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For a clever man , " said she , " he is the most matter - of - fact person I ever met with . " Her son , a gentleman of some six years old , was lying at full length on the hearth - rug , amusing himself with a small volume called the ...
For a clever man , " said she , " he is the most matter - of - fact person I ever met with . " Her son , a gentleman of some six years old , was lying at full length on the hearth - rug , amusing himself with a small volume called the ...
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The author wisely disdains to admit any negative proof whatever in the matter of his hero's blood . " That a Runnymede has been known to sit in the stocks , shall be no evidence that a Runnymede has not sat on the bench : -that another ...
The author wisely disdains to admit any negative proof whatever in the matter of his hero's blood . " That a Runnymede has been known to sit in the stocks , shall be no evidence that a Runnymede has not sat on the bench : -that another ...
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Of course I could not let the matter rest there ; so the instant I returned to town , I drew up this Memorial to the Commissioners of the Customs - respectful but firm . Ahem ! " I had the gratification of listening to an interesting ...
Of course I could not let the matter rest there ; so the instant I returned to town , I drew up this Memorial to the Commissioners of the Customs - respectful but firm . Ahem ! " I had the gratification of listening to an interesting ...
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Contents
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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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