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... write them " ( the king and the duke looked sold and foolish , I tell you , to see how the lawyer had took them in ) , " and here's this old gentleman's handwriting , and anybody can tell , easy enough , he didn't write them - fact is ...
... write them " ( the king and the duke looked sold and foolish , I tell you , to see how the lawyer had took them in ) , " and here's this old gentleman's handwriting , and anybody can tell , easy enough , he didn't write them - fact is ...
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... write . ” " Spose he can't write - he can make marks on the shirt , can't he , if we make him a pen out of an old pewter spoon or a piece of an old iron barrel - hoop ? " " Why , Tom , we can pull a feather out of a goose and make him a ...
... write . ” " Spose he can't write - he can make marks on the shirt , can't he , if we make him a pen out of an old pewter spoon or a piece of an old iron barrel - hoop ? " " Why , Tom , we can pull a feather out of a goose and make him a ...
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... write vividly , briefly , and frequently . Indeed , probably because he never became a salaried jour- nalist but always remained a free - lance , he was able to write fiction prolifi- cally and even to develop his bent for writing ...
... write vividly , briefly , and frequently . Indeed , probably because he never became a salaried jour- nalist but always remained a free - lance , he was able to write fiction prolifi- cally and even to develop his bent for writing ...
Contents
Pioneers of the Modern | 1855 |
Song of Myself | 1861 |
Children of Adam | 1908 |
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