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... young man in a long dark - blue cloak , and with a nose that seemed some time to have had a blow that had flattened its bridge . I turned back and had some conversation with him , anxious to know how he , Thackeray , proposed to carry ...
... young man in a long dark - blue cloak , and with a nose that seemed some time to have had a blow that had flattened its bridge . I turned back and had some conversation with him , anxious to know how he , Thackeray , proposed to carry ...
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... young genlmn wore green baize coats , yellow leather whatsisnames , a tin plate on the left harm , and a cap about the size of a muffing . I stayed there sicks years , from sicks , that is to say , till my twelth year , during three ...
... young genlmn wore green baize coats , yellow leather whatsisnames , a tin plate on the left harm , and a cap about the size of a muffing . I stayed there sicks years , from sicks , that is to say , till my twelth year , during three ...
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... young man was somebody , I warrant ; to be sure there is very few man - servants at Pentonwille , the poppylation being mostly gals of all work : and so , though only fourteen , I was as much a man down there , as if I had been as old ...
... young man was somebody , I warrant ; to be sure there is very few man - servants at Pentonwille , the poppylation being mostly gals of all work : and so , though only fourteen , I was as much a man down there , as if I had been as old ...
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... young ladies - Miss Betsy , and Miss Mary , in course . I recklect he called me aside that afternoon , assuming a solamon and misterus hare , ' Charles , ' said he , are you up to snuff ? ' 6 ' Why , sir , ' said I , I'm genrally ...
... young ladies - Miss Betsy , and Miss Mary , in course . I recklect he called me aside that afternoon , assuming a solamon and misterus hare , ' Charles , ' said he , are you up to snuff ? ' 6 ' Why , sir , ' said I , I'm genrally ...
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... young kipple in the middlin classes began life with a chance of happiness , it was Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Altamont . There house at Cannon Row , Islington , was as comforable as house could be . Carpited from top to to ; pore's rates ...
... young kipple in the middlin classes began life with a chance of happiness , it was Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Altamont . There house at Cannon Row , Islington , was as comforable as house could be . Carpited from top to to ; pore's rates ...
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