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... once , raised to a pinnacle to which her wildest and most extravagant hopes had never dared to aspire . Mr. Pickwick was going to propose a deliberate plan , too - sent her little boy to the Borough , to get him out of the way - how ...
... once , raised to a pinnacle to which her wildest and most extravagant hopes had never dared to aspire . Mr. Pickwick was going to propose a deliberate plan , too - sent her little boy to the Borough , to get him out of the way - how ...
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... once romantic form ; the black waistcoat had become more and more developed ; inch by inch had the gold watch chain beneath it disappeared from within the range of Tupman's vision ; and gradually had the capacious chin encroached upon ...
... once romantic form ; the black waistcoat had become more and more developed ; inch by inch had the gold watch chain beneath it disappeared from within the range of Tupman's vision ; and gradually had the capacious chin encroached upon ...
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... once led his new attendant to one of those con- venient emporiums where gentlemen's new and second - hand clothes are provided , and the troublesome and inconvenient formality of meas- urement dispensed with ; and before night had ...
... once led his new attendant to one of those con- venient emporiums where gentlemen's new and second - hand clothes are provided , and the troublesome and inconvenient formality of meas- urement dispensed with ; and before night had ...
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... once stepped into a stationer's shop , and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt - edged letter - paper , and a hard- 10. A brass button with the initials " P. C. , " Pickwick Club . • nibbed pen which could be warranted ...
... once stepped into a stationer's shop , and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt - edged letter - paper , and a hard- 10. A brass button with the initials " P. C. , " Pickwick Club . • nibbed pen which could be warranted ...
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... once more commenced , and read as follows : 99 " Lovely creetur i feel myself a dammed'- . " That ain't proper , " said Mr. Weller , taking his pipe from his mouth . BB 999 " No ; it ain't ' dammed ' 18 MR . PICKWICK.
... once more commenced , and read as follows : 99 " Lovely creetur i feel myself a dammed'- . " That ain't proper , " said Mr. Weller , taking his pipe from his mouth . BB 999 " No ; it ain't ' dammed ' 18 MR . PICKWICK.
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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