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... ? " " Good gracious ! no . When I speak of young men I mean young men with - with no position - younger sons and that sort of persons who have their way 1 14 FILTHY LUCRE . MR PROBYN GOES INTO SOCIETY A MANCHESTER A BLACK SHEEP PAGE.
... ? " " Good gracious ! no . When I speak of young men I mean young men with - with no position - younger sons and that sort of persons who have their way 1 14 FILTHY LUCRE . MR PROBYN GOES INTO SOCIETY A MANCHESTER A BLACK SHEEP PAGE.
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... speak ) false bottoms . Her ingenuity in discovering motives was immense ; and as a natural consequence she scorned to go straight to her point . If she lost her way on the road , she was clever enough to hide her perplexity -even from ...
... speak ) false bottoms . Her ingenuity in discovering motives was immense ; and as a natural consequence she scorned to go straight to her point . If she lost her way on the road , she was clever enough to hide her perplexity -even from ...
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... speak out like a man , and say , ' I'd give you ten pounds to leave this country ' ? " " Bah ! Do you think you can harm me ? ” " I don't take the trouble to think about you at all . I only know that people don't lend me ten pounds for ...
... speak out like a man , and say , ' I'd give you ten pounds to leave this country ' ? " " Bah ! Do you think you can harm me ? ” " I don't take the trouble to think about you at all . I only know that people don't lend me ten pounds for ...
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... speaking , let me change the word , and say will you let me give you ten pounds ? " " No , sir . If you have money to spare , you had better send it to Harvey's widow . " " Harvey's widow ! Why , she has been dead these five years ...
... speaking , let me change the word , and say will you let me give you ten pounds ? " " No , sir . If you have money to spare , you had better send it to Harvey's widow . " " Harvey's widow ! Why , she has been dead these five years ...
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... speak of him as " my cousin . " If the Wharf had been taken out per P. and O. and sunk fathoms deep in the Red Sea , it could not have been more dead to its former master . He came back from his travels very pleased with Tarrant , but ...
... speak of him as " my cousin . " If the Wharf had been taken out per P. and O. and sunk fathoms deep in the Red Sea , it could not have been more dead to its former master . He came back from his travels very pleased with Tarrant , but ...
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