[COMPLETE][Magazine][Short Stories]The Rover Vol. 01 No. 24 - kit

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The Rover Vol. 01 No. 24, edited by Seba Smith (1792 - 1868) and Lawrence Labree

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"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. The 24th issue of the series presents 7 short stories, an excerpt from Byron's poem "Manfred" and some trivia. (Summary by Sonia)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/rover02labrgoog/page/n457/mode/2up

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"The Rover Volume 1 Number 24, edited by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. Section [Number and Title]." (see MW for exact title/author)
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Post by Kitty »

and all is ready for the next Rover 8-)

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Post by alanmapstone »

Section 1 please :lol:
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alanmapstone wrote: September 17th, 2021, 1:43 am Section 1 please :lol:
knew it :lol: thanks, Alan !

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Post by BrizeCrize »

I think I spotted one about my speed - 6, Death at the Toilet - if you please.

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BrizeCrize wrote: September 17th, 2021, 5:53 amI think I spotted one about my speed - 6, Death at the Toilet - if you please.
thank you Brize, super to have you in another Rover ! This title definitely looks promising :lol: though I suspect back in the day, they meant a different sort of "toilet" than today

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Post by BrizeCrize »

Ha Ha, yes I already checked on that...not the more 'primitive' association we have today. Thanks.
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May I have 2 and 9? Jim :)
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Post by GregGiordano »

May I claim Section 3?

Thank you!

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neecheelok70 wrote: September 18th, 2021, 9:18 amMay I have 2 and 9? Jim :)
sure thank you, Jim :)

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GregGiordano wrote: September 18th, 2021, 3:47 pmMay I claim Section 3?
and thank you too, Greg. This title is really very promising. This will be a long section, you're brave. :shock:

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Post by neecheelok70 »

Here is Section 9--interesting ploy:

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/rover0124_9_various_128kb.mp3

2:15

Jim :)
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neecheelok70 wrote: September 19th, 2021, 3:11 pmHere is Section 9--interesting ploy:
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/rover0124_9_various_128kb.mp3
:lol: playing on embarrassing the congregation, nice tactics. I am surprised that it worked though.

Thank you, Jim, the first section is PL ok right away.

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Thanks, Sonia! Jim :thumbs:
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Post by BrizeCrize »

A little language help please! I initially read
"I was there within a few minutes, for my house was not more than too streets distant." as "...100 streets distant (the copy is a little rough) and at of course was quite impressed with his horse. But now I see it's 'too', which makes no sense and even 'two' strains credibility, since you would say 'two' rather than 'not more than two' since two is hardly a rough estimate. I'm leaning toward ad-libbing 'a few' which still is not an expression I would say, but possibly an expression of the day. Please advise of any better ideas. (I'm in section 6) Thanks
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