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... hand , that commended their interests to his protection . With all this there was about him a sort of timidity — ( his few enemies used to give it a worse name ) a something which , in reverence to the dead , we will place , if you ...
... hand , that commended their interests to his protection . With all this there was about him a sort of timidity — ( his few enemies used to give it a worse name ) a something which , in reverence to the dead , we will place , if you ...
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... hand ; and he had the privi- lege of going to see them , almost as often as he wished , through some invidious distinction , which was denied to * Recollections of Christ's Hospital . us . it — The present worthy sub - treasurer ...
... hand ; and he had the privi- lege of going to see them , almost as often as he wished , through some invidious distinction , which was denied to * Recollections of Christ's Hospital . us . it — The present worthy sub - treasurer ...
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... hands , whether we had friends to go to , or none . I remember those bathing excur- sions to the New River , which L. recalls with such relish , better , I think , than he can -- for he was a home- seeking lad , and did not much care ...
... hands , whether we had friends to go to , or none . I remember those bathing excur- sions to the New River , which L. recalls with such relish , better , I think , than he can -- for he was a home- seeking lad , and did not much care ...
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... hands rather like an emblem than an instrument of authority ; and an emblem , too , he was ashamed of . He was a good easy that did not care to ruffle his own peace , nor per- haps set any great consideration upon the value of juvenile ...
... hands rather like an emblem than an instrument of authority ; and an emblem , too , he was ashamed of . He was a good easy that did not care to ruffle his own peace , nor per- haps set any great consideration upon the value of juvenile ...
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... hand . I have known him double his knotty fist at a poor trembling child ( the maternal milk hardly dry upon its lips ) with a " Sirrah , do you presume to set your wits at me ? " Nothing was more common than to see him make a headlong ...
... hand . I have known him double his knotty fist at a poor trembling child ( the maternal milk hardly dry upon its lips ) with a " Sirrah , do you presume to set your wits at me ? " Nothing was more common than to see him make a headlong ...
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