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... Short of stature , he gave as much height as practicable to his figure by elevating his double chin over the deepest and most stiffly - starched white cravat that was ever seen , in any age , to encircle the throat of a human being ...
... Short of stature , he gave as much height as practicable to his figure by elevating his double chin over the deepest and most stiffly - starched white cravat that was ever seen , in any age , to encircle the throat of a human being ...
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... short pause , Aubrey resumed his subject . ' Your father , Ivy , ' continued he , ' is a small tenant , you know , and , when my turn comes , I mean to claim a heriot of him , ' ' Oh ! Master Aubrey , ' exclaimed Ivy , ' my father has ...
... short pause , Aubrey resumed his subject . ' Your father , Ivy , ' continued he , ' is a small tenant , you know , and , when my turn comes , I mean to claim a heriot of him , ' ' Oh ! Master Aubrey , ' exclaimed Ivy , ' my father has ...
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... short , as a work of skill , nothing could be farther removed from the beautiful . The ' several devices , ' to which reference has been made , consisted of a small , very small saddle , dark as time - stained mahogany with wear and ...
... short , as a work of skill , nothing could be farther removed from the beautiful . The ' several devices , ' to which reference has been made , consisted of a small , very small saddle , dark as time - stained mahogany with wear and ...
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... short ? ' Johnny Tadpole - a boy of small growth and tender years -looked at his patron full in the face , and , instinctively knowing that he was right , boldly replied : ' Water it . ' ' That's it , Taddy , ' replied Samuel Wideo ...
... short ? ' Johnny Tadpole - a boy of small growth and tender years -looked at his patron full in the face , and , instinctively knowing that he was right , boldly replied : ' Water it . ' ' That's it , Taddy , ' replied Samuel Wideo ...
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... short , and , like the alder - bushes hanging over the black mud near the abode of his master , stunted . His biography was brief , and , at the same time , formed a very fair sample of the social histories of a large and interesting ...
... short , and , like the alder - bushes hanging over the black mud near the abode of his master , stunted . His biography was brief , and , at the same time , formed a very fair sample of the social histories of a large and interesting ...
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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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