The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... tell you this to your frightful old face , that you had better make the first blow you give me my death - blow ; for , if your hand ever falls upon me in anger , if I have strength enough left after it , I'll drag myself to the nearest ...
... tell you this to your frightful old face , that you had better make the first blow you give me my death - blow ; for , if your hand ever falls upon me in anger , if I have strength enough left after it , I'll drag myself to the nearest ...
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... telling him to fear for her no more , for that she found already that she had suffi- cient strength to do her duty as a parent . The next evening Mr. Underdown rejoined Sir Octavius , and re- assured him of the safety of his sister . A ...
... telling him to fear for her no more , for that she found already that she had suffi- cient strength to do her duty as a parent . The next evening Mr. Underdown rejoined Sir Octavius , and re- assured him of the safety of his sister . A ...
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... tell you I will . Gus , how do you get on with your education ? Nearly finished , I suppose , as far as the shore - going spooneys can do it for you . ' 66 Why , uncle , Dr. Pertinax thinks I am sufficiently advanced in my Humanities to ...
... tell you I will . Gus , how do you get on with your education ? Nearly finished , I suppose , as far as the shore - going spooneys can do it for you . ' 66 Why , uncle , Dr. Pertinax thinks I am sufficiently advanced in my Humanities to ...
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... tell me what remains when you have taken seven from sixteen ? " 66 66 Nine , uncle . " " The boy , at least , can do something useful . Now , sir , what practical knowledge have you acquired in these nine years that you have been ...
... tell me what remains when you have taken seven from sixteen ? " 66 66 Nine , uncle . " " The boy , at least , can do something useful . Now , sir , what practical knowledge have you acquired in these nine years that you have been ...
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... tell you , madam , that this young man's education has been miserably neg- lected . I , who am left his guardian by the will of his late father , have neglected my duty . I must look to it . I come home ; I examine him ; I ask him what ...
... tell you , madam , that this young man's education has been miserably neg- lected . I , who am left his guardian by the will of his late father , have neglected my duty . I must look to it . I come home ; I examine him ; I ask him what ...
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