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Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff. " I can hardly forbear hurling things at him . " " I'll punch your ' ead for you , some day , though you think yourself such a swell ! " " And I'll kick you out in about half a second the next time I find ...
Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff. " I can hardly forbear hurling things at him . " " I'll punch your ' ead for you , some day , though you think yourself such a swell ! " " And I'll kick you out in about half a second the next time I find ...
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... things , the unequal conditions of existence , and other problems which have engaged the attention of philosophers of all ages . But possibly he found consolation in thinking that the nurserymaids and children now took admiring notice ...
... things , the unequal conditions of existence , and other problems which have engaged the attention of philosophers of all ages . But possibly he found consolation in thinking that the nurserymaids and children now took admiring notice ...
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... things more easy , sir , when ? A fellow must have some- you were young thing to keep him up to the mark , now - a - days . After working like a horse at football all the afternoon , one feels as if one wants a glass of beer . " " Well ...
... things more easy , sir , when ? A fellow must have some- you were young thing to keep him up to the mark , now - a - days . After working like a horse at football all the afternoon , one feels as if one wants a glass of beer . " " Well ...
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... earth . " " What pleasure can they have in such a rough and dirty amusement ! " " One has to go through a good deal of rough- ness , and mud too , before one has done with the world . " " My dear , you do say such ridiculous things.
... earth . " " What pleasure can they have in such a rough and dirty amusement ! " " One has to go through a good deal of rough- ness , and mud too , before one has done with the world . " " My dear , you do say such ridiculous things.
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Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff. " My dear , you do say such ridiculous things ! " replied Mrs. Shaw , with ever so slight a shrug of her shoulders . Outside of his own family , it was sometimes said that Judge Shaw was a little eccentric ...
Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff. " My dear , you do say such ridiculous things ! " replied Mrs. Shaw , with ever so slight a shrug of her shoulders . Outside of his own family , it was sometimes said that Judge Shaw was a little eccentric ...
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