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Page 177
Meanwhile Raffleton kept alternately treading on the patches of sticking - plaster ,
and stirring him up with a boat - hook , to make him lay aside his benevolent and
solemn air , and look what he called “ lively . ” After which he would turn to ...
Meanwhile Raffleton kept alternately treading on the patches of sticking - plaster ,
and stirring him up with a boat - hook , to make him lay aside his benevolent and
solemn air , and look what he called “ lively . ” After which he would turn to ...
Page 247
Altogether unsuccessful , sir , ” said the chief turnkey , with a look of
disappointment , not unmixed with apprehension , as he approached Wild . “ I ' ve
been to all the flash cases in town , and can hear nothing of him or his wives .
First , I went to ...
Altogether unsuccessful , sir , ” said the chief turnkey , with a look of
disappointment , not unmixed with apprehension , as he approached Wild . “ I ' ve
been to all the flash cases in town , and can hear nothing of him or his wives .
First , I went to ...
Page 292
He pressed his arguments with a solemn countenance , and soon convinced
poor Connor that he was never more serious . • You are leaving me , ” he said , "
after three years ' service , and are justly entitled to the money . How could I look
at ...
He pressed his arguments with a solemn countenance , and soon convinced
poor Connor that he was never more serious . • You are leaving me , ” he said , "
after three years ' service , and are justly entitled to the money . How could I look
at ...
Page 386
... to which they had so often marched in the performance of their duty , and
beholding their comrades in all the bright array of discipline proceed cheerily
along , while they stood shivering in their sabots , not daring to cast a look in their
faces ...
... to which they had so often marched in the performance of their duty , and
beholding their comrades in all the bright array of discipline proceed cheerily
along , while they stood shivering in their sabots , not daring to cast a look in their
faces ...
Page 631
He looks more frightful than he is a great deal : his hair makes him look so : but
he and I have had many conversations together . I will try if he will speak , and
then you can hear how these mad people talk . James ! ” raising her voice , “ how
do ...
He looks more frightful than he is a great deal : his hair makes him look so : but
he and I have had many conversations together . I will try if he will speak , and
then you can hear how these mad people talk . James ! ” raising her voice , “ how
do ...
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