The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... arm with a short and strong iron spike , which spike is furnished on one of its sides by a hook , also of iron , and on the other by a tobacco - stopper , made either of bone or ivory , but it is so much used , and so dirty , it is ...
... arm with a short and strong iron spike , which spike is furnished on one of its sides by a hook , also of iron , and on the other by a tobacco - stopper , made either of bone or ivory , but it is so much used , and so dirty , it is ...
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... arm . This person is the Commodore : and , being nearly sixty , people are generally beginning to call him " the Old Commo dore . " He is also the eldest male branch and the representative of his family , and one of the richest men in ...
... arm . This person is the Commodore : and , being nearly sixty , people are generally beginning to call him " the Old Commo dore . " He is also the eldest male branch and the representative of his family , and one of the richest men in ...
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... arms were imme- diately about Matilda's neck , and two warm and passionate kisses upon her brow ; but , though Rebecca showed much love , she showed but little alarm - her aunt often fainted , and had a peculiar tact for timely revivals ...
... arms were imme- diately about Matilda's neck , and two warm and passionate kisses upon her brow ; but , though Rebecca showed much love , she showed but little alarm - her aunt often fainted , and had a peculiar tact for timely revivals ...
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... arms lying fondly upon her shoulders , and the murmuring of mingled blessings and sobbings came to his ears like the ... arm affectionately within his , walked up to the mansion , attentively listening to the moral instructions that he ...
... arms lying fondly upon her shoulders , and the murmuring of mingled blessings and sobbings came to his ears like the ... arm affectionately within his , walked up to the mansion , attentively listening to the moral instructions that he ...
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... he had lost his eye , or in what ship he had had his left arm blown away . Indeed , the body of the Commodore was seamed all over with scars , and yet he called himself a fortunate man in action . I shall 14 THE OLD COMMODORE .
... he had lost his eye , or in what ship he had had his left arm blown away . Indeed , the body of the Commodore was seamed all over with scars , and yet he called himself a fortunate man in action . I shall 14 THE OLD COMMODORE .
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