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... poor gentleman was speedily dis- covered , standing up to his ankles in mud , amidst a multitude of pigs of all sorts and sizes . He feared to move lest he should sink deeper into the treacherous mire , yet was sorely embarrassed by his ...
... poor gentleman was speedily dis- covered , standing up to his ankles in mud , amidst a multitude of pigs of all sorts and sizes . He feared to move lest he should sink deeper into the treacherous mire , yet was sorely embarrassed by his ...
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... poor me , an emaciated spinster , with friends who frequent Petunia Lodge for the sake of eating my dinners , and ... poor brother , Philip , who , you know , died of consumption at Madeira . The poor old man is much cast down . ' Twill ...
... poor me , an emaciated spinster , with friends who frequent Petunia Lodge for the sake of eating my dinners , and ... poor brother , Philip , who , you know , died of consumption at Madeira . The poor old man is much cast down . ' Twill ...
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... poor Lucy of yours would get better , or that you would give her up , and find another maid . " " ( Mamma , I should be sorry to forsake her in her misfor- tune . " " My love , your feeling on the subject is much to your credit . But if ...
... poor Lucy of yours would get better , or that you would give her up , and find another maid . " " ( Mamma , I should be sorry to forsake her in her misfor- tune . " " My love , your feeling on the subject is much to your credit . But if ...
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... poor — for a farmer's wife , tolerably well off . Her sweet and gentle disposition softened the harshness of her husband's temper , and mitigated its natural austerity . When Oliver , their only son , grew up to man's estate , the old ...
... poor — for a farmer's wife , tolerably well off . Her sweet and gentle disposition softened the harshness of her husband's temper , and mitigated its natural austerity . When Oliver , their only son , grew up to man's estate , the old ...
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... poor of his parish . He did this partly from a kind and chari- table feeling ; partly because , as an overseer and churchwarden , he felt a satisfaction in ascertaining that the ratepayers ' inter- ests were at the same time honestly ...
... poor of his parish . He did this partly from a kind and chari- table feeling ; partly because , as an overseer and churchwarden , he felt a satisfaction in ascertaining that the ratepayers ' inter- ests were at the same time honestly ...
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