Swift and sure; or, The career of two brothersGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, 1873 - 406 pages |
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... hour ago , ' answered the master with a smile . Then , observ- ing the direction of his visitor's glance , he added : ' Yes , I see how it is ; young Langton is telling them one of his stories , which I should imagine must be wonderful ...
... hour ago , ' answered the master with a smile . Then , observ- ing the direction of his visitor's glance , he added : ' Yes , I see how it is ; young Langton is telling them one of his stories , which I should imagine must be wonderful ...
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... hour , where other boys are forced to spend an hour , or even two . ' ' Youthful pre- ' Ah , I see , ' observed his visitor . cocity , and all that : nothing ever comes of it , how- ever , so far as I can remember . ' This was said in a ...
... hour , where other boys are forced to spend an hour , or even two . ' ' Youthful pre- ' Ah , I see , ' observed his visitor . cocity , and all that : nothing ever comes of it , how- ever , so far as I can remember . ' This was said in a ...
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... hours , before the culprit would be permitted to join his fellows in the playground . This would have been a severe punishment for most of the boys , and would have meant for a great many of them no play at all for that day . As to Mr ...
... hours , before the culprit would be permitted to join his fellows in the playground . This would have been a severe punishment for most of the boys , and would have meant for a great many of them no play at all for that day . As to Mr ...
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... hour's rest was a fresh delight . It surely was not ginger - beer that those young fellows drank , and which cost the sum of twopence a bottle . No such liquor could ever have so loosened their tongues and brightened their eyes . It ...
... hour's rest was a fresh delight . It surely was not ginger - beer that those young fellows drank , and which cost the sum of twopence a bottle . No such liquor could ever have so loosened their tongues and brightened their eyes . It ...
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... hour . Not that their spirits were exhausted , or that they had any sensation of fatigue . Their more subdued manner arose , on the part of young Sutton , from closer thought of the speedy meeting with his family , now that he had got ...
... hour . Not that their spirits were exhausted , or that they had any sensation of fatigue . Their more subdued manner arose , on the part of young Sutton , from closer thought of the speedy meeting with his family , now that he had got ...
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