Hillsland (Cleveland): As it was Seventy Years AgoGriffith & Farran, 1881 - 301 pages |
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... entered , expressing his thanks , and his host ( as we must call him ) immediately spoke to an aged servant who was in the room . ' Phoebe , this gentleman will sleep here . Get him anything you have for supper , and dry his clothes for ...
... entered , expressing his thanks , and his host ( as we must call him ) immediately spoke to an aged servant who was in the room . ' Phoebe , this gentleman will sleep here . Get him anything you have for supper , and dry his clothes for ...
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... entered the plain kitchen , and found breakfast prepared for him , but he saw nothing of his host . The old woman walked about the room , muttering and talking to herself , as she had done the night be- fore . ' Unco like , unco like ...
... entered the plain kitchen , and found breakfast prepared for him , but he saw nothing of his host . The old woman walked about the room , muttering and talking to herself , as she had done the night be- fore . ' Unco like , unco like ...
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... entered Furcliffe , and sought the lodg- ing in which he expected to find the friend whom he had named to the clergyman and lawyer . As he entered the room a young man sprang up from a chair before the fire , where he was reclining with ...
... entered Furcliffe , and sought the lodg- ing in which he expected to find the friend whom he had named to the clergyman and lawyer . As he entered the room a young man sprang up from a chair before the fire , where he was reclining with ...
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... entered the room . His daughter had already sent him word of the presence of their visitor , whom he accosted as if every word were meant and felt , with the true friendship and sym- pathy of the English gentleman . ' Bravo , Captain ...
... entered the room . His daughter had already sent him word of the presence of their visitor , whom he accosted as if every word were meant and felt , with the true friendship and sym- pathy of the English gentleman . ' Bravo , Captain ...
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... entered upon the undertaking with zeal and energy . But the other made objections , and hinted that in his opinion His Majesty's soldiers ought not to be employed in such a service ; and further added that he thought a few young fellows ...
... entered upon the undertaking with zeal and energy . But the other made objections , and hinted that in his opinion His Majesty's soldiers ought not to be employed in such a service ; and further added that he thought a few young fellows ...
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