Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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... door of the printing - house . It was found in the morn- ing , and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual . They read it , commented on it in my hearing , and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with ...
... door of the printing - house . It was found in the morn- ing , and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual . They read it , commented on it in my hearing , and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with ...
Page 39
... door of Mr. Read , my future wife's father ; when she , standing at the door , saw me , and thought I made , as I certainly did , a most awkward , ridiculous appearance . Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut ...
... door of Mr. Read , my future wife's father ; when she , standing at the door , saw me , and thought I made , as I certainly did , a most awkward , ridiculous appearance . Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut ...
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... door . Keimer ran down immediately , thinking it a visit to him ; but the governor inquired for me , came up , and with a condescension and politeness I had been quite unused to , made me many compliments , desired to be acquainted with ...
... door . Keimer ran down immediately , thinking it a visit to him ; but the governor inquired for me , came up , and with a condescension and politeness I had been quite unused to , made me many compliments , desired to be acquainted with ...
Page 76
... doors , desiring Meredith , whom I saw below , to take care of some things I left , and bring them to my lodgings . Meredith came accordingly in the evening , when we talked my affair over . He had conceived a great regard for me , and ...
... doors , desiring Meredith , whom I saw below , to take care of some things I left , and bring them to my lodgings . Meredith came accordingly in the evening , when we talked my affair over . He had conceived a great regard for me , and ...
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... door , and asked me if I was the young man who had lately opened a new printing - house ? Being answered in the affirmative , he said he was sorry for me , because it was an expen- sive undertaking , and the expense would be lost ; for ...
... door , and asked me if I was the young man who had lately opened a new printing - house ? Being answered in the affirmative , he said he was sorry for me , because it was an expen- sive undertaking , and the expense would be lost ; for ...
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