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... head was always erect , his gesture ab- rupt , his eye stern , and his intonation that of one accustomed to call the roll or echo an order . His very buon giorno was exploded from under his fierce moustache . If I ventured an opinion on ...
... head was always erect , his gesture ab- rupt , his eye stern , and his intonation that of one accustomed to call the roll or echo an order . His very buon giorno was exploded from under his fierce moustache . If I ventured an opinion on ...
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... head on one side to hear the talkative wind and leaves , and then re- commence his brisk and amusing little gluttony . For a tiresome while , any attempt to take him was followed by his immediate flight ; but at last he would run up her ...
... head on one side to hear the talkative wind and leaves , and then re- commence his brisk and amusing little gluttony . For a tiresome while , any attempt to take him was followed by his immediate flight ; but at last he would run up her ...
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... head had cer- tainly been favored in this respect with a double benediction . It seemed as if he must be furnished with such a bag as Jack the Giant - killer made use of to slay his Brobdignagian captor by ple- thora , so immense was ...
... head had cer- tainly been favored in this respect with a double benediction . It seemed as if he must be furnished with such a bag as Jack the Giant - killer made use of to slay his Brobdignagian captor by ple- thora , so immense was ...
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... head at that poor old gammer , and demands , Prisoner , have you any one to appear for you ? ' Where- at Bridget ... heads cry out : She means Beel- zebub ; she is condemned out of her own mouth . ' Is not that babble ? I ask you . Are ...
... head at that poor old gammer , and demands , Prisoner , have you any one to appear for you ? ' Where- at Bridget ... heads cry out : She means Beel- zebub ; she is condemned out of her own mouth . ' Is not that babble ? I ask you . Are ...
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... head off , and spits two or three pins , which I dare say she moused out of her stomacher . It was the same thing over again when they brought up Abigail and Tituba , and John Indian , and the other afflicted . Parris roused them up ...
... head off , and spits two or three pins , which I dare say she moused out of her stomacher . It was the same thing over again when they brought up Abigail and Tituba , and John Indian , and the other afflicted . Parris roused them up ...
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