The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 34Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1849 |
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Page 11
... took off our coat , hung it up on our left hand , put on our specs , squirted a good streak into our spitting - box , took out our paper , laid it on our table , put our legs up on the cornice of our ceiling to relieve our position ...
... took off our coat , hung it up on our left hand , put on our specs , squirted a good streak into our spitting - box , took out our paper , laid it on our table , put our legs up on the cornice of our ceiling to relieve our position ...
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... took her , some fifteen years ago ; scratches when she's mad , and gets the his- terricks at a moment's warn- ing . She's a dangerous wo- man , I being entirely taken in by her beauty , which served me right . I never was so sick of any ...
... took her , some fifteen years ago ; scratches when she's mad , and gets the his- terricks at a moment's warn- ing . She's a dangerous wo- man , I being entirely taken in by her beauty , which served me right . I never was so sick of any ...
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... took to approach the subject . I have had such a question put to me near the close of a bachelor dinner , and have earned a passing reputation for satirical humor by bantering the unsophisticated young propounder , and putting him to ...
... took to approach the subject . I have had such a question put to me near the close of a bachelor dinner , and have earned a passing reputation for satirical humor by bantering the unsophisticated young propounder , and putting him to ...
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... took my accustomed place by her side she was lost in thought . Her head was bowed down ; her cheek was slightly flushed ; her hands lay in listless beauty , folded in her lap . I thought that her face wore a look of trouble 32 [ July ...
... took my accustomed place by her side she was lost in thought . Her head was bowed down ; her cheek was slightly flushed ; her hands lay in listless beauty , folded in her lap . I thought that her face wore a look of trouble 32 [ July ...
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... took my hand the other morning , and pressed a peremptory confirmation of your wishes , As though an article can be served up to order , like a beef - steak at Downing's or a fricandeau at Delmonico's ! But why not ? Why should not your ...
... took my hand the other morning , and pressed a peremptory confirmation of your wishes , As though an article can be served up to order , like a beef - steak at Downing's or a fricandeau at Delmonico's ! But why not ? Why should not your ...
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