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... , and prefer them before the Bible makes him purchase the credit of a shrewd fellow ; and then he brings all adversaries to composition ; and if at length he can discover himself in large legacies beyond expectation , he 12 THE COUNTRYSIDE.
... , and prefer them before the Bible makes him purchase the credit of a shrewd fellow ; and then he brings all adversaries to composition ; and if at length he can discover himself in large legacies beyond expectation , he 12 THE COUNTRYSIDE.
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... fellow , and who but he ? So that by this means , some- times their necks are broken , sometimes their backs , sometimes their legs , sometime their arms , sometime one part thrust out of joint , sometime another , sometime their noses ...
... fellow , and who but he ? So that by this means , some- times their necks are broken , sometimes their backs , sometimes their legs , sometime their arms , sometime one part thrust out of joint , sometime another , sometime their noses ...
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... fellow , went to a woman's house , a little way out of the city , and not far from the sea side , to see whether she had any eggs to sell . Who perceiving him to be a lusty young fellow , a stranger , and far from his country ( so as ...
... fellow , went to a woman's house , a little way out of the city , and not far from the sea side , to see whether she had any eggs to sell . Who perceiving him to be a lusty young fellow , a stranger , and far from his country ( so as ...
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... fellows that called him ass , and returned to the witch's house , in whose service he remained by the space of three years , doing nothing with his hands all that while , but carried such burdens as she laid on his back ; having only ...
... fellows that called him ass , and returned to the witch's house , in whose service he remained by the space of three years , doing nothing with his hands all that while , but carried such burdens as she laid on his back ; having only ...
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... fellow , went to a woman's house , a little way out of the city , and not far from the sea side , to see whether she had any eggs to sell . Who perceiving him to be a lusty young fellow , a stranger , and far from his country ( so as ...
... fellow , went to a woman's house , a little way out of the city , and not far from the sea side , to see whether she had any eggs to sell . Who perceiving him to be a lusty young fellow , a stranger , and far from his country ( so as ...
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