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... stood clusters of tall , crooked chimneys , so twisted that the smoke must have struggled with difficulty to pass through them . There were stone casements , deep - seated windows , small panes of glass which glistened and twinkled ...
... stood clusters of tall , crooked chimneys , so twisted that the smoke must have struggled with difficulty to pass through them . There were stone casements , deep - seated windows , small panes of glass which glistened and twinkled ...
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... stood by the scattered and irregular bed of daffodils , now in full bloom ; for the spring was close at hand , and these were her heralds . ' I wish she would come , ' repeated he . ' I have no one to meet but Ivy , and she ought not to ...
... stood by the scattered and irregular bed of daffodils , now in full bloom ; for the spring was close at hand , and these were her heralds . ' I wish she would come , ' repeated he . ' I have no one to meet but Ivy , and she ought not to ...
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... stood at the head of a horse attached by several devices to a vehicle on wheels defying description . The body might have been formed from tea - chests , orange - boxes , or waifs and strays of a similar kind , and the wheels were never ...
... stood at the head of a horse attached by several devices to a vehicle on wheels defying description . The body might have been formed from tea - chests , orange - boxes , or waifs and strays of a similar kind , and the wheels were never ...
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... stood . Her driver , partaking of his share of the dust through the medium of his eyes , nostrils , mouth , and ears , leant against a lamp - post , humming , with a sound not dissimilar to that of a bee in a bottle , ' God save the ...
... stood . Her driver , partaking of his share of the dust through the medium of his eyes , nostrils , mouth , and ears , leant against a lamp - post , humming , with a sound not dissimilar to that of a bee in a bottle , ' God save the ...
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... stood in his usual attitude , with his back to the empty grate , and the tails of his coat widely separated , waiting patiently for his pupil's announcement that he could repeat four times four from end to end . It might be as an ...
... stood in his usual attitude , with his back to the empty grate , and the tails of his coat widely separated , waiting patiently for his pupil's announcement that he could repeat four times four from end to end . It might be as an ...
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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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