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... turned the tables ; so that " the boys " -though still inferior in numbers - had succeeded in putting their assailants to flight , and drubbed three or four of them to their heart's content . All this and much more I listened to as we ...
... turned the tables ; so that " the boys " -though still inferior in numbers - had succeeded in putting their assailants to flight , and drubbed three or four of them to their heart's content . All this and much more I listened to as we ...
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... turned off to the left to go to my inn , instead of advancing straight on to the great gate of the school - yard , we met a tall , dark , good - looking man , apparently about fifty years old , who was on the instant most respectfully ...
... turned off to the left to go to my inn , instead of advancing straight on to the great gate of the school - yard , we met a tall , dark , good - looking man , apparently about fifty years old , who was on the instant most respectfully ...
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... turned on to the Whaldon - road , simply , I believe , because it lay for some distance along the bank of the stream . The leap of some fish after a fly , the crossing of a water - rat , the croak of the water - hen a little . lower ...
... turned on to the Whaldon - road , simply , I believe , because it lay for some distance along the bank of the stream . The leap of some fish after a fly , the crossing of a water - rat , the croak of the water - hen a little . lower ...
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... turned his sleeves up , and began to turn the stones over that lay in the shallow running water which gave its name to the lane they were going along . Four stones , five , six were turned up , but with no result . Jack thought Bob was ...
... turned his sleeves up , and began to turn the stones over that lay in the shallow running water which gave its name to the lane they were going along . Four stones , five , six were turned up , but with no result . Jack thought Bob was ...
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... with a brother stickleback . در Having proceeded about half a mile along Watery Lane , which , however , had ceased to deserve its name from the time they turned a sharp PARTRIDGE'S NEST . 23 corner in it , and began 22 WALK THE FIRST .
... with a brother stickleback . در Having proceeded about half a mile along Watery Lane , which , however , had ceased to deserve its name from the time they turned a sharp PARTRIDGE'S NEST . 23 corner in it , and began 22 WALK THE FIRST .
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