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Page 99
Now Reuben was a nice young man As any in the town , And Phoebe loved him very dear , But , on account of his being obliged to work for a living , he never could make himself agreeable to old Mr. and Mrs. Brown .
Now Reuben was a nice young man As any in the town , And Phoebe loved him very dear , But , on account of his being obliged to work for a living , he never could make himself agreeable to old Mr. and Mrs. Brown .
Page 100
Then anguish filled young Reuben's heart , And vengeance crazed his brain , He drew an awful jack - knife out , And plunged it into old Brown about fifty or sixty times , so that ' s very doubtful about his ever coming to again .
Then anguish filled young Reuben's heart , And vengeance crazed his brain , He drew an awful jack - knife out , And plunged it into old Brown about fifty or sixty times , so that ' s very doubtful about his ever coming to again .
Page 101
said young Lochinvar . So stately his form , and so lovely her face , That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret , and her father did fume , And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume , And the ...
said young Lochinvar . So stately his form , and so lovely her face , That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret , and her father did fume , And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume , And the ...
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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