New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 40Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1834 |
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... late Unreported Meeting Backgammon v . Chess Monthly Commentary The Lion's Mouth The Gauchos ; a Tale of the Pampas Scenes from the " Alcestis " of Alfieri The Penny Press Strategics ; or , a Chapter on Duns PAGE 20 26 29 39 51 61 , 334 ...
... late Unreported Meeting Backgammon v . Chess Monthly Commentary The Lion's Mouth The Gauchos ; a Tale of the Pampas Scenes from the " Alcestis " of Alfieri The Penny Press Strategics ; or , a Chapter on Duns PAGE 20 26 29 39 51 61 , 334 ...
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... late ? Arrah ! swop a word wid me , mother jew'l , if it's only to call me a ' madthaun , ' as you used to do ; and more shame for you , when I'm a nate , clane , sinsible b'y . Here's a pinch of snuff I've brought you , any how , and a ...
... late ? Arrah ! swop a word wid me , mother jew'l , if it's only to call me a ' madthaun , ' as you used to do ; and more shame for you , when I'm a nate , clane , sinsible b'y . Here's a pinch of snuff I've brought you , any how , and a ...
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... late hospitable and happy homes from which many families were driven . Nearly the whole of the gentry , great and small , fled to the towns . We , like the rest , took refuge in one of those crowded and comfortless depositaries of ...
... late hospitable and happy homes from which many families were driven . Nearly the whole of the gentry , great and small , fled to the towns . We , like the rest , took refuge in one of those crowded and comfortless depositaries of ...
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... late master's successor , and a great deal about his system of education ; but I had never heard a syllable about his daughter . The moment I saw her , I resolved not to quarrel about terms with the Doctor , and even to lower my salary ...
... late master's successor , and a great deal about his system of education ; but I had never heard a syllable about his daughter . The moment I saw her , I resolved not to quarrel about terms with the Doctor , and even to lower my salary ...
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... late beautiful features now livid and distorted from pain and strangulation , the once finely - formed head now gashed with horrid wounds , and the once flow- ing and glossy raven - black hair now a hideously matted and discoloured mass ...
... late beautiful features now livid and distorted from pain and strangulation , the once finely - formed head now gashed with horrid wounds , and the once flow- ing and glossy raven - black hair now a hideously matted and discoloured mass ...
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