Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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... Poor , " was the reply . " I have done but little . " " I am sorry , " was the answer , " but you have this to comfort you : the less taken , the more is left ; the wheel of fortune is up and down , and poor luck to - day promises ...
... Poor , " was the reply . " I have done but little . " " I am sorry , " was the answer , " but you have this to comfort you : the less taken , the more is left ; the wheel of fortune is up and down , and poor luck to - day promises ...
Page 130
... poor that you hadn't but one child ! " " " What a Child May Become . - A poor doctor , who had met with great misfortunes , lay on his death - bed . Not long before his death , his youngest child was born , a scrawny , puny babe ...
... poor that you hadn't but one child ! " " " What a Child May Become . - A poor doctor , who had met with great misfortunes , lay on his death - bed . Not long before his death , his youngest child was born , a scrawny , puny babe ...
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... poor man , " I will tell you that I don't play at all . " Not Identified . - A miser who had lost a bag containing a hundred guineas offered ten guineas reward for its return . A poor man who had found it brought it to the miser and ...
... poor man , " I will tell you that I don't play at all . " Not Identified . - A miser who had lost a bag containing a hundred guineas offered ten guineas reward for its return . A poor man who had found it brought it to the miser and ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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