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... solemn undertaking to take care of her for ever thereafter . At first he provided lodgings for her at Hackney , and spent all his Sundays and holidays with her , but soon after he took her to live with him altogether . Mr Procter ...
... solemn undertaking to take care of her for ever thereafter . At first he provided lodgings for her at Hackney , and spent all his Sundays and holidays with her , but soon after he took her to live with him altogether . Mr Procter ...
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... solemn days ( to proclaim a dead dividend , ) at long worm - eaten tables , that have been mahogany , with tarnished gilt - leather coverings , supporting massy silver . inkstands long since dry ; -the oaken wainscots hung with pictures ...
... solemn days ( to proclaim a dead dividend , ) at long worm - eaten tables , that have been mahogany , with tarnished gilt - leather coverings , supporting massy silver . inkstands long since dry ; -the oaken wainscots hung with pictures ...
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... solemn Hepworth , from whose gravity Newton might have deduced the law of gravitation . How pro- foundly would he nib a pen - with what deliberation would he wet a wafer ! But it is time to close - night's wheels are rattling fast over ...
... solemn Hepworth , from whose gravity Newton might have deduced the law of gravitation . How pro- foundly would he nib a pen - with what deliberation would he wet a wafer ! But it is time to close - night's wheels are rattling fast over ...
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... solemn auto da fe , arrayed in uncouth and most appalling attire — all trace of his late " watchet weeds " carefully effaced , he was exposed in a jacket , resembling those which London lamplighters formerly delighted in , with a cap of ...
... solemn auto da fe , arrayed in uncouth and most appalling attire — all trace of his late " watchet weeds " carefully effaced , he was exposed in a jacket , resembling those which London lamplighters formerly delighted in , with a cap of ...
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... solemn pageantries were not played off so often as to spoil the general mirth of the community . We had plenty of exercise and recreation after school hours ; and , for myself , I must confess , that I was never happier , than in them ...
... solemn pageantries were not played off so often as to spoil the general mirth of the community . We had plenty of exercise and recreation after school hours ; and , for myself , I must confess , that I was never happier , than in them ...
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