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... dress , must you not have seen it ? A. Yes ; it must have been a remarkable thing , indeed , for a counsel in his bar dress to have a stick flourishing in his hand ; he had a roll of paper in his hand . Q. Does that enable you to swear ...
... dress , must you not have seen it ? A. Yes ; it must have been a remarkable thing , indeed , for a counsel in his bar dress to have a stick flourishing in his hand ; he had a roll of paper in his hand . Q. Does that enable you to swear ...
Page 98
... dress up men in the skins of beasts , in order to encourage the dogs to worry them . Just so this gentleman dresses up his victims in the characters of beasts , in order to expose them to your indignation . He had no pretence whatever ...
... dress up men in the skins of beasts , in order to encourage the dogs to worry them . Just so this gentleman dresses up his victims in the characters of beasts , in order to expose them to your indignation . He had no pretence whatever ...
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... dress so much , that being a strong and well - built man , he was once taken by a press - gang , as a person very fit for sea service ; a pleasant sort of mistake , which made him after- wards more attentive to the becomingness of his ...
... dress so much , that being a strong and well - built man , he was once taken by a press - gang , as a person very fit for sea service ; a pleasant sort of mistake , which made him after- wards more attentive to the becomingness of his ...
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