The prose works of Thomas HoodG.P. Putnam, 1869 - English poetry |
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... persons will doubtless differ with me as to the inferences I have drawn from things seen and heard abroad . But we are all liable to mistakes : and I may have been as wrong in my specula- tions as was another Traveller in Germany , who ...
... persons will doubtless differ with me as to the inferences I have drawn from things seen and heard abroad . But we are all liable to mistakes : and I may have been as wrong in my specula- tions as was another Traveller in Germany , who ...
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... person in the passport , which I made Frank translate to me . You know what an invalid I am ; but what with high complexion , and robust figure , and so forth , Mounseur has painted me up like one of the healthiest and handsomest young ...
... person in the passport , which I made Frank translate to me . You know what an invalid I am ; but what with high complexion , and robust figure , and so forth , Mounseur has painted me up like one of the healthiest and handsomest young ...
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... person at first sight without his giving me good reason for it in the end . Mark my words , sir , — that turmeric - faced Yankee is my evil genius . He'll haunt me and spoil my pleasure wherever I go . 66 use , - - He has poisoned the ...
... person at first sight without his giving me good reason for it in the end . Mark my words , sir , — that turmeric - faced Yankee is my evil genius . He'll haunt me and spoil my pleasure wherever I go . 66 use , - - He has poisoned the ...
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... person , or indeed amongst the whole party . As her mouth was wide open , she was probably either screaming or scolding , but her individual noise was lost and smothered in the confusion of tongues , that turned the lately quiet hotel ...
... person , or indeed amongst the whole party . As her mouth was wide open , she was probably either screaming or scolding , but her individual noise was lost and smothered in the confusion of tongues , that turned the lately quiet hotel ...
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... persons subjected to that severest of trials of temper , the being waked out of a first sleep , especially when having to start by an early steamer allows no time for a second one . As thunder turns small beer , the untimely explosions ...
... persons subjected to that severest of trials of temper , the being waked out of a first sleep , especially when having to start by an early steamer allows no time for a second one . As thunder turns small beer , the untimely explosions ...
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