The Literary Class Book; Or, Readings in English Literature: To which is Prefixed an Introductory Treatise on the Art of Reading and the Principles of ElocutionMarcus and John Sullivan, 1855 - 512 pages |
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Page 241
... corporal . But it was not my good fortune to have any promotion , for I soon fell sick , and so got leave to return home again , with forty pounds in my pocket . This was at the beginning of the present war , and I hoped to be set on ...
... corporal . But it was not my good fortune to have any promotion , for I soon fell sick , and so got leave to return home again , with forty pounds in my pocket . This was at the beginning of the present war , and I hoped to be set on ...
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... for in consideration of the Corporal's lame knee ( which sometimes gave him exquisite pain ) , when my uncle Toby dined or 2 A OR , SCHOOL READER . 369 Destruction of Sennacherib, Byron, PATHETIC PIECES The Story of Le Fevre, 0 Sterne,
... for in consideration of the Corporal's lame knee ( which sometimes gave him exquisite pain ) , when my uncle Toby dined or 2 A OR , SCHOOL READER . 369 Destruction of Sennacherib, Byron, PATHETIC PIECES The Story of Le Fevre, 0 Sterne,
Page 370
... Corporal to stand ; and the poor fellow's veneration for his master was such , that , with a pro- per artillery , my uncle Toby could have taken Dendermond itself with less trouble than he was able to gain this point over him ; for many ...
... Corporal to stand ; and the poor fellow's veneration for his master was such , that , with a pro- per artillery , my uncle Toby could have taken Dendermond itself with less trouble than he was able to gain this point over him ; for many ...
Page 371
... Corporal ; but I can ask his son again . Has he a son with him then ? said my uncle Toby . A boy , replied the landlord , of about eleven or twelve years of age ; but the poor creature has tasted almost as little as his father ; he does ...
... Corporal ; but I can ask his son again . Has he a son with him then ? said my uncle Toby . A boy , replied the landlord , of about eleven or twelve years of age ; but the poor creature has tasted almost as little as his father ; he does ...
Page 372
... Corporal , of being able to bring back your honour any kind of intelligence concerning the poor sick lieutenant . Is he in the army , then ? said my uncle Toby . He is , said the Corporal . And in what regi- ment ? said my uncle Toby ...
... Corporal , of being able to bring back your honour any kind of intelligence concerning the poor sick lieutenant . Is he in the army , then ? said my uncle Toby . He is , said the Corporal . And in what regi- ment ? said my uncle Toby ...
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