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Page 40
... hands on his hips , and smiled suspiciously at the jury . On this question there arose the edifying brow- beating , customary on such points . First of all , Mr. Winkle said it was quite impossible for him to say how many times he had ...
... hands on his hips , and smiled suspiciously at the jury . On this question there arose the edifying brow- beating , customary on such points . First of all , Mr. Winkle said it was quite impossible for him to say how many times he had ...
Page 41
... hands clasping her waist , " replied Mr. Winkle with natural hesitation , “ and the plaintiff appeared to have fainted away . " " " " Did you hear the defendant say anything ? " I heard him call Mrs. Bardell a good creature , and I ...
... hands clasping her waist , " replied Mr. Winkle with natural hesitation , “ and the plaintiff appeared to have fainted away . " " " " Did you hear the defendant say anything ? " I heard him call Mrs. Bardell a good creature , and I ...
Page 51
... hand impatiently . Sam went down accordingly , after doing Messrs . Dodson and Fogg's case as much harm as he conveniently could , and saying just as little respecting Mr. Pickwick as might be , which was precisely the object he had had ...
... hand impatiently . Sam went down accordingly , after doing Messrs . Dodson and Fogg's case as much harm as he conveniently could , and saying just as little respecting Mr. Pickwick as might be , which was precisely the object he had had ...
Page 53
... hands with every token of outward satisfaction . " Well , gentlemen , " said Mr. Pickwick . " Well , sir , " said Dodson : for self and partner . " You imagine you'll get your costs , don't you , gentlemen ? " said Mr. Pickwick . Fogg ...
... hands with every token of outward satisfaction . " Well , gentlemen , " said Mr. Pickwick . " Well , sir , " said Dodson : for self and partner . " You imagine you'll get your costs , don't you , gentlemen ? " said Mr. Pickwick . Fogg ...
Page 59
... hand on his body , told them , " Brutus will look for this skin " : meaning thereby , that Brutus for his virtue deserved to rule after him , but yet , that for ambition's sake , he would not show himself unthankful or dis- honorable ...
... hand on his body , told them , " Brutus will look for this skin " : meaning thereby , that Brutus for his virtue deserved to rule after him , but yet , that for ambition's sake , he would not show himself unthankful or dis- honorable ...
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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American arms army ARTEMIDORUS Asolo Bardell battle Battle of Crecy beetle better bob-o'-link bobolink British Brutus Burgoyne Burgoyne's Cæs Cæsar called Calpurnia camp character chee Cluppins death death's-head defendant duke enemy England English Englishmen eyes father fear feel feet fell figure French Gaul gentlemen give GOLD-BUG hand Harald Hardrada Harold hauberk head heard heart horse Indians JOSEPH ADDISON Julius Cæsar Jupiter jury king Legrand lived looked Lord Luigi Mark Antony massa master means mind Modestine morning never night Normans once parchment passed Patrick Henry Pickwick Pippa PIPPA PASSES Plutarch Pompey replied Sam Weller scarabæus seemed seen Serjeant Buzfuz side Sir Roger skull slain Snubbin song soon spink stanza stood tell thing thou thought tion told took tree troops Weller William Winkle words