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... turning the corner of the quilt over it to keep it warm . She then laid the bundle down on a chair , and departed with an alacrity which struck Dame Gouda as being rather incon- sistent with the weariness of which she had complained ...
... turning the corner of the quilt over it to keep it warm . She then laid the bundle down on a chair , and departed with an alacrity which struck Dame Gouda as being rather incon- sistent with the weariness of which she had complained ...
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... turning round this curve , they came upon two men who appeared to have unhorsed a traveller , and were busy rifling his pockets . The traveller lay on his back upon the road , evidently powerless , his horse standing a little distance ...
... turning round this curve , they came upon two men who appeared to have unhorsed a traveller , and were busy rifling his pockets . The traveller lay on his back upon the road , evidently powerless , his horse standing a little distance ...
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... turning to Dame Gouda , he said , - " I'm sorry for you , mistress ; you've been a good mother to the boy , and maybe you've got to like him almost the same as if you were his mother . I don't want to distress you more than I can help ...
... turning to Dame Gouda , he said , - " I'm sorry for you , mistress ; you've been a good mother to the boy , and maybe you've got to like him almost the same as if you were his mother . I don't want to distress you more than I can help ...
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... turned by a man in the road , and came trotting back again ; but when Dromero and the boys attempted to lay hold of them they turned aside and leapt over a ditch into a large field . The man and one or two of the bigger boys jumped over ...
... turned by a man in the road , and came trotting back again ; but when Dromero and the boys attempted to lay hold of them they turned aside and leapt over a ditch into a large field . The man and one or two of the bigger boys jumped over ...
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... turned up , or they might have received a message from him . They blamed each other , and began to quarrel ; the horse , no longer urged by the whip , slackened his speed , and at length stood still . " Well , " said Long George ...
... turned up , or they might have received a message from him . They blamed each other , and began to quarrel ; the horse , no longer urged by the whip , slackened his speed , and at length stood still . " Well , " said Long George ...
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