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... farmers who cultivated their own land were called , were so given to hunting , and gambling , and carousing , that they were con- tinually running into debt , and borrowing money from David Deedbox , the lawyer ; and sometimes , when ...
... farmers who cultivated their own land were called , were so given to hunting , and gambling , and carousing , that they were con- tinually running into debt , and borrowing money from David Deedbox , the lawyer ; and sometimes , when ...
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... farmers , Dick sometimes found the time hang heavy on his hands during the morn- ings and evenings . So it happened that as soon as little George could run about and talk , Dick began to find a pleasure in amusing him . He would lift ...
... farmers , Dick sometimes found the time hang heavy on his hands during the morn- ings and evenings . So it happened that as soon as little George could run about and talk , Dick began to find a pleasure in amusing him . He would lift ...
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... He would have run off , and Dick might have been very glad to let him go ; but , just in time , two farmers came trotting round the curve in the road , and he was secured . After a short consultation , George was mounted upon a.
... He would have run off , and Dick might have been very glad to let him go ; but , just in time , two farmers came trotting round the curve in the road , and he was secured . After a short consultation , George was mounted upon a.
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... farmers and Dick Wassell remaining to secure the robbers and look after the traveller , who they found to be alive , but motionless and insensible from a severe bruise upon his forehead . The robbers were recognized as two gipsies who ...
... farmers and Dick Wassell remaining to secure the robbers and look after the traveller , who they found to be alive , but motionless and insensible from a severe bruise upon his forehead . The robbers were recognized as two gipsies who ...
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... farmers , the idea of murder would never have been mooted ; why then should the two harmless and inof- fensive men at the bar be accused ? -there was a reason and a motive for it , as he would presently explain . " Truth , " continued ...
... farmers , the idea of murder would never have been mooted ; why then should the two harmless and inof- fensive men at the bar be accused ? -there was a reason and a motive for it , as he would presently explain . " Truth , " continued ...
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