The man without a profession1844 |
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... advantage of his absence to give a brief account of the parents of the boy whose active propensities called for the present prompt interference of his father's authority . CHAPTER II . " It's a very pleasant thing , 6 THE MAN.
... advantage of his absence to give a brief account of the parents of the boy whose active propensities called for the present prompt interference of his father's authority . CHAPTER II . " It's a very pleasant thing , 6 THE MAN.
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... give him plenty of bones with some meat on them , and instantly to procure a paunch from the nearest butcher , that being the particular delicacy in which Mr. Brobdignag ( such was his appropriate appellation in full ) most loved to ...
... give him plenty of bones with some meat on them , and instantly to procure a paunch from the nearest butcher , that being the particular delicacy in which Mr. Brobdignag ( such was his appropriate appellation in full ) most loved to ...
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... give her the pleasure of a water excursion over the Eton marshes , during the spring floods , but the punt striking against one of the piers of the fifteen - arch bridge , the shock awoke him . It was daylight ; and Frank , immediately ...
... give her the pleasure of a water excursion over the Eton marshes , during the spring floods , but the punt striking against one of the piers of the fifteen - arch bridge , the shock awoke him . It was daylight ; and Frank , immediately ...
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... give an explanation of their meaning . " Here is a strange charge , " said Mr. Co- verley , " which I cannot for the life of me un- derstand . His Dame's regular account for his half year's board , fifteen guineas , is intelli- gible ...
... give an explanation of their meaning . " Here is a strange charge , " said Mr. Co- verley , " which I cannot for the life of me un- derstand . His Dame's regular account for his half year's board , fifteen guineas , is intelli- gible ...
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... give parties every day , do you ? " " Oh , no ; it's only now and then . I only do as the other boys do . " " What an extraordinary expense there is for his shoes ! " observed his father . " Why , Frank , do you wear two pair of shoes ...
... give parties every day , do you ? " " Oh , no ; it's only now and then . I only do as the other boys do . " " What an extraordinary expense there is for his shoes ! " observed his father . " Why , Frank , do you wear two pair of shoes ...
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