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... collect the various thoughts which he well re- membered had occupied his mind the morning before . On entering the sitting - room , he perceived his poor mother just as he had left her ; and though 28 THE SON OF A GENIUS .
... collect the various thoughts which he well re- membered had occupied his mind the morning before . On entering the sitting - room , he perceived his poor mother just as he had left her ; and though 28 THE SON OF A GENIUS .
Page 48
... morning counted his store , which , with the stock he hoped to dispose of that day , amounted to something more than three pounds . He looked wistfully at the bill , " Five pounds five , and three pounds seven , " said he inwardly ...
... morning counted his store , which , with the stock he hoped to dispose of that day , amounted to something more than three pounds . He looked wistfully at the bill , " Five pounds five , and three pounds seven , " said he inwardly ...
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... morning . As he was turning out of the shop door , somebody struck him smartly on the shoulder ; he turned round and beheld with surprise his long - lost friend the pedlar . " What , you thought I should come no more , I war- rant ? you ...
... morning . As he was turning out of the shop door , somebody struck him smartly on the shoulder ; he turned round and beheld with surprise his long - lost friend the pedlar . " What , you thought I should come no more , I war- rant ? you ...
Page 56
... morning , and assisted him in his work , finding it to be really profitable at present ; but , considering that it must be necessarily soon over , she told him that he ought by all means to execute the order he had received first ; but ...
... morning , and assisted him in his work , finding it to be really profitable at present ; but , considering that it must be necessarily soon over , she told him that he ought by all means to execute the order he had received first ; but ...
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... morning , as Lewis was sitting at his easel , heart - sick and headachy , unable to work , and unwilling to complain , from the consciousness of his folly , the family was surprised by the entrance of Mr Higgins , who imme- diately ...
... morning , as Lewis was sitting at his easel , heart - sick and headachy , unable to work , and unwilling to complain , from the consciousness of his folly , the family was surprised by the entrance of Mr Higgins , who imme- diately ...
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