Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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... Coming up to him in the High street of Dumfries , they accosted him with much solemnity : " Master Dunlop , hae ye heard the news ? " " What news ? " " Oh , the deil's dead . " " Oh , the deil's dead . " " Is he ? " said Mr. Dunlop ...
... Coming up to him in the High street of Dumfries , they accosted him with much solemnity : " Master Dunlop , hae ye heard the news ? " " What news ? " " Oh , the deil's dead . " " Oh , the deil's dead . " " Is he ? " said Mr. Dunlop ...
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... coming ! " and fall flat to avoid them . An artil- lerist , a German , when he saw the tools falling around him . exclaimed , Mein Gott ! shall ve haf to come der blacksmith's shop next ? " 66 Great Thieves . - When General Sherman was ...
... coming ! " and fall flat to avoid them . An artil- lerist , a German , when he saw the tools falling around him . exclaimed , Mein Gott ! shall ve haf to come der blacksmith's shop next ? " 66 Great Thieves . - When General Sherman was ...
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... coming out of a saloon in a state of mild and melancholy intoxication . " Oh ! my friend , " cried the pious person , " I am very , very sorry to see you coming out of such a place . " " Is that so ? " replied the bibulous man in a ...
... coming out of a saloon in a state of mild and melancholy intoxication . " Oh ! my friend , " cried the pious person , " I am very , very sorry to see you coming out of such a place . " " Is that so ? " replied the bibulous man in a ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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