Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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Page 59
... brought up for some petty offence . The charge was read , and as the state- ment , " The State of Iowa against John Jones , " was read in a loud voice , the colored man's eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets , and he seemed perfectly ...
... brought up for some petty offence . The charge was read , and as the state- ment , " The State of Iowa against John Jones , " was read in a loud voice , the colored man's eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets , and he seemed perfectly ...
Page 148
... brought to the dining - table and attached to the butter - plate the legend , " Best Vermont butter - 15 cents a pound . " The next day the angry steward demanded a public apology . The young man , rising before the assembly of students ...
... brought to the dining - table and attached to the butter - plate the legend , " Best Vermont butter - 15 cents a pound . " The next day the angry steward demanded a public apology . The young man , rising before the assembly of students ...
Page 215
... brought it into my ain shop , wi ' my ain name on ' t , and offered to sell me ' t , as he thought it would be o ' mair use to me than onybody else . " Caught in His Own Trap . - A gentleman who had had his orchard repeatedly robbed ...
... brought it into my ain shop , wi ' my ain name on ' t , and offered to sell me ' t , as he thought it would be o ' mair use to me than onybody else . " Caught in His Own Trap . - A gentleman who had had his orchard repeatedly robbed ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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