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... course ! All lessons are humbug , except perhaps geography . That's the only one that has something like sense in it . ' ' Sense in Robin raised his eyebrows incredulously . geography ! Why , Syd , if there is a thing that's utterly ...
... course ! All lessons are humbug , except perhaps geography . That's the only one that has something like sense in it . ' ' Sense in Robin raised his eyebrows incredulously . geography ! Why , Syd , if there is a thing that's utterly ...
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... course I shouldn't talk about what wasn't invented - then - a - days , ' finished Silvia , after pausing in vain for a suitable ex- pression . ' Well , do you know , ' announced Robin , putting his hands in his pockets , and nodding his ...
... course I shouldn't talk about what wasn't invented - then - a - days , ' finished Silvia , after pausing in vain for a suitable ex- pression . ' Well , do you know , ' announced Robin , putting his hands in his pockets , and nodding his ...
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... course that Shad knew all about it . I remember little Roger , the youngest of us all , asking Shad if he had ever been out hawking with King Arthur . Roger had very odd ideas . about age . He thought nobody ever had been , or ever ...
... course that Shad knew all about it . I remember little Roger , the youngest of us all , asking Shad if he had ever been out hawking with King Arthur . Roger had very odd ideas . about age . He thought nobody ever had been , or ever ...
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... course , obliged to be in London to attend Par- liament ; but at other times he would be constantly away from home . He was a good deal at the court ; for my father was a great favourite of King Charles II . , and both he and my ...
... course , obliged to be in London to attend Par- liament ; but at other times he would be constantly away from home . He was a good deal at the court ; for my father was a great favourite of King Charles II . , and both he and my ...
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... course nurse was excessively elaborate in her pro- ceedings after this injunction . I thought she never would have done combing and curling my unfortunate locks , or arranging and smoothing each plait and fold of my best dress . But at ...
... course nurse was excessively elaborate in her pro- ceedings after this injunction . I thought she never would have done combing and curling my unfortunate locks , or arranging and smoothing each plait and fold of my best dress . But at ...
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