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thee'st not up to business, I take it." " It is on that account I apply to you — you, sir,
are now in possession of the last remaining property of an ancient family, the
castle of my forefathers." " Four fathers ! — that's a good one, an't 90 ELEGANT ...
thee'st not up to business, I take it." " It is on that account I apply to you — you, sir,
are now in possession of the last remaining property of an ancient family, the
castle of my forefathers." " Four fathers ! — that's a good one, an't 90 ELEGANT ...
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I ask ye pardon — thank God, I hadn't a brass sixpence to cross myself with —
should'nt have been here now, buying castles, as thee call'st 'em — no, no —
never knew any body do good in business as begun with any thing." " Why,
confound ...
I ask ye pardon — thank God, I hadn't a brass sixpence to cross myself with —
should'nt have been here now, buying castles, as thee call'st 'em — no, no —
never knew any body do good in business as begun with any thing." " Why,
confound ...
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Slow — should like to see thee get on as fast — ask ye pardon, I began to climb
like smoke." " Climb ! creep, you would say." " I would say no such thing, for I
should lie — ask ye pardon — I climbed to the garret — first housed, then lodged,
...
Slow — should like to see thee get on as fast — ask ye pardon, I began to climb
like smoke." " Climb ! creep, you would say." " I would say no such thing, for I
should lie — ask ye pardon — I climbed to the garret — first housed, then lodged,
...
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It's the nonplush, as we has it — where the dickons would'st thee ha' me go 1 —
There I stuck, for nobody could move me, 'till I growed to it, like a nailed
Brummegem; and it's the awkwardest thing in life to me to go without it." " I mean
to ask, ...
It's the nonplush, as we has it — where the dickons would'st thee ha' me go 1 —
There I stuck, for nobody could move me, 'till I growed to it, like a nailed
Brummegem; and it's the awkwardest thing in life to me to go without it." " I mean
to ask, ...
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Wouldn't say nothing to disparage ye ; 'tisn't thee fault — nater made us as we be,
— can't all rise to the top ; — ben't all born to fortin." hook. DESCRIPTION OF
DOMINIE SAMPSON. Though we have said so much of the laird himself, it still ...
Wouldn't say nothing to disparage ye ; 'tisn't thee fault — nater made us as we be,
— can't all rise to the top ; — ben't all born to fortin." hook. DESCRIPTION OF
DOMINIE SAMPSON. Though we have said so much of the laird himself, it still ...
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| Title | New elegant extracts: a unique selection, moral, instructive and entertaining, from the most eminent prose and epistolary writers, Volume 3, Parts 5-6 New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive and Entertaining, from the Most Eminent Prose and Epistolary Writers, Richard Alfred Davenport |
| Author | Richard Alfred Davenport |
| Publisher | Printed by C. and C. Whittingham, 1827 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Aug 2007 |
| Subjects | Conduct of life English literature |
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