Re: CHAT: An introduction
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 5, 2003, 0:12 |
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Sally Caves scripsit:
> I give my History of the English Language students this hilarious essay by
> Twain. That and his review of James Fenimore Cooper's _The Last of the
> Mohicans_ are two of the funniest things by him I've ever read.
I agree absolutely. I once read the latter out loud to Gale while taking
an Amtrak trip from NYC to Hudson, NY. The only reason we weren't
rolling in the aisles is that people were standing in them already.
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