Silcote of SilcotesMacmillan, 1869 - 439 pages |
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... turned round . The party of young people who had been talking so freely about him saw before them a little common boy , with a smock - frock , whose face was fearfully swollen and disfigured with blood . Their babble and their play were ...
... turned round . The party of young people who had been talking so freely about him saw before them a little common boy , with a smock - frock , whose face was fearfully swollen and disfigured with blood . Their babble and their play were ...
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... turned his battered face on them , and said in good enough English- " I know what you are aiming at . But I can't be an Esquimaux to - night . I know all about the Great Fish River , and the pemmican , and the Magnetic Pole is in ...
... turned his battered face on them , and said in good enough English- " I know what you are aiming at . But I can't be an Esquimaux to - night . I know all about the Great Fish River , and the pemmican , and the Magnetic Pole is in ...
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... turned . The result was a " hip " bow from the Squire , and a splendid , graceful , sweeping curtsey from the ... turned on it by turning it out of the house . " She uttered this piece of simple nonsense so neatly , and with such an air ...
... turned . The result was a " hip " bow from the Squire , and a splendid , graceful , sweeping curtsey from the ... turned on it by turning it out of the house . " She uttered this piece of simple nonsense so neatly , and with such an air ...
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... turning , turn the tables : turn the words over and over as often as you can manage , and you'll have a reputation for wit . Archy , how many muddy puns can you make out of three selected words , by your permutations and combinations ...
... turning , turn the tables : turn the words over and over as often as you can manage , and you'll have a reputation for wit . Archy , how many muddy puns can you make out of three selected words , by your permutations and combinations ...
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... turned out to be very pretty , gentle , and amiable ; but not clever . Indeed , as time went on , her extreme simplicity of character gave their old friend Silcote great anxiety , and caused him to glance thoughtfully at his handsome ...
... turned out to be very pretty , gentle , and amiable ; but not clever . Indeed , as time went on , her extreme simplicity of character gave their old friend Silcote great anxiety , and caused him to glance thoughtfully at his handsome ...
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