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... heard the loud lowing of oxen , the indignant grunting of pigs , the clamour of ducks and poultry , the occasional shouts of men , and the deep humming and throbbing of a steam - engine threshing corn . To return , however , to the ...
... heard the loud lowing of oxen , the indignant grunting of pigs , the clamour of ducks and poultry , the occasional shouts of men , and the deep humming and throbbing of a steam - engine threshing corn . To return , however , to the ...
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... heard it was a horrid kind of fever , " said Lady Mand . " I am not afraid of infection , with proper precautions , " rejoined Nugent ; and his visitors , after warm expressions of admiration for all they had seen , prepared to take ...
... heard it was a horrid kind of fever , " said Lady Mand . " I am not afraid of infection , with proper precautions , " rejoined Nugent ; and his visitors , after warm expressions of admiration for all they had seen , prepared to take ...
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... heard from you ; but per- haps , with Dr. Johnson , you will rejoin , that they have nothing else to do ! The pattern for a chair - cover you ask for I enclose , and remain , dearest Lady Maud , always your affectionate friend , " EMILY ...
... heard from you ; but per- haps , with Dr. Johnson , you will rejoin , that they have nothing else to do ! The pattern for a chair - cover you ask for I enclose , and remain , dearest Lady Maud , always your affectionate friend , " EMILY ...
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... heard to lock and bolt her bedroom door with decisive energy . Gertrude pursued her way to the drawing - room . 66 ' My sweet child , " said her mother , " sit beside me on the sofa . " The young lady , in some agitation , seated ...
... heard to lock and bolt her bedroom door with decisive energy . Gertrude pursued her way to the drawing - room . 66 ' My sweet child , " said her mother , " sit beside me on the sofa . " The young lady , in some agitation , seated ...
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... heard at the door , and a voice asking if she would take a cup of tea . Miss Beverley's face immediately assumed the Banshee expression , and , taking care not to rattle the tea - things , she answered in a sepulchral voice , " No ...
... heard at the door , and a voice asking if she would take a cup of tea . Miss Beverley's face immediately assumed the Banshee expression , and , taking care not to rattle the tea - things , she answered in a sepulchral voice , " No ...
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