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... miles of Bogleeze . " Tim spoke truth : there was not a church , nor a house , nor a shop , nor a post - office , nor any other token of civilization within that distance of the lone lodge at which , on the strength of a general but B ...
... miles of Bogleeze . " Tim spoke truth : there was not a church , nor a house , nor a shop , nor a post - office , nor any other token of civilization within that distance of the lone lodge at which , on the strength of a general but B ...
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... miles , having been refreshed by a drink of water and a hatful of corn , was perfectly ready to trot back again , and return that night if required . " A thousand welcomes , my dear boy ! " cried the old man , wringing my fingers , and ...
... miles , having been refreshed by a drink of water and a hatful of corn , was perfectly ready to trot back again , and return that night if required . " A thousand welcomes , my dear boy ! " cried the old man , wringing my fingers , and ...
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... miles of rotten bog to reach it , find , as a recompense for their labours , as Larry expressed it , " a little chap in a black jacket smoking his dudeen all alone by himself , and mighty mad it made ' em . ” " Were there any illicit ...
... miles of rotten bog to reach it , find , as a recompense for their labours , as Larry expressed it , " a little chap in a black jacket smoking his dudeen all alone by himself , and mighty mad it made ' em . ” " Were there any illicit ...
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... mile of the barrack , had been utilized , and in another that of the forcing - house of an English gentleman , who had recently purchased a large property in the neighbourhood , a magistrate , and an active administrator , " bad luck to ...
... mile of the barrack , had been utilized , and in another that of the forcing - house of an English gentleman , who had recently purchased a large property in the neighbourhood , a magistrate , and an active administrator , " bad luck to ...
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... miles around as he drove along . The dogs which were now uncoupled and en- couraged to hunt , were , as I have said , remarkable neither for beauty nor condition , nor did they match as a pair , nor in any respect ; Rap , an old heavy ...
... miles around as he drove along . The dogs which were now uncoupled and en- couraged to hunt , were , as I have said , remarkable neither for beauty nor condition , nor did they match as a pair , nor in any respect ; Rap , an old heavy ...
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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!