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Literary Hack - Actions


Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - Extract by Samuel Langhorn Clemens
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On Stage

: race with comet :
" Well, it was so near my course that I wouldn't throw away the change; so I fell off a point, steadied my help, and went for him. "
: Stormfield taunts the captain :
" "Ta-ta! ta-ta! Any word to send to your family?" "
: Stormfield arrives at the right heavenly gate :
" A harp and a hymn-book, pair of wings and a halo, size 13, for Cap'n Eli Stormfield, of San Francisco!--make him out a clean bill of health, and let him in. "


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