The Reading Club and Handy Speaker: Being Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry, for Readings and RecitationsLee and Shepard, 1875 |
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... took two or three short runs , balked himself as often , and at last took another run , and went slowly and gravely down the slide , with his feet about a yard and a quarter apart , amidst the gratified shouts of all the spectators ...
... took two or three short runs , balked himself as often , and at last took another run , and went slowly and gravely down the slide , with his feet about a yard and a quarter apart , amidst the gratified shouts of all the spectators ...
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... took up his dinner ; a bowl of punch was carried up afterwards , and a grand carouse held in honor of his safety . Old Wardle would not hear of his rising : so they made the bed the chair , and Mr. Pickwick presided . A second and a ...
... took up his dinner ; a bowl of punch was carried up afterwards , and a grand carouse held in honor of his safety . Old Wardle would not hear of his rising : so they made the bed the chair , and Mr. Pickwick presided . A second and a ...
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... took me a day to do , it done in one short hour . John said that I hadn't seen the half : when he puts it into his wheat , I shall see it reap and rake it , and put it in bundles neat ; Then soon a Yankee will come along , and set to ...
... took me a day to do , it done in one short hour . John said that I hadn't seen the half : when he puts it into his wheat , I shall see it reap and rake it , and put it in bundles neat ; Then soon a Yankee will come along , and set to ...
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... took in his sign . I started up toward the office , and on the walk encountered another bosom friend , who told me that a quart of warm salt - water would come as near curing a cold as any thing in the world . I hardly thought I had ...
... took in his sign . I started up toward the office , and on the walk encountered another bosom friend , who told me that a quart of warm salt - water would come as near curing a cold as any thing in the world . I hardly thought I had ...
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... took but one dose : that was enough . I had to take to my bed , and remain there for two entire days . When I felt a little better , more things were recommended . I was desperate , and willing to take any thing . Plain gin was ...
... took but one dose : that was enough . I had to take to my bed , and remain there for two entire days . When I felt a little better , more things were recommended . I was desperate , and willing to take any thing . Plain gin was ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ain't Alma River Aroostook war baby banjo baron beautiful beneath Bob Sawyer bobolink boots boss breast breath Capt cold Coleraine cousin dear death doth dreadful dream Duke everlasting song eyes face gentleman girl give hand hath head heart heaven Heigho home to-day kiss lady laughed lips look Mass Cap'n massa master militia Modus morning nay thee ne'er Nearer to thee never night nose o'er Ovid paregoric peen out fishing Pickwick poys pray prayer Quaker QUEEN MAB red drums ride Roundheads Sam Weller shadow shouted shugar in their'n Shylock skates smile Snyder soul sweet tell Thar's the likker thee and nay there's thine thing thou hast thought Tobe told Twas voice Wardle Weller what's the matter wife Winkle yea thee young
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Página 36 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Página 95 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Página 35 - Tarry a little ; there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are ' a pound of flesh : ' Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Página 32 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Página 82 - If there be one among you who can say that ever, in public fight or private brawl, my actions did belie my tongue, let him stand forth and say it.
Página 35 - Shed thou no blood ; nor cut thou less nor more But just a pound of flesh : if thou cut'st more Or less than a just pound, be it but so much As makes it light or heavy in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple, nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, Thou diest and all thy goods are confiscate.
Página 78 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep ; Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 9 - Stop, Sam, stop!" said Mr Winkle, trembling violently, and clutching hold of Sam's arms with the grasp of a drowning man. 'How slippery it is, Sam!' 'Not an uncommon thing upon ice, sir," replied Mr Weller. 'Hold up, sir!' This last observation of Mr Weller's bore reference to a demonstration Mr Winkle made at the instant, of a frantic desire to throw his feet in the air, and dash the back of his head on the ice. 'These - these - are very awkward skates; ain't they, Sam?' inquired Mr Winkle, staggering....
Página 29 - Some men there are, love not a gaping pig ; Some, that are mad, if they behold a cat ; And others, when the bag-pipe sings i...
Página 93 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore.