The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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Page 18
... poor Augustus once more : he is not naughty now . " Lady Astell , as if electrified , sprang upright , and shaking wildly her neglected and clustering hair from before her eyes , she almost shrieked out , " Let me see him , let me see ...
... poor Augustus once more : he is not naughty now . " Lady Astell , as if electrified , sprang upright , and shaking wildly her neglected and clustering hair from before her eyes , she almost shrieked out , " Let me see him , let me see ...
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... poor little wife devotedly , he , being in harbour at the time , moped for the first fortnight in sober- ness and melancholy , and made himself continuously drunk for the second , and thus he conquered his grief , and gained another ...
... poor little wife devotedly , he , being in harbour at the time , moped for the first fortnight in sober- ness and melancholy , and made himself continuously drunk for the second , and thus he conquered his grief , and gained another ...
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... poor little Agnes first ; ' — you shall remember that , brother . " " I do I do . " " And do you not remember how , one day at church , our faces to- gether over our prayer - book , we looked up , weeping , at our mother , when the ...
... poor little Agnes first ; ' — you shall remember that , brother . " " I do I do . " " And do you not remember how , one day at church , our faces to- gether over our prayer - book , we looked up , weeping , at our mother , when the ...
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... poor child , the obstinate fool , why don't he go into the sick list ? he never can stand it ; and what shall I say to his poor mother ? " And then breaking forth into a rage , he would shout , " Steward ! up , you lazy , bone ...
... poor child , the obstinate fool , why don't he go into the sick list ? he never can stand it ; and what shall I say to his poor mother ? " And then breaking forth into a rage , he would shout , " Steward ! up , you lazy , bone ...
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... poor Richard Stubbs , as he crawled to the surgeon to have his raw back dressed , muttered , that nothing was ever more true than the old proverb which " he says , must have a long spoon who would sup soup with the devil . " 66 CHAPTER ...
... poor Richard Stubbs , as he crawled to the surgeon to have his raw back dressed , muttered , that nothing was ever more true than the old proverb which " he says , must have a long spoon who would sup soup with the devil . " 66 CHAPTER ...
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