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... once asked me to sit down ; but he cocked his eye at the attorney , nodded to the other counsel , poked the fire , and I saw at once it was all right . I paid two guineas or more for that cock of the eye ; but it don't matter for that ...
... once asked me to sit down ; but he cocked his eye at the attorney , nodded to the other counsel , poked the fire , and I saw at once it was all right . I paid two guineas or more for that cock of the eye ; but it don't matter for that ...
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... once or twice , during the last twenty years , met on cool and distant terms , I have never seen him or any of his connexion , within the walls of my office , from that hour to this . We were previously on terms of intimacy . My " good ...
... once or twice , during the last twenty years , met on cool and distant terms , I have never seen him or any of his connexion , within the walls of my office , from that hour to this . We were previously on terms of intimacy . My " good ...
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... once finding her sufficiently at leisure to enter on the subject . I did not call again , though she staid a week in London . The day before she quitted it , I received an- other note from her , which , though not sealed with doves or ...
... once finding her sufficiently at leisure to enter on the subject . I did not call again , though she staid a week in London . The day before she quitted it , I received an- other note from her , which , though not sealed with doves or ...
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... hastened to call on Mrs. Walsingham . She at once comprehended the whole affair ; when , unluckily I observed that it would be necessary for me to explain it also to her husband , the Rev. Mr. Walsingham . The IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 37.
... hastened to call on Mrs. Walsingham . She at once comprehended the whole affair ; when , unluckily I observed that it would be necessary for me to explain it also to her husband , the Rev. Mr. Walsingham . The IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 37.
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... once fell to my lot to solicit a bankrupt's certificate , where there were nearly a hundred creditors to be canvassed : I found my applications fruitless in three cases out of five , till I had enlisted the wife in my service , and then ...
... once fell to my lot to solicit a bankrupt's certificate , where there were nearly a hundred creditors to be canvassed : I found my applications fruitless in three cases out of five , till I had enlisted the wife in my service , and then ...
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