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Page 13
... replied Sam . " Let me have nine penn'orth o ' brandy and water luke , and the inkstand , will you miss ? " The brandy and water luke , 12 and the ink- stand , having been carried into the little parlour , and the young lady having ...
... replied Sam . " Let me have nine penn'orth o ' brandy and water luke , and the inkstand , will you miss ? " The brandy and water luke , 12 and the ink- stand , having been carried into the little parlour , and the young lady having ...
Page 15
... replied Mr. Weller , untying his shawl . " No better yet ? " inquired Sam . " All the symptoms aggerawated , " replied Mr. Weller , shaking his head . " But wot's that , you're a doin ' of ? Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties ...
... replied Mr. Weller , untying his shawl . " No better yet ? " inquired Sam . " All the symptoms aggerawated , " replied Mr. Weller , shaking his head . " But wot's that , you're a doin ' of ? Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties ...
Page 16
... replied Mr. Weller . young ' ooman , I hope , Sammy ? " " Not to any Why it's no use a sayin ' it ain't , ” replied Sam . " It's a walentine . ' 99 " A what ! " exclaimed Mr. Weller , apparently horror - stricken by the word . " A ...
... replied Mr. Weller . young ' ooman , I hope , Sammy ? " " Not to any Why it's no use a sayin ' it ain't , ” replied Sam . " It's a walentine . ' 99 " A what ! " exclaimed Mr. Weller , apparently horror - stricken by the word . " A ...
Page 17
... replied Mr. Weller , " it'll be a wery agonizing trial to me at my time of life , but I'm pretty tough , that's vun consola- tion , as the wery old turkey remarked wen the farmer said he wos afeerd he should be obliged to kill him for ...
... replied Mr. Weller , " it'll be a wery agonizing trial to me at my time of life , but I'm pretty tough , that's vun consola- tion , as the wery old turkey remarked wen the farmer said he wos afeerd he should be obliged to kill him for ...
Page 18
... replied the girl ; who with great quickness appeared , vanished , returned , and disappeared . " They seem to know your ways here , " ob- served Sam . " Yes , ” replied his father , " I've been here before , in my time . Go on , Sammy ...
... replied the girl ; who with great quickness appeared , vanished , returned , and disappeared . " They seem to know your ways here , " ob- served Sam . " Yes , ” replied his father , " I've been here before , in my time . Go on , Sammy ...
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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