In Strange Company: Being the Experiences of a Roving CorrespondentH. S. King, 1873 - 340 стор. |
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... observed in it nothing in the least remarkable . It was just an ordinary barber's shop , the front parlour of one of a row of small houses , with a striped pole jutting out above the doorway , and a window board , on which was ...
... observed in it nothing in the least remarkable . It was just an ordinary barber's shop , the front parlour of one of a row of small houses , with a striped pole jutting out above the doorway , and a window board , on which was ...
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... observed , to my amazement , a group of at least thirty men and lads , each with his grimy visage turned skyward , and with eyes that twinkled in ecstasy . Hands , too , were raised and clapped together , as is the way with these vulgar ...
... observed , to my amazement , a group of at least thirty men and lads , each with his grimy visage turned skyward , and with eyes that twinkled in ecstasy . Hands , too , were raised and clapped together , as is the way with these vulgar ...
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... observe the manner in which Muggins removes his dirty short pipe from his dirtier mouth to chirrup fondly to the little bird that might have fondly nestled in his bosom but for that base other twopence . It is only when one more closely ...
... observe the manner in which Muggins removes his dirty short pipe from his dirtier mouth to chirrup fondly to the little bird that might have fondly nestled in his bosom but for that base other twopence . It is only when one more closely ...
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... observe that they availed themselves of the advantage to eagerly embrace the splendid opportunity he offered them ; and the disreput- able - looking finch was finally sold , amid much swearing and cursing for six shillings . And so the ...
... observe that they availed themselves of the advantage to eagerly embrace the splendid opportunity he offered them ; and the disreput- able - looking finch was finally sold , amid much swearing and cursing for six shillings . And so the ...
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... observed certain conical erections , shaped somewhat like a brick kiln : this is where the hop flowers are dried and " cured . " A hop kiln is by no means a pleasant place to enter on a sultry summer afternoon ; the heat is ...
... observed certain conical erections , shaped somewhat like a brick kiln : this is where the hop flowers are dried and " cured . " A hop kiln is by no means a pleasant place to enter on a sultry summer afternoon ; the heat is ...
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