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Page vii
... WORD IS . " MRS . CLUPPINS PLACED MASTER BARDELL ON " SAM WELLER , MY LORD . " MR . PICKWICK WAS ASSISTED INTO A COACH CALPURNIA ENTREATS CÆSAR THE CONSPIRATORS ABOUT CÆSAR . Beatrice Braidwood 4 Beatrice Braidwood 8 Beatrice Braidwood ...
... WORD IS . " MRS . CLUPPINS PLACED MASTER BARDELL ON " SAM WELLER , MY LORD . " MR . PICKWICK WAS ASSISTED INTO A COACH CALPURNIA ENTREATS CÆSAR THE CONSPIRATORS ABOUT CÆSAR . Beatrice Braidwood 4 Beatrice Braidwood 8 Beatrice Braidwood ...
Page ix
... contrairey - but mark my words , he's a reg'lar thoroughbred angel for all that ; and let me see the man as wenturs to tell me he knows a better vun . " 3. Goswell Street , London . 1 or standing before the dressing - glass in his ...
... contrairey - but mark my words , he's a reg'lar thoroughbred angel for all that ; and let me see the man as wenturs to tell me he knows a better vun . " 3. Goswell Street , London . 1 or standing before the dressing - glass in his ...
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... words Mrs. Bardell clung the tighter . " Mercy upon me , " said Mr. Pickwick , strug- gling violently , " I hear somebody coming up the stairs . Don't , don't , there's a good creature , don't . " But entreaty and remonstrance were ...
... words Mrs. Bardell clung the tighter . " Mercy upon me , " said Mr. Pickwick , strug- gling violently , " I hear somebody coming up the stairs . Don't , don't , there's a good creature , don't . " But entreaty and remonstrance were ...
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... - posed himself to write . To ladies and gentlemen who are not in the habit of devoting themselves practically to the science of penmanship. SAM COMPOSED HIMSELF TO WRITE " I FORGET WHAT THIS HERE WORD IS , ". 14 MR . PICKWICK.
... - posed himself to write . To ladies and gentlemen who are not in the habit of devoting themselves practically to the science of penmanship. SAM COMPOSED HIMSELF TO WRITE " I FORGET WHAT THIS HERE WORD IS , ". 14 MR . PICKWICK.
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... words in small text , smearing out wrong letters with his little finger , and putting in new ones which required going over very often to render them visible through the old blots , when he was roused by the opening of the door and the ...
... words in small text , smearing out wrong letters with his little finger , and putting in new ones which required going over very often to render them visible through the old blots , when he was roused by the opening of the door and the ...
Contents
55 | |
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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