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... returned from the metropolis , should have occasioned you this trouble ; ' and so saying , Mr. Usherwood bowed until his head vanished beneath the side of the carriage . Nugent , raising his hat from his head with grave politeness ...
... returned from the metropolis , should have occasioned you this trouble ; ' and so saying , Mr. Usherwood bowed until his head vanished beneath the side of the carriage . Nugent , raising his hat from his head with grave politeness ...
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... returned to the garden , and from thence re - entered the house . In the entrance passage , however , stood a man respectably dressed , looking rather like an upper servant out of place . He was pale and careworn , and his light - grey ...
... returned to the garden , and from thence re - entered the house . In the entrance passage , however , stood a man respectably dressed , looking rather like an upper servant out of place . He was pale and careworn , and his light - grey ...
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... returning from the wars . I do hope Mr. Nugent will some day recover his posi- tion , repurchase all his ancestral estates , and be M.P. for the county , High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant into the bargain ! I think him so interesting ...
... returning from the wars . I do hope Mr. Nugent will some day recover his posi- tion , repurchase all his ancestral estates , and be M.P. for the county , High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant into the bargain ! I think him so interesting ...
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... returned from his usual ride over the estate , threw the reins of his strong active Galloway to one of his men , and , entering the house , proceeded to a long low room which went by the name of the library ; although , to say the truth ...
... returned from his usual ride over the estate , threw the reins of his strong active Galloway to one of his men , and , entering the house , proceeded to a long low room which went by the name of the library ; although , to say the truth ...
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... returned if no relief afforded . Mens sana in corpore sano . " The Latin quotation was a masterly stroke of policy , and had conquered the scepticism of many a country bumpkin , after he had day after day flattened his nose against the ...
... returned if no relief afforded . Mens sana in corpore sano . " The Latin quotation was a masterly stroke of policy , and had conquered the scepticism of many a country bumpkin , after he had day after day flattened his nose against the ...
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