Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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... keep their corn till prices had risen . The coach would be sure to overtake some of them on their way to their outlying fields or to the market - town , sitting heavily on their well - groomed horses , or weighing down one side of an ...
... keep their corn till prices had risen . The coach would be sure to overtake some of them on their way to their outlying fields or to the market - town , sitting heavily on their well - groomed horses , or weighing down one side of an ...
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... keep servants for uninhabited " What ! you've been rather pinched , eh ? " " You find us living as we have been living these twelve years . " " Ah , you've had Durfey's debts as well as the lawsuits -confound them ! It will make a hole ...
... keep servants for uninhabited " What ! you've been rather pinched , eh ? " " You find us living as we have been living these twelve years . " " Ah , you've had Durfey's debts as well as the lawsuits -confound them ! It will make a hole ...
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... keep it worth releasing . A park without fine timber is no better than a beauty without teeth and hair . " " Bravo , mother ! " said Harold , putting his hand on her shoulder . " Ah , you've had to worry yourself THE RADICAL . 25.
... keep it worth releasing . A park without fine timber is no better than a beauty without teeth and hair . " " Bravo , mother ! " said Harold , putting his hand on her shoulder . " Ah , you've had to worry yourself THE RADICAL . 25.
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... English society quite unshaken , keeping down the ob- trusiveness of the vulgar and the discontent of the poor . The history of the Jews , she knew , ought to be preferred to any profane history ; the Pagans , of course THE RADICAL . 35.
... English society quite unshaken , keeping down the ob- trusiveness of the vulgar and the discontent of the poor . The history of the Jews , she knew , ought to be preferred to any profane history ; the Pagans , of course THE RADICAL . 35.
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... keeps down my fat . " The Reverend John Lingon became very talkative over his second bottle of port , which was opened on his neph- ew's arrival . He was not curious about the manners of Smyrna , or about Harold's experience , but he ...
... keeps down my fat . " The Reverend John Lingon became very talkative over his second bottle of port , which was opened on his neph- ew's arrival . He was not curious about the manners of Smyrna , or about Harold's experience , but he ...
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