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... heads ; and I think they get so grey all the quicker for it . In my young days , when we worked , we worked ; when we learned , we learned ; and when we played , we played . There was no jumbling up of arithmetic and dolls , or grammar ...
... heads ; and I think they get so grey all the quicker for it . In my young days , when we worked , we worked ; when we learned , we learned ; and when we played , we played . There was no jumbling up of arithmetic and dolls , or grammar ...
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... head , eel broth , cherry tart , cutlets in rasp- berry sauce , and carp stewed with plums , be- coming exhausted in succession , must find a termination at last ; and so likewise the fair came THE PEDLAR OF STILDORF . 13.
... head , eel broth , cherry tart , cutlets in rasp- berry sauce , and carp stewed with plums , be- coming exhausted in succession , must find a termination at last ; and so likewise the fair came THE PEDLAR OF STILDORF . 13.
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... heads were laid together over the little round table , and the three noses met in earnest argu- ment . While they were thus settling the affairs of nations , and the Stildorf world in very particu- lar , a pedlar entered the room , and ...
... heads were laid together over the little round table , and the three noses met in earnest argu- ment . While they were thus settling the affairs of nations , and the Stildorf world in very particu- lar , a pedlar entered the room , and ...
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... head . " I can't pay for it . " " Then I'll tell you what I'll do , " said the pedlar , " I'll trust you till you can . See here , " and taking out a large curious - looking pair of spectacles , he fitted them carefully on Father Dik's ...
... head . " I can't pay for it . " " Then I'll tell you what I'll do , " said the pedlar , " I'll trust you till you can . See here , " and taking out a large curious - looking pair of spectacles , he fitted them carefully on Father Dik's ...
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... head , and looked at the ceiling and pondered over it , and , at last , overcome by the temptation , agreed to the pedlar's offer , appointing to pay him so much at a time , and by way of the first instal- ment foregoing his customary ...
... head , and looked at the ceiling and pondered over it , and , at last , overcome by the temptation , agreed to the pedlar's offer , appointing to pay him so much at a time , and by way of the first instal- ment foregoing his customary ...
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