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... force . Ex But while the authorities fretted and fumed , The people still to smoke presumed ; And still the " outer barbarians " made A capital thing of the opium trade .. With a force so small it was scarce worth counting ( To a very ...
... force . Ex But while the authorities fretted and fumed , The people still to smoke presumed ; And still the " outer barbarians " made A capital thing of the opium trade .. With a force so small it was scarce worth counting ( To a very ...
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... forces lustily sang , While some of them overboard sprang . The Admiral then went home like a shot To ruminate on the affair ; and he thought it , On the whole , decidedly better not Just as it happened to report it . For the Emperor's ...
... forces lustily sang , While some of them overboard sprang . The Admiral then went home like a shot To ruminate on the affair ; and he thought it , On the whole , decidedly better not Just as it happened to report it . For the Emperor's ...
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... forces , And brought against John Bull , In one long , strong , and simultaneous pull , The whole of their resources . To frighten British soldiers back And Was all that they were bent upon , very curious was the tack Which now at last ...
... forces , And brought against John Bull , In one long , strong , and simultaneous pull , The whole of their resources . To frighten British soldiers back And Was all that they were bent upon , very curious was the tack Which now at last ...
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... force a passage , " for the clattering smash of the plate glass convinces you of the contrary . If the entry be but little flattering , the exit , is exces- sively humiliating ; for the milliners cry out , a mob soon assembles , and ...
... force a passage , " for the clattering smash of the plate glass convinces you of the contrary . If the entry be but little flattering , the exit , is exces- sively humiliating ; for the milliners cry out , a mob soon assembles , and ...
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... force , energy , and tenacity , provided it is not acquired by habituation to strong liquors , or to vulgar company . 1 The man who stammers and stutters , rouses our impatience ; he that speaks too slowly , lulls one to sleep ; be who ...
... force , energy , and tenacity , provided it is not acquired by habituation to strong liquors , or to vulgar company . 1 The man who stammers and stutters , rouses our impatience ; he that speaks too slowly , lulls one to sleep ; be who ...
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