Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 7J. M Lewer, 1841 |
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... seemed to dislocate her wrists , while the pressure on the hands was increased in a tenfold degree . The poor sufferer , who was resting on the points of her feet , felt that the removal of the next piece of wood would occasion almost ...
... seemed to dislocate her wrists , while the pressure on the hands was increased in a tenfold degree . The poor sufferer , who was resting on the points of her feet , felt that the removal of the next piece of wood would occasion almost ...
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... seemed to smack of the olden time . ' I love but only one , And thou art only she That loves but only one- Let me that only be ! Requite me with the like , And say thou unto me , Thou lovest but only one , And I am only he ! ' C ' Cold ...
... seemed to smack of the olden time . ' I love but only one , And thou art only she That loves but only one- Let me that only be ! Requite me with the like , And say thou unto me , Thou lovest but only one , And I am only he ! ' C ' Cold ...
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... seemed quite in a winegar fever this mornin ' . ' ' I tell you what it is , ' said Mary , ' he ain't bin right sin ' them Col- lege chaps came among us . ' A couple o ' yellow - beaked boys ! ' muttered Andrews . ' Sure - ly they can't ...
... seemed quite in a winegar fever this mornin ' . ' ' I tell you what it is , ' said Mary , ' he ain't bin right sin ' them Col- lege chaps came among us . ' A couple o ' yellow - beaked boys ! ' muttered Andrews . ' Sure - ly they can't ...
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... seemed to bespeak a disordered mind . How the circumstance happened Colin never could distinctly as- certain ; but scarcely were they congratulating themselves on the success of their stratagem , when a loud cry from Jerry Clink , accom ...
... seemed to bespeak a disordered mind . How the circumstance happened Colin never could distinctly as- certain ; but scarcely were they congratulating themselves on the success of their stratagem , when a loud cry from Jerry Clink , accom ...
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... seemed to mark that she ' understood what was said , though her reply betrayed that the years which had elapsed since last we saw her had produced no perma- nent restoration of the then partly overthrown mind . She looked at Colin ...
... seemed to mark that she ' understood what was said , though her reply betrayed that the years which had elapsed since last we saw her had produced no perma- nent restoration of the then partly overthrown mind . She looked at Colin ...
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