Our Boys and Girls, Volumes 7-8Oliver Optic Lee and Shepard, 1870 |
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... Bank yet . You've used me first rate , Wolf , and I don't mean to cheat you on this boat . After all , whether I buy her or not rather depends on what you ask for her . " " You shall have her for what she will bring at auction ...
... Bank yet . You've used me first rate , Wolf , and I don't mean to cheat you on this boat . After all , whether I buy her or not rather depends on what you ask for her . " " You shall have her for what she will bring at auction ...
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... Bank . Don't you think I'd better do it ? " " Certainly not , Tom . A trade is a trade . " " But I feel just as though I had stolen her . " " Don't feel so , my dear fellow . I will give " If you give all I ask , that's enough . If my ...
... Bank . Don't you think I'd better do it ? " " Certainly not , Tom . A trade is a trade . " " But I feel just as though I had stolen her . " " Don't feel so , my dear fellow . I will give " If you give all I ask , that's enough . If my ...
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... banks . Now , this second Ptolemy had two ships of thirty banks of oars , one of twen- ty , four of thirteen , two of twelve , and fourteen of eleven , besides large numbers of nine , sev- en , and six banks , not to mention smaller ...
... banks . Now , this second Ptolemy had two ships of thirty banks of oars , one of twen- ty , four of thirteen , two of twelve , and fourteen of eleven , besides large numbers of nine , sev- en , and six banks , not to mention smaller ...
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... bank , so that the flame would be blown directly into them . " Will you go on board one of those canal- boats , sir , or shall we put you on shore ? " asked Tom , addressing our passenger . " I don't know . I have had about enough canal ...
... bank , so that the flame would be blown directly into them . " Will you go on board one of those canal- boats , sir , or shall we put you on shore ? " asked Tom , addressing our passenger . " I don't know . I have had about enough canal ...
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... bank for the benefit of your boy . Let him go to school next week , and I will call soon and see that you suffer no loss for want of his earn- ings . Yours truly , HORACE WAles . " Cracker would not have had Spider know it ; but he did ...
... bank for the benefit of your boy . Let him go to school next week , and I will call soon and see that you suffer no loss for want of his earn- ings . Yours truly , HORACE WAles . " Cracker would not have had Spider know it ; but he did ...
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