The Living Age, 213. köideE. Littell & Company, 1897 |
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... turned to the table where the match- box stood at his elbow , took it up , rat- tled it , and laid it down . He pressed the tobacco hard with his thumb , and , turning to Horner , said sharply : - Look at me - never a brief ; literary ...
... turned to the table where the match- box stood at his elbow , took it up , rat- tled it , and laid it down . He pressed the tobacco hard with his thumb , and , turning to Horner , said sharply : - Look at me - never a brief ; literary ...
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... turned in his chair , and sat with his elbows on his knees , his face resting on his closed fists , staring at the worn old hearth - rug . Thus they remained for some minutes . " What are you thinking asked Horner at length . He leapt ...
... turned in his chair , and sat with his elbows on his knees , his face resting on his closed fists , staring at the worn old hearth - rug . Thus they remained for some minutes . " What are you thinking asked Horner at length . He leapt ...
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... ferret . " Nothing , only I'm off ; that's all , old man . And I cannot ask you to stay this evening , you understand , because be I have to pack . " He turned slowly on Horner , who had recovered himself In Kedar's Tents . 9.
... ferret . " Nothing , only I'm off ; that's all , old man . And I cannot ask you to stay this evening , you understand , because be I have to pack . " He turned slowly on Horner , who had recovered himself In Kedar's Tents . 9.
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... turned against us , we should assuredly have lost the Punjab , and probably the whole country north of it . The Sikhs had been conquered , and had passed from open hostility to equally sincere friendship . Throughout the Mutiny they ...
... turned against us , we should assuredly have lost the Punjab , and probably the whole country north of it . The Sikhs had been conquered , and had passed from open hostility to equally sincere friendship . Throughout the Mutiny they ...
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... turned out to be cor- rect . Accordingly the second invasion proceeded under his command . That wonderful march then took place , with the result that after severe fighting Kabul at last was at his mercy . It was part of the policy of ...
... turned out to be cor- rect . Accordingly the second invasion proceeded under his command . That wonderful march then took place , with the result that after severe fighting Kabul at last was at his mercy . It was part of the policy of ...
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Page 93 - Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.