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... hand which rests on the window- sill grasps a long and gilt - headed pole . As you come upon it suddenly , it seems ... hands musingly over their chins as if in search of something , and , not finding anything , walked on . As a rule ...
... hand which rests on the window- sill grasps a long and gilt - headed pole . As you come upon it suddenly , it seems ... hands musingly over their chins as if in search of something , and , not finding anything , walked on . As a rule ...
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... hand at skittles , but complained that the bowls were too big . They fell asleep over a game at dominoes , and when they woke up they watched five lads who were playing Pandour in a corner , but they could not be induced to set forth ...
... hand at skittles , but complained that the bowls were too big . They fell asleep over a game at dominoes , and when they woke up they watched five lads who were playing Pandour in a corner , but they could not be induced to set forth ...
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... hands of Signor Pietro Gallici , conjuror and quack doctor , who was proceeding to Boulogne to ply his calling during the fair . To propitiate him was a work of a few moments , and in a quarter of an hour my friends and I were tucked up ...
... hands of Signor Pietro Gallici , conjuror and quack doctor , who was proceeding to Boulogne to ply his calling during the fair . To propitiate him was a work of a few moments , and in a quarter of an hour my friends and I were tucked up ...
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... hand , and treated him to such a meal of dates as would have quenched the appetite even of a Civil Service examiner . There was abun- dant scope before us for the laborious working out of nice chronological distinctions , and a crammer ...
... hand , and treated him to such a meal of dates as would have quenched the appetite even of a Civil Service examiner . There was abun- dant scope before us for the laborious working out of nice chronological distinctions , and a crammer ...
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... pilgrimage to the miraculous statue of our Lady of Boulogne , or rather to the hand of that statue , which is all that is left of it . These pilgrimages take place annually in the latter half of the month of August OF A SLEEPLESS MAN . 29.
... pilgrimage to the miraculous statue of our Lady of Boulogne , or rather to the hand of that statue , which is all that is left of it . These pilgrimages take place annually in the latter half of the month of August OF A SLEEPLESS MAN . 29.
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