Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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... round a couple of dogs fighting is a crowd mascu- line mainly , with an occasional active , compassionate woman fluttering wildly round the outside , and using her tongue and her hands freely upon the men , as so many " brutes " ; it is ...
... round a couple of dogs fighting is a crowd mascu- line mainly , with an occasional active , compassionate woman fluttering wildly round the outside , and using her tongue and her hands freely upon the men , as so many " brutes " ; it is ...
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... round , " Did you ever see the like of this ? " He looked a statue of anger and astonishment , done in Aberdeen granite . We soon had a crowd ; the Chicken held on . " A knife ! " cried Bob ; and a cobbler gave him his knife . You know ...
... round , " Did you ever see the like of this ? " He looked a statue of anger and astonishment , done in Aberdeen granite . We soon had a crowd ; the Chicken held on . " A knife ! " cried Bob ; and a cobbler gave him his knife . You know ...
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... round and trotted off . Bob took the dead dog up , and said , " John , we ' ll bury him after tea . " " Yes , " , " said I , and was off after the mas tiff . He made up the Cowgate at a rapid swing ; he had forgotten some engagement ...
... round and trotted off . Bob took the dead dog up , and said , " John , we ' ll bury him after tea . " " Yes , " , " said I , and was off after the mas tiff . He made up the Cowgate at a rapid swing ; he had forgotten some engagement ...
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... in her breest , some kind o ' an income we ' re thinkin ' . " - By this time I saw the woman's face ; she was sitting on a sack filled with straw , her husband's plaid round her , and his big - coat , with its 12 LITTLE CLASSICS .
... in her breest , some kind o ' an income we ' re thinkin ' . " - By this time I saw the woman's face ; she was sitting on a sack filled with straw , her husband's plaid round her , and his big - coat , with its 12 LITTLE CLASSICS .
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... round her neck , and , without a word , showed me her right breast . I looked at and examined it carefully ; she and James watching me , and Rab eying all three . What could I say ? There it was , that had once been so soft , so shapely ...
... round her neck , and , without a word , showed me her right breast . I looked at and examined it carefully ; she and James watching me , and Rab eying all three . What could I say ? There it was , that had once been so soft , so shapely ...
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