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... talked a good deal , seemed to have an objection to coming on , and kept Geoffry Lisle so long waiting in his shirt - sleeves before he could make up his mind to part with his own jacket , that Geoffry said at length , ' Well , I shall ...
... talked a good deal , seemed to have an objection to coming on , and kept Geoffry Lisle so long waiting in his shirt - sleeves before he could make up his mind to part with his own jacket , that Geoffry said at length , ' Well , I shall ...
Page 40
... talking of the boys . It requires more than a fire to put down the high spirits of a lot of school - boys ; and now they were shouting with glee , because Mr. Calton had told them that they must get together a kind of picnic breakfast ...
... talking of the boys . It requires more than a fire to put down the high spirits of a lot of school - boys ; and now they were shouting with glee , because Mr. Calton had told them that they must get together a kind of picnic breakfast ...
Page 42
... talking of the way in which Geoffry had rescued little Bell ; and the manner in which he had helped Mr. Calton , while Geoffry himself sat a little apart and felt no pleasure in the praises , which at another time would have delighted ...
... talking of the way in which Geoffry had rescued little Bell ; and the manner in which he had helped Mr. Calton , while Geoffry himself sat a little apart and felt no pleasure in the praises , which at another time would have delighted ...
Page 47
... talking things over , and thinking they really could keep on the school while the house was rebuilding , if they could hire sleeping rooms for some of the boys , Geoffry Lisle knocked at the door of the dining - room , and the next ...
... talking things over , and thinking they really could keep on the school while the house was rebuilding , if they could hire sleeping rooms for some of the boys , Geoffry Lisle knocked at the door of the dining - room , and the next ...
Page 54
... talking nonsense , so that he did not hear a footstep coming to the kitchen ; and just as Geoffry , as much by accident as by intention , changed the barrel and raised the hammer of the loaded one , the gun , being pointed upwards ...
... talking nonsense , so that he did not hear a footstep coming to the kitchen ; and just as Geoffry , as much by accident as by intention , changed the barrel and raised the hammer of the loaded one , the gun , being pointed upwards ...
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Adventures asked Geoffry Author BARBARA HUTTON Bella Bertrand Du Guesclin C. H. BENNETT Calton circus company Clarke cloth elegant Collins coloured cook David Collins dear disobeyed doctor door EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS face father Fcap fire forget Fourth Edition G. A. HENTY garden Geoffry felt Geoffry Lisle Geoffry looked Geoffry's George gilt edges Girls HARRISON WEIR head heard Henry Watson History Illus Illustrations Imperial 16mo Infant Jack Jack Allen JULES VERNE kitchen knew LADY little Archie little Bell mamma Master Geoff mind mother Murray never Numbers nurse once papa pigs police poor Post 8vo Price 6d Scowling Boy Second Edition Shillings and Sixpence sleep Small 4to stood Stories Super Royal 16mo sure talking tell things Third Edition THOMAS HOOD thought Three Shillings told voice W. H. G. KINGSTON walked WALTER CRANE words wrong young
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