Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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... stopped his sermon , and desired a neighbor of the guilty person to awake him . Mr. Cowan was very much an- noyed by this practice on the part of the clergyman ; and at last , one day , meeting him on the street , said he would will ...
... stopped his sermon , and desired a neighbor of the guilty person to awake him . Mr. Cowan was very much an- noyed by this practice on the part of the clergyman ; and at last , one day , meeting him on the street , said he would will ...
Page 128
... stopped and called out " New York ! " and in a moment after , " Paterson ! " and then " Philadelphia ! " His knowledge of towns was now exhausted , and at the next place he cried " Heaven ! " His little sister said eagerly , " " Top ! I ...
... stopped and called out " New York ! " and in a moment after , " Paterson ! " and then " Philadelphia ! " His knowledge of towns was now exhausted , and at the next place he cried " Heaven ! " His little sister said eagerly , " " Top ! I ...
Page 267
... stopped . " Too much fog . Can't see the river . " " But you can see the stars overhead . " " Yes , " replied the urbane pilot ; " but until the biler busts we ain't going that way . " The passenger went to bed . Early Steam Traveling ...
... stopped . " Too much fog . Can't see the river . " " But you can see the stars overhead . " " Yes , " replied the urbane pilot ; " but until the biler busts we ain't going that way . " The passenger went to bed . Early Steam Traveling ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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