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... Brand , and so I've real worked hard to have something to show for't . But ' tain't no manner o ' use ; a dunce he is , and a dunce he'll be all his born days ! " With grimy tears , and much mental as well as bodily agony , had Moses ...
... Brand , and so I've real worked hard to have something to show for't . But ' tain't no manner o ' use ; a dunce he is , and a dunce he'll be all his born days ! " With grimy tears , and much mental as well as bodily agony , had Moses ...
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... shoemaker lived on one side of the shop , and on the other resided the Brands . They were all dingy - looking , pokey little houses , with one large window by way of shop - front , and about two feet width of 14 Polly's Pupil .
... shoemaker lived on one side of the shop , and on the other resided the Brands . They were all dingy - looking , pokey little houses , with one large window by way of shop - front , and about two feet width of 14 Polly's Pupil .
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... Brand's window was not a gay one by any means , for it only displayed a tattered pattern - book of waistcoat pieces , the remaining portion of the window being taken up with a big Balm of Gilead and two tall geraniums . Behind this ...
... Brand's window was not a gay one by any means , for it only displayed a tattered pattern - book of waistcoat pieces , the remaining portion of the window being taken up with a big Balm of Gilead and two tall geraniums . Behind this ...
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... Brand was very badly off , and notoriously and openly so , in this world's gear ; but she contrived , by dint of much hidden privation and reserve , to keep up a " genteel appearance , " and she shared of course in the general opinion ...
... Brand was very badly off , and notoriously and openly so , in this world's gear ; but she contrived , by dint of much hidden privation and reserve , to keep up a " genteel appearance , " and she shared of course in the general opinion ...
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... Brand the elder had long cherished one deeply absorbing wish , and with the usual exceptional obstinacy of generally yielding natures , he persisted firmly in his intention of making the boy a tailor like himself . In vain did his wife ...
... Brand the elder had long cherished one deeply absorbing wish , and with the usual exceptional obstinacy of generally yielding natures , he persisted firmly in his intention of making the boy a tailor like himself . In vain did his wife ...
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