Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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... woman wish to know how Bob's eye at a glance announced a dog - fight to his brain ? He did not , he could not , see the dogs fight- ing ; it was a flash of an inference , a rapid induction . The crowd round a couple of dogs fighting is ...
... woman wish to know how Bob's eye at a glance announced a dog - fight to his brain ? He did not , he could not , see the dogs fight- ing ; it was a flash of an inference , a rapid induction . The crowd round a couple of dogs fighting is ...
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... woman carefully wrapped up , -the carrier leading the horse anxiously , and looking back . When he saw me , James ... woman's face ; she was sitting on a sack filled with straw , her husband's plaid round her , and his big - coat , with ...
... woman carefully wrapped up , -the carrier leading the horse anxiously , and looking back . When he saw me , James ... woman's face ; she was sitting on a sack filled with straw , her husband's plaid round her , and his big - coat , with ...
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... woman , clean and lova- ble , condemned by God to bear such a burden ? I got her away to bed . " May Rab and me bide ? " said James . " You may ; and Rab , if he will behave himself . " " I'se warrant he's do that , doctor . " And in ...
... woman , clean and lova- ble , condemned by God to bear such a burden ? I got her away to bed . " May Rab and me bide ? " said James . " You may ; and Rab , if he will behave himself . " " I'se warrant he's do that , doctor . " And in ...
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... woman is too much for them ; they sit down , and are dumb , and gaze at her . These rough boys feel the power of her presence . She walks in quickly , but without haste ; dressed in her mutch , her neckerchief , her white dimity short ...
... woman is too much for them ; they sit down , and are dumb , and gaze at her . These rough boys feel the power of her presence . She walks in quickly , but without haste ; dressed in her mutch , her neckerchief , her white dimity short ...
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... be her nurse , and I'll gang aboot on my stockin ' soles as canny as pussy . " And so he did ; and handy and clever , and swift and tender , as any B woman was that horny - handed , snell , peremptory RAB AND HIS FRIENDS . 17.
... be her nurse , and I'll gang aboot on my stockin ' soles as canny as pussy . " And so he did ; and handy and clever , and swift and tender , as any B woman was that horny - handed , snell , peremptory RAB AND HIS FRIENDS . 17.
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