To the homes of good men and greatW. H. Wise, 1916 |
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Page 134
... called on Voltaire and found him in bed reading Shakespeare . 66 What are you reading ? " asked the visitor . " Your Shakespeare ! " said the philosopher ; and as he answered he flung the book across the room . " He's not my Shakespeare ...
... called on Voltaire and found him in bed reading Shakespeare . 66 What are you reading ? " asked the visitor . " Your Shakespeare ! " said the philosopher ; and as he answered he flung the book across the room . " He's not my Shakespeare ...
Page 191
... called him back , and said that he was glad the author had called - in fact , he was about to send for him . His pension thereafter should be six thousand francs a year . papers Victor Hugo declined to receive it . Of course , the were ...
... called him back , and said that he was glad the author had called - in fact , he was about to send for him . His pension thereafter should be six thousand francs a year . papers Victor Hugo declined to receive it . Of course , the were ...
Page 327
... called up a friend of his in Pittsburgh and ordered that New York give the Pitts- burgh man the Albany wire . " Feel your way up the river until you find me , " were the orders . Edison started feeling his way down the river . In twenty ...
... called up a friend of his in Pittsburgh and ordered that New York give the Pitts- burgh man the Albany wire . " Feel your way up the river until you find me , " were the orders . Edison started feeling his way down the river . In twenty ...
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