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... sort of quaint , familiar personality . " Look there , ” said Bob , " there's a big chub by that bush . I know him . He broke Watson's line one day , and he came and looked at a grasshopper I put on my hook the day before yesterday ...
... sort of quaint , familiar personality . " Look there , ” said Bob , " there's a big chub by that bush . I know him . He broke Watson's line one day , and he came and looked at a grasshopper I put on my hook the day before yesterday ...
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... the use of that odd - looking appendage , but he told his companion several other fish had something of the same sort . He then put the little fish back into the water , before Jack had " half satisfied his curiosity , " he.
... the use of that odd - looking appendage , but he told his companion several other fish had something of the same sort . He then put the little fish back into the water , before Jack had " half satisfied his curiosity , " he.
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... sort of stile , which resembled two short , broadish ladders , with their lower ends stuck into the ground on either side the wall , and their upper ends secured together above the wall , with a sort of projecting end to hold by when ...
... sort of stile , which resembled two short , broadish ladders , with their lower ends stuck into the ground on either side the wall , and their upper ends secured together above the wall , with a sort of projecting end to hold by when ...
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... sort of marsh , one part of which was a good deal grown up with alders and willows ; another part was a complete morass ; and bordering this was a large pond or mere , the water around more than half the circuit of which was completely ...
... sort of marsh , one part of which was a good deal grown up with alders and willows ; another part was a complete morass ; and bordering this was a large pond or mere , the water around more than half the circuit of which was completely ...
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... sort . Edwards was in ecstasies at the thought ; but Bob , thanking the keeper very heartily for his kind offer , asked him first to tell them what o'clock it was ; for he was afraid they had taken so much time in the warren , and on ...
... sort . Edwards was in ecstasies at the thought ; but Bob , thanking the keeper very heartily for his kind offer , asked him first to tell them what o'clock it was ; for he was afraid they had taken so much time in the warren , and on ...
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