The prose works of Thomas HoodG.P. Putnam, 1869 - English poetry |
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Page 9
... don't be shocked at your return if you find the shutters closed , or the hearse at the door ! " - - Such is my worthy hypochondriacal uncle , with his serio- comic infirmity , - and I assure you there is not a particle of exaggeration ...
... don't be shocked at your return if you find the shutters closed , or the hearse at the door ! " - - Such is my worthy hypochondriacal uncle , with his serio- comic infirmity , - and I assure you there is not a particle of exaggeration ...
Page 14
... Don't let him change his shoes ; don't get him dry stockings ; and don't let him bathe his feet in warm water . That has been his practice during the first fifty years of his life , and it has agreed so well with him , that I do not ...
... Don't let him change his shoes ; don't get him dry stockings ; and don't let him bathe his feet in warm water . That has been his practice during the first fifty years of his life , and it has agreed so well with him , that I do not ...
Page 18
... don't the captain put back ? ” " We have gone about once , " said the yellow - face , " to run into Margate ; but the master thinks , perhaps , that he can edge off , and so escape the storm , or only catch a flap with its skirts ...
... don't the captain put back ? ” " We have gone about once , " said the yellow - face , " to run into Margate ; but the master thinks , perhaps , that he can edge off , and so escape the storm , or only catch a flap with its skirts ...
Page 19
... don't alarm your aunt . " Guessing how the matter stood , I let him scramble by himself to the deck , from which in a few minutes he returned , filled a glass of wine , drank it off , and then gave me a significant nod . " Another ...
... don't alarm your aunt . " Guessing how the matter stood , I let him scramble by himself to the deck , from which in a few minutes he returned , filled a glass of wine , drank it off , and then gave me a significant nod . " Another ...
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... don't mean punch : I can't I can't , upon my soul ! " and off he rushed again - sit next me , 66 stand him ! upon deck . - By this time the motion of the vessel had considerably in- creased , and between fear and curiosity , and certain ...
... don't mean punch : I can't I can't , upon my soul ! " and off he rushed again - sit next me , 66 stand him ! upon deck . - By this time the motion of the vessel had considerably in- creased , and between fear and curiosity , and certain ...
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