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Page 51
... hours , then return and haul in the line . If in luck the take may be consider- able in weight and number , though not often of much value ; congers , dogfish , skate , and sea - bream were the usual victims ; but sometimes a big turbot ...
... hours , then return and haul in the line . If in luck the take may be consider- able in weight and number , though not often of much value ; congers , dogfish , skate , and sea - bream were the usual victims ; but sometimes a big turbot ...
Page 63
... hour or so , is generally found to be " heel , " that is , in the wrong direction , are not to my taste . Then the splashing through the muddy stream , the unsportsmanlike mobbing of the quarry , and the cruel murder that crowns the ...
... hour or so , is generally found to be " heel , " that is , in the wrong direction , are not to my taste . Then the splashing through the muddy stream , the unsportsmanlike mobbing of the quarry , and the cruel murder that crowns the ...
Page 91
... hours after , with the faithful Larry , for a walk across the mountain . I could not shoot , though the birds lay well , and I had fired several shots in vain , before I had reached the extreme end of the mountain over which the victim ...
... hours after , with the faithful Larry , for a walk across the mountain . I could not shoot , though the birds lay well , and I had fired several shots in vain , before I had reached the extreme end of the mountain over which the victim ...
Page 108
... hour next morning I found him at the door ; he was engaged in lecturing my friend Tim , the carman . " You'll take care of the fine young English gentleman , now , Tim ! do you hear me ? and not upset him . Are ye drunk now at all ...
... hour next morning I found him at the door ; he was engaged in lecturing my friend Tim , the carman . " You'll take care of the fine young English gentleman , now , Tim ! do you hear me ? and not upset him . Are ye drunk now at all ...
Page 110
... hours ) , and proceeded : " Mr. Phalim , too , is a likely boy ; but it's a pity Miss Honor had not a better bargain - a young English gintleman , now . ” " And who is Mr. Phelim ? " asked I. " He's just an agent , yer ' onner . " " Is ...
... hours ) , and proceeded : " Mr. Phalim , too , is a likely boy ; but it's a pity Miss Honor had not a better bargain - a young English gintleman , now . ” " And who is Mr. Phelim ? " asked I. " He's just an agent , yer ' onner . " " Is ...
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Page 115 - Yet," upon the river; Some jealousy of some one's heir, Some hopes of dying broken-hearted; A miniature, a lock of hair, The usual vows, — and then we parted. We parted: months and years rolled by; We met again four summers after. Our parting was all sob and sigh, — Our meeting was all mirth and laughter; For, in my heart's most secret cell, There had been many other lodgers; And she was not the ball-room's belle, But only Mrs. — Something — Rogers!