Reading and Literature, Book 3World Book Company, 1928 - American literature |
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Page 11
... telling artist lifts us out of dull surround- ings and transports us to distant places or far - away times and makes us acquainted with persons we should otherwise not know . Story - telling is a very old art . It comprises the simple ...
... telling artist lifts us out of dull surround- ings and transports us to distant places or far - away times and makes us acquainted with persons we should otherwise not know . Story - telling is a very old art . It comprises the simple ...
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... tell , and I won't . If I did , you'd say I was trying to make myself out clever , and I never boast about the things I do . " Richard Harding Davis was a star reporter . Wherever the eyes of the world turned for adventure or excitement ...
... tell , and I won't . If I did , you'd say I was trying to make myself out clever , and I never boast about the things I do . " Richard Harding Davis was a star reporter . Wherever the eyes of the world turned for adventure or excitement ...
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... tell you . We were down South - Bill Driscoll and myself - when this kidnaping idea struck us . It was , as Bill afterward expressed it , " during a moment of temporary mental apparition " ; but we didn't find that out till later ...
... tell you . We were down South - Bill Driscoll and myself - when this kidnaping idea struck us . It was , as Bill afterward expressed it , " during a moment of temporary mental apparition " ; but we didn't find that out till later ...
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... tell you , Sam , a human can only stand so much . I takes him by the neck of his clothes and drags him down the mountain . On the way he kicks my legs black - and - blue from the knees down ; and I've got to have two or three bites on ...
... tell you , Sam , a human can only stand so much . I takes him by the neck of his clothes and drags him down the mountain . On the way he kicks my legs black - and - blue from the knees down ; and I've got to have two or three bites on ...
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... bed in Bedlam . Besides being a thorough gentle- man , I think Mr. Dorset is a spendthrift for making us such a liberal offer . You ain't going to let the chance go , are you ? " " Tell you the truth , Bill , " says 34 Short Stories.
... bed in Bedlam . Besides being a thorough gentle- man , I think Mr. Dorset is a spendthrift for making us such a liberal offer . You ain't going to let the chance go , are you ? " " Tell you the truth , Bill , " says 34 Short Stories.
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