Less Black Than We're Painted, Volume 1Chatto and Windus, 1878 - 590 pages |
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... played cards- " ' Cards ! ' groaned Sister Edith . You played cards , and on Sunday morning . ' ' Well , we began on Saturday night . And Sunday don't begin till one gets up , you see . If one sat up on Sunday night till past twelve ...
... played cards- " ' Cards ! ' groaned Sister Edith . You played cards , and on Sunday morning . ' ' Well , we began on Saturday night . And Sunday don't begin till one gets up , you see . If one sat up on Sunday night till past twelve ...
Page 45
... played six- penny loo . ' ' You were playing for money then- gambling ? ' ' Well , you wouldn't have us play for nothing ; that would be mere waste of time . ' The naïveté of this remark , as well as its Johnsonian wisdom , were utterly ...
... played six- penny loo . ' ' You were playing for money then- gambling ? ' ' Well , you wouldn't have us play for nothing ; that would be mere waste of time . ' The naïveté of this remark , as well as its Johnsonian wisdom , were utterly ...
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... play , the restless nights , were all forgotten in the enjoyment of their meal . It was a pleasant sight , and yet a sad one too , when one thought of what these young lives must be to which this simple treat seemed like a foretaste of ...
... play , the restless nights , were all forgotten in the enjoyment of their meal . It was a pleasant sight , and yet a sad one too , when one thought of what these young lives must be to which this simple treat seemed like a foretaste of ...
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... play the flute , I suppose , like your aunt Susan ? It is a very unusual gift for one of your sex , ' ' No , ma'am , I don't play the flute , ' said Lucy , whose eyes were still fixed upon the instrument in question . ' I don't play any ...
... play the flute , I suppose , like your aunt Susan ? It is a very unusual gift for one of your sex , ' ' No , ma'am , I don't play the flute , ' said Lucy , whose eyes were still fixed upon the instrument in question . ' I don't play any ...
Page 102
... plays , he has never looked in any such book for these fifteen years , and Dick despises them as heartily as himself , though not on the same grounds . He has no taste for literature of any sort , but least of all for that description ...
... plays , he has never looked in any such book for these fifteen years , and Dick despises them as heartily as himself , though not on the same grounds . He has no taste for literature of any sort , but least of all for that description ...
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