Sketches by BozUniversity Society, 1908 - 486 pages |
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... father over the sideboard , but the old lady adds , with a mournful shake of the head , that he has always been one of her greatest trials , and that in- deed he once almost broke her heart ; but it pleased God to enable her to get the ...
... father over the sideboard , but the old lady adds , with a mournful shake of the head , that he has always been one of her greatest trials , and that in- deed he once almost broke her heart ; but it pleased God to enable her to get the ...
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... father ! I little thought once , that I should ever thank God for depriving me of the original , but I do , and have done for years back , most fervently . Take it away , Sir , ' she says , ' it's a face that never turned from me in ...
... father ! I little thought once , that I should ever thank God for depriving me of the original , but I do , and have done for years back , most fervently . Take it away , Sir , ' she says , ' it's a face that never turned from me in ...
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... father was quite happy as the inconvenience was removed -I dare say he didn't know how ; the children looked merry and cheerful again ; the eldest girl was bustling about , making preparations for the first comfortable meal they had had ...
... father was quite happy as the inconvenience was removed -I dare say he didn't know how ; the children looked merry and cheerful again ; the eldest girl was bustling about , making preparations for the first comfortable meal they had had ...
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... father had died , and the mother had got the boy a message - lad's place in some office . A long - worn suit that one ; rusty and threadbare before it was laid aside , but clean and free from soil to the last . Poor woman ! We could ...
... father had died , and the mother had got the boy a message - lad's place in some office . A long - worn suit that one ; rusty and threadbare before it was laid aside , but clean and free from soil to the last . Poor woman ! We could ...
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... father's name , and impelled by sheer neces- sity , down the precipice that had led him to a lingering death , possibly of many years ' duration , thousands of miles away . We had no clue to the end of the tale ; but it was easy to ...
... father's name , and impelled by sheer neces- sity , down the precipice that had led him to a lingering death , possibly of many years ' duration , thousands of miles away . We had no clue to the end of the tale ; but it was easy to ...
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