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... moment the loud baying of dogs from the adjacent stables and farmyard , rising above the milder uproar usual in those quarters , showed that strangers were approaching the premises . The rumble of wheels next reached the ear , and ...
... moment the loud baying of dogs from the adjacent stables and farmyard , rising above the milder uproar usual in those quarters , showed that strangers were approaching the premises . The rumble of wheels next reached the ear , and ...
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... moment the party entered this yard , a door at the opposite side was suddenly opened , and out rushed , gambolling , stumbling , jostling together , a score or so of young calves recently weaned . Now , to the unpractised eye of Mr ...
... moment the party entered this yard , a door at the opposite side was suddenly opened , and out rushed , gambolling , stumbling , jostling together , a score or so of young calves recently weaned . Now , to the unpractised eye of Mr ...
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... moment I put one foot forward ! Bring a ladder , or a rope , or something ! " Nugent rushed to the rescue , and succeeded , knowing the geographical ins and outs of the mud , in steering Mr. Usher- wood back to terra firma , with the ...
... moment I put one foot forward ! Bring a ladder , or a rope , or something ! " Nugent rushed to the rescue , and succeeded , knowing the geographical ins and outs of the mud , in steering Mr. Usher- wood back to terra firma , with the ...
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... moment seen Dr. Pettitoes . He in confidence assured me that Reginald Clinton could not survive a month . He is going the same way as his poor brother , Philip , who , you know , died of consumption at Madeira . The poor old man is much ...
... moment seen Dr. Pettitoes . He in confidence assured me that Reginald Clinton could not survive a month . He is going the same way as his poor brother , Philip , who , you know , died of consumption at Madeira . The poor old man is much ...
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... moment they were embracing each other , and shedding tears with that promptitude peculiar to the fair sex . Then , sitting down , they discussed the remainder of the tea and buttered toast , and talked over Gertrude's change of posi ...
... moment they were embracing each other , and shedding tears with that promptitude peculiar to the fair sex . Then , sitting down , they discussed the remainder of the tea and buttered toast , and talked over Gertrude's change of posi ...
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