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Page 13
... young days , Maccaronies . He was the last of that race of beaux . Melancholy as a gibcat , over his counter all the forenoon , I think I see him , making up his cash ( as they call it ) with tremu- lous fingers , as if he feared every ...
... young days , Maccaronies . He was the last of that race of beaux . Melancholy as a gibcat , over his counter all the forenoon , I think I see him , making up his cash ( as they call it ) with tremu- lous fingers , as if he feared every ...
Page 16
... young- ( he was indeed equal to the wielding of any the most in- tricate accounts of the most flourishing company in these or those days ) ; — but to a genuine accountant the difference of proceeds is as nothing . The fractional ...
... young- ( he was indeed equal to the wielding of any the most in- tricate accounts of the most flourishing company in these or those days ) ; — but to a genuine accountant the difference of proceeds is as nothing . The fractional ...
Page 22
... young years of the sweet food of academic insti- tution , nowhere is so pleasant , to while away a few idle weeks at , as one or other of the Universities . Their vacation , too , at this time of the year , falls in so pat with ours ...
... young years of the sweet food of academic insti- tution , nowhere is so pleasant , to while away a few idle weeks at , as one or other of the Universities . Their vacation , too , at this time of the year , falls in so pat with ours ...
Page 30
... young dace in the streams ; getting us appetites for noon , which those of us that were penni- less ( our scanty morning crust long since exhausted ) had not the means of allaying - while the cattle , and the birds , and the fishes ...
... young dace in the streams ; getting us appetites for noon , which those of us that were penni- less ( our scanty morning crust long since exhausted ) had not the means of allaying - while the cattle , and the birds , and the fishes ...
Page 31
... young ass , which , incredible as it may seem , with the connivance of the nurse's daughter ( a young flame of his ) he had contrived to smuggle in , and keep upon the leads of the ward , as they called our dormitories . This game went ...
... young ass , which , incredible as it may seem , with the connivance of the nurse's daughter ( a young flame of his ) he had contrived to smuggle in , and keep upon the leads of the ward , as they called our dormitories . This game went ...
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