like it , Sam , " rejoined Mr. Weller . " I never know'd a respectable coachman as wrote poetry , ' cept one , as made an affectin ' copy o ' werses the night afore he wos hung for 22 MR . PICKWICK.
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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