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An old solicitor , whom I knew when I was a boy , told me that as an articled clerk he was once invited to dine with my grandfather . My grandfather carved the beef and then a servant handed him a dish of potatoes baked in their skins .
An old solicitor , whom I knew when I was a boy , told me that as an articled clerk he was once invited to dine with my grandfather . My grandfather carved the beef and then a servant handed him a dish of potatoes baked in their skins .
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I have been told that they were known in the Paris of that day as Beauty and the Beast . Her father was in the army ; he died in India and his widow , my grandmother , after squandering a considerable fortune , settled down in France to ...
I have been told that they were known in the Paris of that day as Beauty and the Beast . Her father was in the army ; he died in India and his widow , my grandmother , after squandering a considerable fortune , settled down in France to ...
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I accepted everything he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because he inspired me with a passionate admiration for certain works that time has shown to be not so admirable . When he arrived he found me ...
I accepted everything he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because he inspired me with a passionate admiration for certain works that time has shown to be not so admirable . When he arrived he found me ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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