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... letter of acknowledgment must be sent . The glowing countenance of the young man fell at these most unexpected and unwelcome words . They were , to use his own language , " a shower - bath of ice - water . " The old lawyer , observing ...
... letter of acknowledgment must be sent . The glowing countenance of the young man fell at these most unexpected and unwelcome words . They were , to use his own language , " a shower - bath of ice - water . " The old lawyer , observing ...
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... letter , than it was to discharge a long - standing account ; and when he had wasted his resources in extravagant and demoraliz- ing gifts , he deemed it a sufficient answer to a presented bill to ask his creditor how a man could pay ...
... letter , than it was to discharge a long - standing account ; and when he had wasted his resources in extravagant and demoraliz- ing gifts , he deemed it a sufficient answer to a presented bill to ask his creditor how a man could pay ...
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... letters , and pleased himself by giving away to his black man money enough to buy a very good house ; and if he could not avoid adding wings and rooms to his spacious mansion at Marsh- field , and must needs keep open house there and ...
... letters , and pleased himself by giving away to his black man money enough to buy a very good house ; and if he could not avoid adding wings and rooms to his spacious mansion at Marsh- field , and must needs keep open house there and ...
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... letters , if we did not know it from other sources of information , that his carelessness with regard to the balancing of his books grew upon him as he advanced in life , and kept pace with the general deterioration of his character ...
... letters , if we did not know it from other sources of information , that his carelessness with regard to the balancing of his books grew upon him as he advanced in life , and kept pace with the general deterioration of his character ...
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... letter to the President , declining the offer , presents him in a sorry light indeed . " I have made up my mind to think no more about the English mission . My principal reason is , that I think it would be regarded as a Jescent ...
... letter to the President , declining the offer , presents him in a sorry light indeed . " I have made up my mind to think no more about the English mission . My principal reason is , that I think it would be regarded as a Jescent ...
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