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... Lesley's . " " Tired ! I'm not tired a bit . Eton boys are never tired - they've too much pluck . ( " Pluck ! " said his mother . ) I'm only hun- gry ; I've scarcely had anything since yester- day morning at breakfast . " " Good ...
... Lesley's . " " Tired ! I'm not tired a bit . Eton boys are never tired - they've too much pluck . ( " Pluck ! " said his mother . ) I'm only hun- gry ; I've scarcely had anything since yester- day morning at breakfast . " " Good ...
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... village , who had held his small living for many years , and for whom Mr. and Mrs. Coverley entertained the highest respect and regard . Mr. Lesley was a widower , with an only daughter , Clara , a handsome little WITHOUT A PROFESSION . 29.
... village , who had held his small living for many years , and for whom Mr. and Mrs. Coverley entertained the highest respect and regard . Mr. Lesley was a widower , with an only daughter , Clara , a handsome little WITHOUT A PROFESSION . 29.
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... father and mother having dis- coursed with Mr. Lesley on things in gene- ral , and on Frank's good looks , and redundant health in particular , the Coverleys took leave of the Lesleys , mutually pleased with each other , 32 THE MAN.
... father and mother having dis- coursed with Mr. Lesley on things in gene- ral , and on Frank's good looks , and redundant health in particular , the Coverleys took leave of the Lesleys , mutually pleased with each other , 32 THE MAN.
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... Lesley , whom he thought he had inveigled into a punt , in order to give her the pleasure of a water excursion over the Eton marshes , during the spring floods , but the punt striking against one of the piers of the fifteen - arch ...
... Lesley , whom he thought he had inveigled into a punt , in order to give her the pleasure of a water excursion over the Eton marshes , during the spring floods , but the punt striking against one of the piers of the fifteen - arch ...
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... portant point , he forthwith knocked at the door of his parents ' room , and , waking them up , asked if he might go over to Mr. Lesley's , and bring Clara back to breakfast . CHAPTER IV . " While some on earnest business bent 34 THE MAN.
... portant point , he forthwith knocked at the door of his parents ' room , and , waking them up , asked if he might go over to Mr. Lesley's , and bring Clara back to breakfast . CHAPTER IV . " While some on earnest business bent 34 THE MAN.
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acquaintance affairs apothecary arrived asked attention barrister Brazilian girl Brazils clergyman Colonel Yelloley Constanza countenance course Coverley Hall Coverley's daughter dear boy dear Clara door Drudge editor Eton eyes father favour fear feel felt fortune Frank Coverley French language gentleman girl give gout Gray's Inn hand head heart hope Huntham Latin leave letter literary London look Lord Louisa maid matter Matthew Carl means ment mind Miss Carlton Miss Lesley morning mother never newspaper observed occasion once opportunity OTLEY painful paper Parr perhaps person Playfair political poor Portuguese pounds present priest profession replied returned Sambo seemed shew Sir Matthew Carlton Skinnom smile sorrow sort speak stranger Sunderland suppose sure talk tell there's thing thought tion Tom Hodges took Wideacre wife word write young lady
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