Specimens of the Short StoryGeorge Henry Nettleton Henry Holt & Company, 1901 - 229 من الصفحات "This collection of short stories has two purposes : first, to give to the general reader interesting specimens of the best narration; second, within small compass, to supply the teacher or student of English composition with varied and profitable material for study of the art of narrative writing."--Pref. Includes brief introductory biographies of the authors. |
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... thought now my time is surely come , I have done for myself , I am going to be told 20 that they have no longer occasion for me . I could see , smiled at the terror I was in , which was a little relief to me , -when to my utter ...
... thought now my time is surely come , I have done for myself , I am going to be told 20 that they have no longer occasion for me . I could see , smiled at the terror I was in , which was a little relief to me , -when to my utter ...
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... thought or trouble , and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound . If left to himself , he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually din- 20 ning in his ears about his idleness ...
... thought or trouble , and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound . If left to himself , he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept continually din- 20 ning in his ears about his idleness ...
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... thought of en- countering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle . As he was about to descend , he heard a voice from a distance , hallooing , " Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle ! " He looked round , but could see nothing but a crow winging its ...
... thought of en- countering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle . As he was about to descend , he heard a voice from a distance , hallooing , " Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle ! " He looked round , but could see nothing but a crow winging its ...
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... thought Rip , " I have not slept here all night . " He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep . The strange man with a keg of liquor - the mountain ravine—— 25 the wild retreat among the rocks the woe - begone party at ninepins ...
... thought Rip , " I have not slept here all night . " He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep . The strange man with a keg of liquor - the mountain ravine—— 25 the wild retreat among the rocks the woe - begone party at ninepins ...
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... thought Rip , " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of the rheumatism , I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle . " With some difficulty he got down into the glen ; he found the gully up which he and his companion ...
... thought Rip , " and if this frolic should lay me up with a fit of the rheumatism , I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle . " With some difficulty he got down into the glen ; he found the gully up which he and his companion ...
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