Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations, Issue 8Penn Publishing Company, 1914 |
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... feet . She hunted around two or three minutes , growing red in the face , and then straightened up and hoarsely whispered : " It's gone ! " " W - what ? " he gasped . " That umbreller ! " " No ! " 66 Gone , hide and hair ! " so she went ...
... feet . She hunted around two or three minutes , growing red in the face , and then straightened up and hoarsely whispered : " It's gone ! " " W - what ? " he gasped . " That umbreller ! " " No ! " 66 Gone , hide and hair ! " so she went ...
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... feet , and the voices sweet Of their wives and their children dear ; But it faded away - away - away , Like a sound on a distant shore , And deeper and deeper grew the sleep , Till they slept to wake no more . O , the sailor's wife and ...
... feet , and the voices sweet Of their wives and their children dear ; But it faded away - away - away , Like a sound on a distant shore , And deeper and deeper grew the sleep , Till they slept to wake no more . O , the sailor's wife and ...
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... feet and slept . Among the other passengers was a magazine con- tributor , writing vagaries of Indian literature , also two physicians , a sombre , irrevocable . irrefragable allopathist , and a genial homeopathist , who made a NUMBER ...
... feet and slept . Among the other passengers was a magazine con- tributor , writing vagaries of Indian literature , also two physicians , a sombre , irrevocable . irrefragable allopathist , and a genial homeopathist , who made a NUMBER ...
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... feet , lifting and hurling him into the air . I reached the spot where he fell in a moment , to be greeted with a smile and the words , " Lieuten- ant , I's a good nigga and I's guine to jump ober de palins . " He never spoke again ...
... feet , lifting and hurling him into the air . I reached the spot where he fell in a moment , to be greeted with a smile and the words , " Lieuten- ant , I's a good nigga and I's guine to jump ober de palins . " He never spoke again ...
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... feet in diameter , Mr Adler ; William forgets . " " Begin to inflate her . When she was filled , it took eighty men to hold her , and- " " Eighty men , Mr. Potts ? Why , you know Mr. Bradley held the balloon himself . " " He did , did ...
... feet in diameter , Mr Adler ; William forgets . " " Begin to inflate her . When she was filled , it took eighty men to hold her , and- " " Eighty men , Mr. Potts ? Why , you know Mr. Bradley held the balloon himself . " " He did , did ...
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