Queen MabD. Appleton, 1864 - 476 pages |
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... George . Tell him his cousin , Captain George , wishes to speak to him five minutes - that's all . " Susan obeyed slowly , not without first giving Captain George a suspicious look . He was a tall and handsome man of sixty , or ...
... George . Tell him his cousin , Captain George , wishes to speak to him five minutes - that's all . " Susan obeyed slowly , not without first giving Captain George a suspicious look . He was a tall and handsome man of sixty , or ...
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... George . " The parlour which Captain George thus unceremoniously entered was a peculiar one ; and not having seen it for some- thing like seven or eight years , that gentleman allowed his keen brown eyes to examine it curiously , whilst ...
... George . " The parlour which Captain George thus unceremoniously entered was a peculiar one ; and not having seen it for some- thing like seven or eight years , that gentleman allowed his keen brown eyes to examine it curiously , whilst ...
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... George's first impression was , that he had never seen so comfortless , so untidy , so dirty a place ; his second ... George saw it all , whilst he shook his cousin by the hand , paternally patting it with both his , proofs of affection ...
... George's first impression was , that he had never seen so comfortless , so untidy , so dirty a place ; his second ... George saw it all , whilst he shook his cousin by the hand , paternally patting it with both his , proofs of affection ...
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... George meditatively smoothed his mustachios , and , in his compassion for Mr. Ford's troubles , abstractedly poured himself out a glass of rum . " How is Mrs. George ? " rather sulkily asked Mr. Ford , thrusting his hands deeper in his ...
... George meditatively smoothed his mustachios , and , in his compassion for Mr. Ford's troubles , abstractedly poured himself out a glass of rum . " How is Mrs. George ? " rather sulkily asked Mr. Ford , thrusting his hands deeper in his ...
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... George , disdaining to answer the question . " A hundred pounds , no more , sir , will make fortune this very day . " your Mr. Ford was just then very much in want of a guinea , and to be asked for a hundred pounds by the least ...
... George , disdaining to answer the question . " A hundred pounds , no more , sir , will make fortune this very day . " your Mr. Ford was just then very much in want of a guinea , and to be asked for a hundred pounds by the least ...
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Page 278 - He began walking up and down the room, with his hands in his pockets, talking aloud, and feeling with his old irritated fingers the two watches which he wore in his two fobs.