The Coo-ee Reciter: Humorous, Pathetic, Dramatic, Dialect, Recitations & Readings

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Such a faintness came all over me, you might have then an' there Knocked me down, sir, with a feather or tied me with a hair. Doc., I couldn't speak nor move; an' though I caugh...

"And in the lowest deep a lower deep," Thou sightless seer, indeed it may be so, The road to--well, we know--is somewhat steep, And who shall stay us when that road we go? Thric...

For, of course, he did love her. In less than two months he had begun to watch for her cash-ball with a trembling eagerness, to smooth out and stroke gently the bill her fingers...

I have more than once had reason to admire the British soldier in battle, but never was there such good ground for admiration as in watching him prepare. All the blare and tumul...

And this was all the religion he had-- To treat his engine well; Never be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell; And if ever the _Prairie Belle_ took fire, A thousand ti...

Daddy took me up and nursed me 'For he went on Friday week; "Sonny-boy," he said, "Here's sixpence, Bless you, lad!" and kissed my cheek, "Mind you write to me and tell me How y...