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... turned periods.1 Colonel Killigrew all this time had been trolling forth a jolly bottle - song , and ring- ing his glass in symphony with the chorus , while his eyes wandered toward the buxom figure of the Widow Wycherly . On the other ...
... turned periods.1 Colonel Killigrew all this time had been trolling forth a jolly bottle - song , and ring- ing his glass in symphony with the chorus , while his eyes wandered toward the buxom figure of the Widow Wycherly . On the other ...
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... turned out the light , turned the gas full on again and laid himself gratefully upon the bed . It was Mrs. McCool's night to go with the can for beer . So she fetched it and sat with Mrs. Purdy in one of those subter- ranean retreats ...
... turned out the light , turned the gas full on again and laid himself gratefully upon the bed . It was Mrs. McCool's night to go with the can for beer . So she fetched it and sat with Mrs. Purdy in one of those subter- ranean retreats ...
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... turned . He came dashing back . His face had now turned gray and in his eyes was all terror . " Here it is ! here it is ! " The officer was as a man gone in drink . His arm bent like a twig . His head dropped as if his neck were of ...
... turned . He came dashing back . His face had now turned gray and in his eyes was all terror . " Here it is ! here it is ! " The officer was as a man gone in drink . His arm bent like a twig . His head dropped as if his neck were of ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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