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... hold , and an enormous knife , to denude the worn - out horses ' bones of the little flesh that remains attached to them . They are terrible looking fellows , these honest horse slaughterers . They seem rather to cultivate than avoid ...
... hold , and an enormous knife , to denude the worn - out horses ' bones of the little flesh that remains attached to them . They are terrible looking fellows , these honest horse slaughterers . They seem rather to cultivate than avoid ...
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... hold of a good second - hand organ , there was none for sale . Now , if I wanted a couple of hundred , I should know where to put my hand on ' em , and at a low price too . There's no call for ' em . " How do I ' count for it ? Well , I ...
... hold of a good second - hand organ , there was none for sale . Now , if I wanted a couple of hundred , I should know where to put my hand on ' em , and at a low price too . There's no call for ' em . " How do I ' count for it ? Well , I ...
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... hold effects " that were presently to be brought under the hammer , and every man and woman there licked the tip of his or her black - lead pencil as they all listened to the whis- pered instructions of the gentleman with the enormous ...
... hold effects " that were presently to be brought under the hammer , and every man and woman there licked the tip of his or her black - lead pencil as they all listened to the whis- pered instructions of the gentleman with the enormous ...
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... hold on the bridle , and a man behind , not un- frequently in company with a member of the police force ; while bringing up the rear there is sometimes a woman with a scared white face , plentifully shedding tears , and uttering ...
... hold on the bridle , and a man behind , not un- frequently in company with a member of the police force ; while bringing up the rear there is sometimes a woman with a scared white face , plentifully shedding tears , and uttering ...
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... hold the head " -let the hair be living or dead , he called every separate hank of it a " head " -- " to the light , you will see that every hair has its root attached , and all that you see here is only a small part of the bulk that ...
... hold the head " -let the hair be living or dead , he called every separate hank of it a " head " -- " to the light , you will see that every hair has its root attached , and all that you see here is only a small part of the bulk that ...
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Сторінка 318 - PARIS HERSELF AGAIN. BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. WITH 350 CHARACTERISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRENCH ARTISTS. "On subjects like those in his present work, Mr. Sala is at his best." — The Times. " This book is one of the most readable that has appeared for many a day. Few Englishmen know so much of old and modern Paris as Mr. Sala.
Сторінка 92 - that that's the fashion at present among my tribe j sure all my brother puppies smoke now, and a man might as well be out of the world as 'out of the fashion, you know.
Сторінка 21 - The most favourite entertainment at this place is known as "tuff-ball" in which both sexes — innocent of clothing — madly join, stimulated with raw whisky and the music of a fiddle and a tin whistle.
Сторінка 320 - LIFE, AND SAVING A DAUGHTER'S DOWRY. By E. About. COLOMBA, AND CARMEN. By P. Merimee. A WOMAN'S DIARY, AND THE LITTLE COUNTESS. By 0. Feuillet. ODETTE'S MARRIAGE. By A. Delpit. THE TOWER OF PERCEMONT. By George Sand. BLUE-EYED META HOLDENIS. By V. Cherbuliez. THE GODSON OF A MARQUIS. By A. Theuriet.
Сторінка 318 - This book is one of the most readable that has appeared for many a day. Few Englishmen know so much of old and modern Paris as Mr. Sala. Endowed with a facility to extract humour from every phase of the world's stage, and blessed with a wondrous store of recondite lore, he outdoes himself when he deals with a city like Paris that he knows so well, and that affords such an opportunity for his pen."— Truth.
Сторінка 319 - PERIL," &c. Illustrated with an Exact Representation of the Diamond Necklace, from a Contemporary Drawing, and a Portrait of the Countess de la Motte, engraved on Steel. " Had the most daring of our sensational novelists put forth the present plain unvarnished statement of facts as a work of fiction, it would have been denounced as so violating all probabilities as to be a positive insult to the common sense of the reader.
Сторінка 319 - Public; and comprising a Sketch of the Life of the Countess de la Motte, pretended Confidant of Marie Antoinette, and Particulars of the Careers of the other Actors in this remarkable Drama. By HENRY VIZETELLY. Illustrated with an exact representation of the Diamond Necklace, and a Portrait of the Countess de la Motte, engraved on steel.
Сторінка 211 - Her skin was dusky yellow, and tightly drawn at the nostrils and the cheek bones ; and evidently she had, since her marriage, taken such a thoroughly Chinese view of life, that her organs of vision were fast losing their European shape, and assuming that which coincided with her adopted nature.
Сторінка 319 - Had the most daring of our sensational novelists put forth the present plain unvarnished statement of facts as a work of fiction, it would have been denounced as so violating all probabilities as to be a positive insult to the common sense of the reader. Yet strange, startling, incomprehensible as is the narrative which the author has here evolved, every word of it is true."— A otea and Querie*.
Сторінка 3 - ... laid out his little stock to dry. Ginger's delight, when the landlord brought in along with a big loaf the half of a huge Cheshire cheese, was a sight to behold ; his amazement when the landlord left the room, leaving the half-cheese behind him, I will not attempt to describe. ' He's forgot it, ain't he ? ' he said, handling his knife as though sadly tempted to make the most of the innkeeper's mistake by slicing off a pound or so. ' No, he hasn't forgotten, my lad,' said I, ' he'll fetch it away...