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... means , and getting hopelessly into debt - were the cause ; reasons of a different kind were put forward by others ; but the majority pursed their lips and nodded their heads , and whispered mysteriously , " Drink ! " And , alas ! the ...
... means , and getting hopelessly into debt - were the cause ; reasons of a different kind were put forward by others ; but the majority pursed their lips and nodded their heads , and whispered mysteriously , " Drink ! " And , alas ! the ...
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... means to pay the heavy premium required ? one . Truly the prospect before him was not a bright His family had but few relations . The father , it was thought , had none , and the one or two pos- sessed by the mother were not in a ...
... means to pay the heavy premium required ? one . Truly the prospect before him was not a bright His family had but few relations . The father , it was thought , had none , and the one or two pos- sessed by the mother were not in a ...
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... mean to go on at this holiday - making ? Do you never mean to do any good for yourself ? Are you to hang always upon me , you idle dog you , and live like a gentlemen while I do the slaving ? But I won't do it any longer ; · -that I won ...
... mean to go on at this holiday - making ? Do you never mean to do any good for yourself ? Are you to hang always upon me , you idle dog you , and live like a gentlemen while I do the slaving ? But I won't do it any longer ; · -that I won ...
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... means , how much of the keen edge of grief would there not be blunted ! Happy they who are yet so new to the world that they can find in weeping an outlet for sorrow ; for among the other penalties forced upon us by ad- vancing age , it ...
... means , how much of the keen edge of grief would there not be blunted ! Happy they who are yet so new to the world that they can find in weeping an outlet for sorrow ; for among the other penalties forced upon us by ad- vancing age , it ...
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... , the conviction only came upon him the stronger , — that he had a will to do and a mind to learn , when opportunity should be found for both to be exerted . And how stood his means for reaching the great city HIS FINAL RESOLVE . 19.
... , the conviction only came upon him the stronger , — that he had a will to do and a mind to learn , when opportunity should be found for both to be exerted . And how stood his means for reaching the great city HIS FINAL RESOLVE . 19.
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Guy Rivers, Or a Boy's Struggles in the Great World (Classic Reprint) Alfred Elwes No preview available - 2016 |
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