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... Scrooge's nephew , who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach . " Bah ! " said Scrooge . " Humbug ! " He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost , this nephew of Scrooge's ...
... Scrooge's nephew , who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach . " Bah ! " said Scrooge . " Humbug ! " He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost , this nephew of Scrooge's ...
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... Scrooge , indignantly , " every idiot who goes about with ' Merry Christmas , ' on his lips , should be boiled with his own pudding , and buried with a stake of holly through his heart . He should ! " " Uncle ! " pleaded the nephew ...
... Scrooge , indignantly , " every idiot who goes about with ' Merry Christmas , ' on his lips , should be boiled with his own pudding , and buried with a stake of holly through his heart . He should ! " " Uncle ! " pleaded the nephew ...
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... Scrooge said that he would see him- -yes , indeed he did . He went the whole length of the expression , and said that he would see him in that extremity first . " But why ? " cried Scrooge's nephew . " Why ? " " Why did you get married ...
... Scrooge said that he would see him- -yes , indeed he did . He went the whole length of the expression , and said that he would see him in that extremity first . " But why ? " cried Scrooge's nephew . " Why ? " " Why did you get married ...
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... Scrooge . " And A Happy New Year ! " " Good afternoon ! " said Scrooge . His nephew left the room without an angry word , notwithstanding . He stopped at the outer door to bestow the greetings of the season on the clerk , who , cold as ...
... Scrooge . " And A Happy New Year ! " " Good afternoon ! " said Scrooge . His nephew left the room without an angry word , notwithstanding . He stopped at the outer door to bestow the greetings of the season on the clerk , who , cold as ...
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Charles H. Sylvester. " Scrooge and Marley's , I believe , " said one of the gentlemen , referring to his list . " Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge , or Mr. Marley ? " " Mr. Marley has been dead these seven years , " Scrooge ...
Charles H. Sylvester. " Scrooge and Marley's , I believe , " said one of the gentlemen , referring to his list . " Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge , or Mr. Marley ? " " Mr. Marley has been dead these seven years , " Scrooge ...
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CHRISTMAS IN OLD TIME Sir Walter Scott | 150 |
THE SHIPWRECK Robert Louis Stevenson | 165 |
ELEPHANT HUNTING Roualeyn Gordon Cumming | 180 |
SOME CLEVER MONKEYS Thomas Belt | 198 |
POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC Benjamin Franklin | 204 |
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK | 221 |
TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN William Cullen Bryant | 290 |
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY Robert Burns | 295 |
BANNOCKBURN Robert Burns | 303 |
THE GOVERNOR AND THE NOTARY Washington Irving | 311 |
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Samuel T Coleridge | 321 |
THE PETRIFIED FERN Mary Bolles Branch | 352 |
AN EXCITING CANOE RACE J Fenimore Cooper | 376 |
THE BUFFALO Francis Parkman | 395 |
THE CAPTURE OF VINCENNES George Rogers Clark | 228 |
THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK Edgar Allan Poe | 255 |
THE MODERN BELLE Stark | 266 |
THE KNOCKOUT Davy Crockett | 275 |
TO MY INFANT SON Thomas Hood | 283 |
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Alfred Tennyson | 452 |
QUEEN VICTORIA Anna McCaleb | 458 |
THE RECESSIONAL Rudyard Kipling | 471 |
THE SOLDIERS DREAM Thomas Campbell | 476 |
THE PICKETGUARD Mrs Ethel Lynn Beers | 483 |
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