Hutspot: A Tale for the Nineteenth CenturyLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 416 pages |
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... Plowden , " said the gentleman who had dined , " and how much longer am I to be kept in Town . Here I have been twiddling my fingers for a whole fortnight , for our trial to come on , waiting to get to the North . This suspense will ...
... Plowden , " said the gentleman who had dined , " and how much longer am I to be kept in Town . Here I have been twiddling my fingers for a whole fortnight , for our trial to come on , waiting to get to the North . This suspense will ...
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... Plowden , not the sort of refreshment I should like : but when do you really think that we shall come on ? " " I expect , to - morrow . We are in the paper for to - morrow . But there is no saying . No certainty , you see . It all ...
... Plowden , not the sort of refreshment I should like : but when do you really think that we shall come on ? " " I expect , to - morrow . We are in the paper for to - morrow . But there is no saying . No certainty , you see . It all ...
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... Plowden , " replied the Client , " you Lawyers can't get on without a metaphor or two from us sportsmen . I suppose then that your turn - out to - morrow will be a sort of foren- sic tandem - one leader , and one wheeler , eh ? " " Just ...
... Plowden , " replied the Client , " you Lawyers can't get on without a metaphor or two from us sportsmen . I suppose then that your turn - out to - morrow will be a sort of foren- sic tandem - one leader , and one wheeler , eh ? " " Just ...
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... Plowden , taking a pinch of snuff to clear his brain for the explanation he was about to offer , that , Captain Flood , is quite a different question . You see , Sir , that to un- derstand that , you must comprehend the prin- ciples ...
... Plowden , taking a pinch of snuff to clear his brain for the explanation he was about to offer , that , Captain Flood , is quite a different question . You see , Sir , that to un- derstand that , you must comprehend the prin- ciples ...
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... not ? " " So I had always thought , Plowden , until now but in what sense does this deserve that epithet ? " 66 Why , Sir , it is a short synoptical abstract or summary , of the historical facts of our case Hutspot . 35.
... not ? " " So I had always thought , Plowden , until now but in what sense does this deserve that epithet ? " 66 Why , Sir , it is a short synoptical abstract or summary , of the historical facts of our case Hutspot . 35.
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