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... took the pains to select his bride ; and if they might have chosen better they might have chosen worse , which is more than can be said for many men who choose wives for themselves . Miss Caroline Bro- therton was in all respects a ...
... took the pains to select his bride ; and if they might have chosen better they might have chosen worse , which is more than can be said for many men who choose wives for themselves . Miss Caroline Bro- therton was in all respects a ...
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... took him under its special care , and appointed him to a clerk- ship in a public office . From that moment he continued to get on in the world , and was now a commissioner of customs , with a salary of £ 1500 a - year . As soon as he ...
... took him under its special care , and appointed him to a clerk- ship in a public office . From that moment he continued to get on in the world , and was now a commissioner of customs , with a salary of £ 1500 a - year . As soon as he ...
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... took his bottle freely . But his tastes in literature were of a refined and peaceful character , contrasting therein the tendencies one might have expected from his muscular development of Christi- anity . He was a great reader of ...
... took his bottle freely . But his tastes in literature were of a refined and peaceful character , contrasting therein the tendencies one might have expected from his muscular development of Christi- anity . He was a great reader of ...
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... ; and if frost - bitten on Tuesday , it took a tepid bath on Wednesday . The novels they chose were indeed rarely of a nature to raise the VOL . I. B intellectual thermometer into blood - heat : the heroes and KENELM CHILLINGLY . 17.
... ; and if frost - bitten on Tuesday , it took a tepid bath on Wednesday . The novels they chose were indeed rarely of a nature to raise the VOL . I. B intellectual thermometer into blood - heat : the heroes and KENELM CHILLINGLY . 17.
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... took it from the nurse , and moving it deliberately up and down , as if to weigh it , said cheerfully , " Monstrous heavy ! by the time it is twenty it will be a match for a prize - fighter of fifteen stone ! " Therewith he strode to ...
... took it from the nurse , and moving it deliberately up and down , as if to weigh it , said cheerfully , " Monstrous heavy ! by the time it is twenty it will be a match for a prize - fighter of fifteen stone ! " Therewith he strode to ...
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