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Strange thoughts chill the heart of Pigeon , as he stands pricking his ears at his own inhospitable door . Ha ! he hears a heavy , leaden step - it is Susan ; in a second the door will be opened . A new , a cutting trial awaits the ...
Strange thoughts chill the heart of Pigeon , as he stands pricking his ears at his own inhospitable door . Ha ! he hears a heavy , leaden step - it is Susan ; in a second the door will be opened . A new , a cutting trial awaits the ...
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I go by the way of Drury Lane , and , just by the stage - door of the theatre , I meet Hugh Snave . Capital fellowmakes up pleasant parties - by the bye , he hasn't asked me to dinner for a long while .
I go by the way of Drury Lane , and , just by the stage - door of the theatre , I meet Hugh Snave . Capital fellowmakes up pleasant parties - by the bye , he hasn't asked me to dinner for a long while .
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These bacchanal fairies , thousands though there be -- for were they not , how would frail mortals find the door ? -are not distinguishable by the pro fane sober ; nor are they to be seen by the small drinker , by the petty rascal who ...
These bacchanal fairies , thousands though there be -- for were they not , how would frail mortals find the door ? -are not distinguishable by the pro fane sober ; nor are they to be seen by the small drinker , by the petty rascal who ...
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The Gurney Papers Nos XIII XIV XV XVI By the Author | 264 |
Little Pedlington in a Pucker By the Author of Paul Pry | 321 |
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