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... keep you company , and not smoke till we hear what your mother says . " " I think , " said Warren , with a side glance at Travers , relighting his cigar , " if Denton will excuse me , that he is a donkey for his pains , and to show how ...
... keep you company , and not smoke till we hear what your mother says . " " I think , " said Warren , with a side glance at Travers , relighting his cigar , " if Denton will excuse me , that he is a donkey for his pains , and to show how ...
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... keep you from swimming quietly to land . I'm going to have a bathe , if you're not . If you take my advice you'll have one too - it will freshen you up , a headache is at the bottom of your misery ; when we've had a dip I'm ready to ...
... keep you from swimming quietly to land . I'm going to have a bathe , if you're not . If you take my advice you'll have one too - it will freshen you up , a headache is at the bottom of your misery ; when we've had a dip I'm ready to ...
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... Keep it up , Charlie , " he shouted , " and it will be all right - I'm close behind ! " for he feared that Charlie might lose heart still more , and slacken speed . It was a rude interruption to the summer afternoon — a question almost ...
... Keep it up , Charlie , " he shouted , " and it will be all right - I'm close behind ! " for he feared that Charlie might lose heart still more , and slacken speed . It was a rude interruption to the summer afternoon — a question almost ...
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... keep you in the hollow of His hand . " So they parted . The first one to greet him on his return to school was Philip Parmenter . " George , old boy , " and there was no mistaking that what he said he meant , - " I am so sorry to hear ...
... keep you in the hollow of His hand . " So they parted . The first one to greet him on his return to school was Philip Parmenter . " George , old boy , " and there was no mistaking that what he said he meant , - " I am so sorry to hear ...
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... keep him from the room where Stewart's body lay . In spite of their remonstrances , when he heard that all was over , he dashed past them all , and flung himself upon the bed . He wept so violently and so long , that they SETTLING IN ...
... keep him from the room where Stewart's body lay . In spite of their remonstrances , when he heard that all was over , he dashed past them all , and flung himself upon the bed . He wept so violently and so long , that they SETTLING IN ...
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