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They paraded the girls in short skirts , the men made bids for them and took them home . When a dancing girl was not happy in Budapest she would say : ' I'll emigrate to Siberia . . . ' and so she came there , and that's why it was ...
They paraded the girls in short skirts , the men made bids for them and took them home . When a dancing girl was not happy in Budapest she would say : ' I'll emigrate to Siberia . . . ' and so she came there , and that's why it was ...
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The journey was memorable to me , because it took thirteen hours to cross from New- haven to Dieppe ; ten hours were spent in darkness and complete immobility because , we heard , there was a German submarine in the Channel .
The journey was memorable to me , because it took thirteen hours to cross from New- haven to Dieppe ; ten hours were spent in darkness and complete immobility because , we heard , there was a German submarine in the Channel .
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In peacetime these counties took little oil and were , in any case , supplied from the Thames or the Humber , both of which were now unavailable . A Lancaster bomber took up seven tons of oil , and as the bomber offensive grew ...
In peacetime these counties took little oil and were , in any case , supplied from the Thames or the Humber , both of which were now unavailable . A Lancaster bomber took up seven tons of oil , and as the bomber offensive grew ...
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A BENGAL MAGISTRATE IN THE 1860s BY W HARWOOD LONG | 167 |
A CIVIL SERVANT IN WARTIME BY R KELFCOHEN | 404 |
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