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Page 79
... kind , and very generous and very helpful to us . " Good night . ” And yet , was there ever an adjective more misapplied ? Good night ! Why , there was no expletive enough scarred and blasted to describe that night . Black night ...
... kind , and very generous and very helpful to us . " Good night . ” And yet , was there ever an adjective more misapplied ? Good night ! Why , there was no expletive enough scarred and blasted to describe that night . Black night ...
Page 91
... kind word . They never had one . Whoever prayed for a bootblack ? Who , finding the wind blowing under the short jacket , or reddening his bare neck , ever asked him to warm ? Who , when he is wronged out of his ter cents , demands ...
... kind word . They never had one . Whoever prayed for a bootblack ? Who , finding the wind blowing under the short jacket , or reddening his bare neck , ever asked him to warm ? Who , when he is wronged out of his ter cents , demands ...
Page 113
... kind of crime , from manslaughter to chicken thief . Indeed , I do not think there is any place in the land where you can more easily get your pocket picked , or your house burglarized , your signature counterfeited , or your estate ...
... kind of crime , from manslaughter to chicken thief . Indeed , I do not think there is any place in the land where you can more easily get your pocket picked , or your house burglarized , your signature counterfeited , or your estate ...
Page 120
... kind of pressure you and I would have perished . It is despicable to stand on shore laughing at the ship- wrecked struggling in the breakers when we ought to be getting out the rockets and the lifeboat and the ropes from the wrecking ...
... kind of pressure you and I would have perished . It is despicable to stand on shore laughing at the ship- wrecked struggling in the breakers when we ought to be getting out the rockets and the lifeboat and the ropes from the wrecking ...
Page 129
... kind of club where men put purses together and open house , apportioning the expense of caterer and servants and room , and hav- ing a sort of domestic establishment - a style of club- house which in my opinion is far better than the ...
... kind of club where men put purses together and open house , apportioning the expense of caterer and servants and room , and hav- ing a sort of domestic establishment - a style of club- house which in my opinion is far better than the ...
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