College debts, by an Oxford M.A.1870 |
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College debts. band's temperament . It was not austerity , for a peculiarly kind expression mantled her features . If joy was but little developed there , no sad , stern uneasiness betrayed its presence within . stranger looked at the ...
College debts. band's temperament . It was not austerity , for a peculiarly kind expression mantled her features . If joy was but little developed there , no sad , stern uneasiness betrayed its presence within . stranger looked at the ...
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... kind of interest in the minstrelsy without that her niece felt . “ Tell the servants , my dear , to turn them away for their impudence . " Aunt Busby was not always a particular observer of grammatical 26 COLLEGE DEBTS .
... kind of interest in the minstrelsy without that her niece felt . “ Tell the servants , my dear , to turn them away for their impudence . " Aunt Busby was not always a particular observer of grammatical 26 COLLEGE DEBTS .
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... and my father seem to be rather addicted to that kind of thing , and , for once , Lockwood has caught the infection ; but I am much happier here . " His last words were uttered with so much more em- phasis than 38 COLLEGE DEBTS .
... and my father seem to be rather addicted to that kind of thing , and , for once , Lockwood has caught the infection ; but I am much happier here . " His last words were uttered with so much more em- phasis than 38 COLLEGE DEBTS .
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... kind in the schools , and it might be thought rather indicative of ' something wrong somewhere , ' as the saying is , if , when asked who was the hero of Thermopyla , you were to reply , ' Made- line . ' Fancy the intense horror of a ...
... kind in the schools , and it might be thought rather indicative of ' something wrong somewhere , ' as the saying is , if , when asked who was the hero of Thermopyla , you were to reply , ' Made- line . ' Fancy the intense horror of a ...
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... kind . Pos- sessed of only moderate means , little used to society , and , if the truth must be told , almost too inactive to adorn it , he kept the even tenor of his way , and moved in the throng of his fellow - undergraduates ...
... kind . Pos- sessed of only moderate means , little used to society , and , if the truth must be told , almost too inactive to adorn it , he kept the even tenor of his way , and moved in the throng of his fellow - undergraduates ...
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