The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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Page 122
... Rubasore , that thin old gentleman that you dislike so much . They're all coming ; and you'll be so comfortable . " 66 66 " May I be flogged- 99 Hush , brother ! And as we shall have all this nice company , I must make myself ...
... Rubasore , that thin old gentleman that you dislike so much . They're all coming ; and you'll be so comfortable . " 66 66 " May I be flogged- 99 Hush , brother ! And as we shall have all this nice company , I must make myself ...
Page 125
... Rubasore , and three rather young and very much over - dressed gentlemen . " Ah ! Sir Octavius , " droned out the guest , " I am wretched and melancholy at perceiving there is truth in the report going so actively about . You are ...
... Rubasore , and three rather young and very much over - dressed gentlemen . " Ah ! Sir Octavius , " droned out the guest , " I am wretched and melancholy at perceiving there is truth in the report going so actively about . You are ...
Page 126
... Ruba- sore's is as welcome here as - as Mr. Rubasore himself . Od'sblood ! talking of my stamina ; I'm a hale man yet . ” 66 ' No , no , Commodore - phthisical , phthisical : believe a sincere friend ; the wheezing in your chest , at ...
... Ruba- sore's is as welcome here as - as Mr. Rubasore himself . Od'sblood ! talking of my stamina ; I'm a hale man yet . ” 66 ' No , no , Commodore - phthisical , phthisical : believe a sincere friend ; the wheezing in your chest , at ...
Page 127
... Rubasore was a youngish old gentleman of about forty- eight ; a bachelor , very selfish , and , for a mere country gentleman , not ill - informed . He was as much the reverse of the Commodore as two men could almost possibly be . I have ...
... Rubasore was a youngish old gentleman of about forty- eight ; a bachelor , very selfish , and , for a mere country gentleman , not ill - informed . He was as much the reverse of the Commodore as two men could almost possibly be . I have ...
Page 128
... Rubasore was launching at our old friend . But little notice was taken of her at first , in the counter- change of the covert hostility of words . She , therefore , placed herself at the back of Mr. Rubasore's chair : and , placing her ...
... Rubasore was launching at our old friend . But little notice was taken of her at first , in the counter- change of the covert hostility of words . She , therefore , placed herself at the back of Mr. Rubasore's chair : and , placing her ...
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