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What I refer to is this: he says my Jumping Frog is a funny story, but still he can’t see why it should ever really convulse any one with laughter—and straightway proceeds to translate it into French in order to prove to his nation that there is nothing so very extravagantly funny about it.
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You never see a frog so modest and straightforward as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle ... From _The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches_ (1867) by Mark Twain edited by: Angel Price 11/96...
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[Samuel Clemens] Mark Twain's short story: The Jumping Frog - Read this text online ... What I refer to is this: he says my jumping Frog is a funny story, but still he can't see why it should ever really convulse any one with laughter--and straightway proceeds to translate it into French in order to prove to his nation...
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You never see a frog so modest and straightfor'ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see.
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When Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" first appeared in 1865, it was hailed by James Russell Lowell, the Boston-based leader of the literary elite, as "the finest piece of humorous literature yet produced in America." This was high praise for a tall-tale from a hitherto little known...
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Angels Camp crossroads to Wine Tasting in Calaveras County Lake and River activites and Mark Twain's Jumping Frog history ... ANGELS CAMP ; Gold Rush, Wine Country and Mark Twain's Jumping Frog...
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Class set of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County" by Mark Twain. ... Students compare and contrast Mark Twain's early writing skills as demonstrated in Jumping Frog with several of his later works. They will demonstrate their results though group discussions, oral presentations and/or essays.
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it was the last number -- the jumping frog killed it. They had not enough "G's", so they changed Greeley's name to "Smiley." That's a fact. - "Mark Twain Put to the Question" interview, Adelaide South Australian Register, 10/14/1895 ;
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ... [text from Mark Twain's San Francisco, Bernard Taper] ... MARK TWAIN IN THE CALIFORNIAN ; 1864-1867...
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