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Talks (Paperback)
George Thatcher
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R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: and
the concussiou of all those pounds coming down so unexpectedly on
the venerable old chair caused a demolition. The old chair went
into splinters, and, lo and behold, hid in its own concealment, in
the bottom of the chair was two hundred thousand dollars; and he
went to his brother, the other son, who wouldn't give him anything,
and gave him the same, and said, " Wouldn't you like to have the
old armchair ?" Then he went to Congress, and nobody has ever heard
of him since. MY SON JOHN Talk about boys I've got one, and for
downright stupidity he certainly is beyond anything I ever saw in
all my life. The word stupid is not strong enough, it does not half
express it. He does some of the most outlandish things I ever heard
tell of. Now, for an example. My wife sent him to the butcher's one
day last week to see if he had pig's feet. He came back and told
his mother he couldn't tell, the butcher had his shoes on. Stupid
and lazy Well, the fact is he was born tired. Why when we want to
get him up early in the morning we have to wake him up two hours
before he goes to bed. He goes to Sunday-school, and what do you
think he said last Sunday ? You see, the teacher always asks the
same questions every Sunday. She says to the first boy, " Who made
you ?" Then the little boy replies, "The Lord made me." Then she
asks the next boy?that's my boy, he's No. 2?" Who was the first man
?" And he says, "Adam," and so on down to the foot of the class.
Well, last Sunday the first boy was absent, so that made my boy
first, and the teacher began with " Who made you ?" My boy said,
"Adam." Then the teacher corrected him and said, " No, no, the
Lordmade you." Then my boy said, " No, sir; the little boy the Lord
made didn't come today." Oh he's a great boy, and to add to his
othe...
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per day and are supplemented with:
- Funny cartoon-style illustrations
- Language games, puzzles, and quick quizzes
- A set of vocabulary flashcards
- A pull-out bilingual dictionary booklet
- An MP3 CD with audio for all Listening Comprehension
activities
In just minutes a day, readers will pick up enough Spanish for most
everyday situations--from meeting and greeting people to asking
directions and handling simple business transactions.
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