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... tell me something I don't know ? ' ' If you'll condescend , sir , to raise your nose from be- tween the sheets ... tell me ? ' ' Something , Master Aubrey , which I ought to be soundly flogged for telling , ' responded Mr. Soppy , in a ...
... tell me something I don't know ? ' ' If you'll condescend , sir , to raise your nose from be- tween the sheets ... tell me ? ' ' Something , Master Aubrey , which I ought to be soundly flogged for telling , ' responded Mr. Soppy , in a ...
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... telling me . ' ' I was coming to that , sir , ' added Mr. Soppy ; ' I was coming to that . Admitting , however , that I ought not to have done many things that I have done , and , ' continued he , with a pious shake of the head , ought ...
... telling me . ' ' I was coming to that , sir , ' added Mr. Soppy ; ' I was coming to that . Admitting , however , that I ought not to have done many things that I have done , and , ' continued he , with a pious shake of the head , ought ...
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... Tell me at once , Soppy , what will please me to hear , ' added his young master , or I'll go to sleep again directly . I don't want to listen , ' continued he , with an impatient gesture , ' to any more of this nonsense . ' ' In that ...
... Tell me at once , Soppy , what will please me to hear , ' added his young master , or I'll go to sleep again directly . I don't want to listen , ' continued he , with an impatient gesture , ' to any more of this nonsense . ' ' In that ...
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... end , patiently and assiduously taking down the shutters of his pupil's mental darkness . To his most perfect satisfaction , Johnny soon began to read fluently words of one syllable , and could tell how 34 TOO FAST TO LAST .
... end , patiently and assiduously taking down the shutters of his pupil's mental darkness . To his most perfect satisfaction , Johnny soon began to read fluently words of one syllable , and could tell how 34 TOO FAST TO LAST .
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John Mills. fluently words of one syllable , and could tell how many twice two made without counting the tips of his fingers . The progress was triumphant , and Samuel Wideo enter- tained a reserved , vainglorious thought that the result ...
John Mills. fluently words of one syllable , and could tell how many twice two made without counting the tips of his fingers . The progress was triumphant , and Samuel Wideo enter- tained a reserved , vainglorious thought that the result ...
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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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