Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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Page 91
... officer directing the drafts , " Sir , I cannot go , because I - I - stutter . " Stutter ! " says the officer , " you don't go to talk , but to fight . " " Ay , but they'll p - p - put me on g - g - guard , and a man may go ha - ha ...
... officer directing the drafts , " Sir , I cannot go , because I - I - stutter . " Stutter ! " says the officer , " you don't go to talk , but to fight . " " Ay , but they'll p - p - put me on g - g - guard , and a man may go ha - ha ...
Page 108
... officer rode up , exclaiming to the men : " What are you doing here ? Why are you not at the stretch- ers , bringing in the wounded ? " " This is Zollicoffer , " said a soldier . " I know that , " replied the officer ; " he is dead ...
... officer rode up , exclaiming to the men : " What are you doing here ? Why are you not at the stretch- ers , bringing in the wounded ? " " This is Zollicoffer , " said a soldier . " I know that , " replied the officer ; " he is dead ...
Page 109
... officer's tent without a personal order from him . One evening as the officer and General Wheeler met , some distance from the camp , the general said with a smack of his lips : " I hear , sir , that you received some very fine brandied ...
... officer's tent without a personal order from him . One evening as the officer and General Wheeler met , some distance from the camp , the general said with a smack of his lips : " I hear , sir , that you received some very fine brandied ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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