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... idea of cultivating Mr. Probyn . It would certainly be a good thing for Alex or Jane if he took a fancy to either , and left him or her his money . In the Honour- able Edward Byngton's creed , it was the duty of the society to which ...
... idea of cultivating Mr. Probyn . It would certainly be a good thing for Alex or Jane if he took a fancy to either , and left him or her his money . In the Honour- able Edward Byngton's creed , it was the duty of the society to which ...
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... idea developed itself slowly , like all his ideas , but once developed it stuck , and worried him more and more . What if he were to go to Lambeth and see those children , mark how they lived , what they did during their father's ...
... idea developed itself slowly , like all his ideas , but once developed it stuck , and worried him more and more . What if he were to go to Lambeth and see those children , mark how they lived , what they did during their father's ...
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... idea of the Honourable Edward Byngton getting up anything in a hurry ! It was a dull , heartless affair - that dinner , but it opened out to Probyn a glimpse of a world from which he had long been an exile . He had sat in quite as good ...
... idea of the Honourable Edward Byngton getting up anything in a hurry ! It was a dull , heartless affair - that dinner , but it opened out to Probyn a glimpse of a world from which he had long been an exile . He had sat in quite as good ...
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... Red River , in assisting a rascal ( in his idea , a second Washington ) to make a revolution in Venezuela . The dangers that he saw , the hardships he bore , the ingrati- ness . tude he met , the losses he suffered , were 48 FILTHY LUCRE .
... Red River , in assisting a rascal ( in his idea , a second Washington ) to make a revolution in Venezuela . The dangers that he saw , the hardships he bore , the ingrati- ness . tude he met , the losses he suffered , were 48 FILTHY LUCRE .
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... ideas about India , and if that husband of Rosey has any brains , I'll bring him back a rich man in three years . " " He is rich , Walter . " " Then why did he go slaving back to India with a young wife ? " " He's got a few years more ...
... ideas about India , and if that husband of Rosey has any brains , I'll bring him back a rich man in three years . " " He is rich , Walter . " " Then why did he go slaving back to India with a young wife ? " " He's got a few years more ...
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