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... knew he was ever ready to communicate with prompt eloquence and unflagging energy , and that which he knew nothing whatever about he was equally prepared to make his auditory believe , at the shortest notice , that , if a master of the ...
... knew he was ever ready to communicate with prompt eloquence and unflagging energy , and that which he knew nothing whatever about he was equally prepared to make his auditory believe , at the shortest notice , that , if a master of the ...
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... knew . A mother he recollected well , as she observed the unexceptionable rule of thrashing him soundly whenever labouring under the influence of alcoholic fluids , and daily evidence of the influence being forth- coming , without the ...
... knew . A mother he recollected well , as she observed the unexceptionable rule of thrashing him soundly whenever labouring under the influence of alcoholic fluids , and daily evidence of the influence being forth- coming , without the ...
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... knew that the compliment was aimed point - blank at him , and blushed , accordingly , from chin to brow . pursued his study , however , in silence , and Samuel Wideo stood in his usual attitude , with his back to the empty grate , and ...
... knew that the compliment was aimed point - blank at him , and blushed , accordingly , from chin to brow . pursued his study , however , in silence , and Samuel Wideo stood in his usual attitude , with his back to the empty grate , and ...
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... knew sometimes - to make , with gentle footfall , the cottage as clean , neat , and tidy as small but willing hands . could render it . The spiders had no chance with Ivy ; and as for dust , it no sooner appeared than it was wiped away ...
... knew sometimes - to make , with gentle footfall , the cottage as clean , neat , and tidy as small but willing hands . could render it . The spiders had no chance with Ivy ; and as for dust , it no sooner appeared than it was wiped away ...
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... knew how to make a rabbit look , smell , and taste , as nice and savoury as need be to the most epi- curean of palates . It was seldom that she had to ask the head - gamekeeper of the Leferne family what he would have for dinner ; for ...
... knew how to make a rabbit look , smell , and taste , as nice and savoury as need be to the most epi- curean of palates . It was seldom that she had to ask the head - gamekeeper of the Leferne family what he would have for dinner ; for ...
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added the Colonel appeared arms asked Aubrey Leferne Aunt Margaret began Billy Bottles Brentford Bromley Marsh brow chair CHAPTER cheeks Colonel Leferne colours colt continued the Colonel daffodils dairyman Dame Soppy dear boy Derby ejaculated exclaimed eyes feel felt fingers fixed gamekeeper gaze gentleman Greatwood Park hand Harry Girling head heard heart horse inquired Ivy Girling Jacket and Gaiters Jeremiah Early Johnny Tadpole knew lawyer Leferne's lips listen little Mite look Mark Rookson Master Aubrey never Newmarket nose observed the Colonel old grey mare perhaps possessed Queen Mary race rejoined the Colonel remarked repeated replied the Colonel responded the Colonel resumed the Colonel returned the Colonel Robert Roundhead Samuel Wideo scarcely seemed silence smile Soppy's speak spoke stood Taddy there's things Thomas Soppy thought tone and manner turned Unknown vicar voice wife William Bottles wish words
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