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... fresh and hearty . " " Do ye see this , Tim , you murtherin ' villain ? " " I do , yer ' onner . " " What is it at all ? " " Shure it's the blunderbuss herself ; the holy Virgin save us ! " " " Now , Tim , by this and by that , and by ...
... fresh and hearty . " " Do ye see this , Tim , you murtherin ' villain ? " " I do , yer ' onner . " " What is it at all ? " " Shure it's the blunderbuss herself ; the holy Virgin save us ! " " " Now , Tim , by this and by that , and by ...
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... fresh from the river and properly dressed is like . * * The following recipe for cooking fresh salmon is offered to the reader . It is an extract , but I know not from whence : - " Put rather an extra allowance of salt in the water ...
... fresh from the river and properly dressed is like . * * The following recipe for cooking fresh salmon is offered to the reader . It is an extract , but I know not from whence : - " Put rather an extra allowance of salt in the water ...
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... fresh I awoke in the morning . Hastily dressing , I sought to examine the premises before my host should have risen . It was still early , but , as I soon found , I was the last , not the first , up . Crossing the paved courtyard , and ...
... fresh I awoke in the morning . Hastily dressing , I sought to examine the premises before my host should have risen . It was still early , but , as I soon found , I was the last , not the first , up . Crossing the paved courtyard , and ...
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... fresh lobsters ? Have you ever tasted one ? " " Yes , often . " " I daresay , what you call fresh lobsters in London . I never saw one there ; they are stale before they are boiled . Wait now till you taste our lobsters , fresh this ...
... fresh lobsters ? Have you ever tasted one ? " " Yes , often . " " I daresay , what you call fresh lobsters in London . I never saw one there ; they are stale before they are boiled . Wait now till you taste our lobsters , fresh this ...
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... fresh butter and clotted cream , brown bread and white , rolls and buttered toast . I did ample justice to pretty nearly all these delicacies , and my youthful appetite evidently raised me in the estimation of my hospitable host ...
... fresh butter and clotted cream , brown bread and white , rolls and buttered toast . I did ample justice to pretty nearly all these delicacies , and my youthful appetite evidently raised me in the estimation of my hospitable host ...
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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!