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Page 228
... shoulders she climbed up and stood on the shoulders of the second kissing her hand to the audience . They did tricks with safety bicycles . There is often grace , and even beauty , in the perform- ance of clever acrobats , but this one ...
... shoulders she climbed up and stood on the shoulders of the second kissing her hand to the audience . They did tricks with safety bicycles . There is often grace , and even beauty , in the perform- ance of clever acrobats , but this one ...
Page 246
... shoulders a heavy responsibility that's of course entirely his look - out . " It took Ashenden a moment to see what his chief meant . Then he smiled thinly . " Don't think I'm going to pay the fellow five thou- sand pounds out of my own ...
... shoulders a heavy responsibility that's of course entirely his look - out . " It took Ashenden a moment to see what his chief meant . Then he smiled thinly . " Don't think I'm going to pay the fellow five thou- sand pounds out of my own ...
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... shoulder . He thought he would like to read and took up a book . " Do you mind not reading ? " she said . " I have to be held and when you turn the pages it makes me feel all funny . " Finally they reached Paris and went to a little ...
... shoulder . He thought he would like to read and took up a book . " Do you mind not reading ? " she said . " I have to be held and when you turn the pages it makes me feel all funny . " Finally they reached Paris and went to a little ...
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