The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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... asked better , what will the critic say of it ? ' growls an unknown voice . There is a complete set of the works of the Countess Hahn - Hahn , although that proud writer never showed herself at Court . And poets are not wanting , whose ...
... asked better , what will the critic say of it ? ' growls an unknown voice . There is a complete set of the works of the Countess Hahn - Hahn , although that proud writer never showed herself at Court . And poets are not wanting , whose ...
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... asked no better incarnation of the sisters three to play Macbeth to . One always begins house - keeping with a con- viction that there is no need of looking so ; ' finery , one argues , is indeed out of place , but neatness is entirely ...
... asked no better incarnation of the sisters three to play Macbeth to . One always begins house - keeping with a con- viction that there is no need of looking so ; ' finery , one argues , is indeed out of place , but neatness is entirely ...
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... asked . ' I should think a hundred lashes on the bare back might suffice for the first offence . ' ' No , ' she persisted ; ' just as soon as the sting of the blows was over they'd forget , and do it again ; but if they're dead they can ...
... asked . ' I should think a hundred lashes on the bare back might suffice for the first offence . ' ' No , ' she persisted ; ' just as soon as the sting of the blows was over they'd forget , and do it again ; but if they're dead they can ...
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... asked . - " They ' re fifty cents a hundred , ' said Mrs. Wells to me in a low voice . ' That's cheap , should n't you think ? ' ' Oh ! very , ' I answered without the remotest notion whether it were or not , except that to get a ...
... asked . - " They ' re fifty cents a hundred , ' said Mrs. Wells to me in a low voice . ' That's cheap , should n't you think ? ' ' Oh ! very , ' I answered without the remotest notion whether it were or not , except that to get a ...
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... asked : ' How do you sell them ? ' ' Five shillings a peck ; and that's three shillings cheaper than you could get them of the dealers . ' ' Could you sell half - a - peck ? ' ' At that rate ? Well , I don't know ; well , yes I will ...
... asked : ' How do you sell them ? ' ' Five shillings a peck ; and that's three shillings cheaper than you could get them of the dealers . ' ' Could you sell half - a - peck ? ' ' At that rate ? Well , I don't know ; well , yes I will ...
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