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... things , especially in tavern matters , I am a strict economist ; not , indeed , for the sake of the money ; but one of ... thing , I abhor as hell , the idea of sneaking in a corner to avoid a dun - possibly some pitiful , sordid wretch ...
... things , especially in tavern matters , I am a strict economist ; not , indeed , for the sake of the money ; but one of ... thing , I abhor as hell , the idea of sneaking in a corner to avoid a dun - possibly some pitiful , sordid wretch ...
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... things , and told him I could not guess who was the Author of it , but that I thought it pretty clever . - With a ... thing I know , she has made me compleatly miserable . – Never man lov'd , or rather ador'd , a woman more than I did ...
... things , and told him I could not guess who was the Author of it , but that I thought it pretty clever . - With a ... thing I know , she has made me compleatly miserable . – Never man lov'd , or rather ador'd , a woman more than I did ...
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... thing , you ken , jo . But ere a ' was done , and a ' was said , Out fell the bottom of the bed ; The lassie lost her maidenhead , And her mither heard the din , jo . This is from an old song , ' Let Me in This Ae Night ' , which Burns ...
... thing , you ken , jo . But ere a ' was done , and a ' was said , Out fell the bottom of the bed ; The lassie lost her maidenhead , And her mither heard the din , jo . This is from an old song , ' Let Me in This Ae Night ' , which Burns ...
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