The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim stand out boldly among the long procession of characters which pass before the mental vision of the lovers of fiction . Sterne was over - convivial in his habits , as he was loose in his writings , which ...
... Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim stand out boldly among the long procession of characters which pass before the mental vision of the lovers of fiction . Sterne was over - convivial in his habits , as he was loose in his writings , which ...
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... uncle Toby and Trim had privately decamped from my father's house in town , in order to lay some of the finest sieges to some of the finest fortified cities in Europe , when my uncle Toby was one evening getting his supper with Trim ...
... uncle Toby and Trim had privately decamped from my father's house in town , in order to lay some of the finest sieges to some of the finest fortified cities in Europe , when my uncle Toby was one evening getting his supper with Trim ...
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... 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 nothing but mourn and lament for him night and day . He has not stirred ...
... 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 nothing but mourn and lament for him night and day . He has not stirred ...
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... uncle Toby over again in pretty near the same words . : " I despaired at first , " said the corporal , " of being able to bring back any intelligence to your honour about the lieutenant and his son ; for when I asked where his servant ...
... uncle Toby over again in pretty near the same words . : " I despaired at first , " said the corporal , " of being able to bring back any intelligence to your honour about the lieutenant and his son ; for when I asked where his servant ...
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... uncle Toby . “ But when a soldier , ' said I , ' an ' please your reverence , has been standing for twelve hours together in the trenches up to his knees in cold water , or engaged , ' said I , ' for months together , in long and ...
... uncle Toby . “ But when a soldier , ' said I , ' an ' please your reverence , has been standing for twelve hours together in the trenches up to his knees in cold water , or engaged , ' said I , ' for months together , in long and ...
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