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... took part in a series of spectacular adventures in which he killed twelve men . In 1877 he showed up in the Pecos Valley in New Mexico and took a prominent part in the Lincoln County cattle war , becoming the chief gunman for one ...
... took part in a series of spectacular adventures in which he killed twelve men . In 1877 he showed up in the Pecos Valley in New Mexico and took a prominent part in the Lincoln County cattle war , becoming the chief gunman for one ...
Page 90
... took its place has ever since been known as Wall Street or " the Street . " It is a narrow and short street , running east and west from Trinity Church on Broadway to the East River , a distance of seven blocks or about half a mile ...
... took its place has ever since been known as Wall Street or " the Street . " It is a narrow and short street , running east and west from Trinity Church on Broadway to the East River , a distance of seven blocks or about half a mile ...
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... took an egg accordingly , and all those masters did their best to make it stand upright , but none discov- ered the method of doing so . Wherefore Filippo , being told that he might make it stand himself , took it daintily into his hand ...
... took an egg accordingly , and all those masters did their best to make it stand upright , but none discov- ered the method of doing so . Wherefore Filippo , being told that he might make it stand himself , took it daintily into his hand ...
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