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... never known to blame him , or to listen patiently to one who did . She would sit in the high - backed , rudely - carved old arm- chair before the smouldering embers on the hearth , and with her dark hazel eyes fixed pensively on them ...
... never known to blame him , or to listen patiently to one who did . She would sit in the high - backed , rudely - carved old arm- chair before the smouldering embers on the hearth , and with her dark hazel eyes fixed pensively on them ...
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... never known to admit ignorance concerning anyone or any- thing ; and if asked to square the circle , he would have sat down before the kitchen table , and deliberately attempted to solve the problem with a bit of chalk . As perhaps it ...
... never known to admit ignorance concerning anyone or any- thing ; and if asked to square the circle , he would have sat down before the kitchen table , and deliberately attempted to solve the problem with a bit of chalk . As perhaps it ...
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... never has . You would not take our pig , I'm sure . ' ' No , ' replied Aubrey , ' because a pig would be of no use to me . ' ' Then what would you take ? ' asked Ivy , puzzled to think what the selection might be . ] ' You , ' returned ...
... never has . You would not take our pig , I'm sure . ' ' No , ' replied Aubrey , ' because a pig would be of no use to me . ' ' Then what would you take ? ' asked Ivy , puzzled to think what the selection might be . ] ' You , ' returned ...
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... never dreamt of by Samuel Wideo of Bromley Marsh . Now Bromley Marsh , to be seen once by the fastidious , would probably be avoided henceforth and for ever . As its name signified , it was a flat piece of oozy ground , interspersed ...
... never dreamt of by Samuel Wideo of Bromley Marsh . Now Bromley Marsh , to be seen once by the fastidious , would probably be avoided henceforth and for ever . As its name signified , it was a flat piece of oozy ground , interspersed ...
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... never had a father as far as he knew . A mother he recollected well , as she observed the unexceptionable rule of ... never mended with him when residing in the alley with his mother . His food he got where , when , how , and from whom ...
... never had a father as far as he knew . A mother he recollected well , as she observed the unexceptionable rule of ... never mended with him when residing in the alley with his mother . His food he got where , when , how , and from whom ...
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