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Word: reads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Thirdly, as to Faust. A vote was taken last year when we had done with it, and five-sixths of the class were of opinion it would be a good thing to read in German...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...Well, just sit down on yourself anywhere, and make yourself homely. If you want something to read, you'll find a copy of Watts's Ballads behind the washstand. Or, if you want something of a religious character, you'll find the last number of my little sheet hanging on the chandelier. You'd better take it and read the 'Familiar Conversions.' They'll enthuse you, my boy. They're taking the world by storm. That's only the third one in that number; there are thirty-nine still to come: The conversion of the Goodie and the Poco...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...That was n't just the word I wanted, but I guess 't will do. And by the way, Ibex, - there's nothing mean about me, I'll read them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...Ibex moved towards the door. "Oh, wait! let me read you some out of this," said the Lamprey, holding up a small but formidable pamphlet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...What, the Aberrate!" exclaimed the Ibex, catching a glance of the cover. "Oh! book of weird fatality! pray read it not! It's robbed our home of two sweet brothers. Had not it been, they had; but as it is, they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

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