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... close barred and there was no sign of any one stirring . While Priscus was waiting , and walking up and down before the palisading which surrounded the house of Onégesh , a man , with the dress and general appearance of a Hun , came up ...
... close barred and there was no sign of any one stirring . While Priscus was waiting , and walking up and down before the palisading which surrounded the house of Onégesh , a man , with the dress and general appearance of a Hun , came up ...
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... Close by the meet'n - house on the hill . First a shiver and then a thrill , Then something decidedly like a spill , And the parson was sitting upon a rock , At half - past nine by the meet'n - house clock , Just the hour of the ...
... Close by the meet'n - house on the hill . First a shiver and then a thrill , Then something decidedly like a spill , And the parson was sitting upon a rock , At half - past nine by the meet'n - house clock , Just the hour of the ...
Page 39
... close , back streets ; it buys country - places to give them happy and healthy summers , good nursing , good doctoring , and the best cuts of beef and mutton . When the - - - spring chickens come to market - I beg your HOLMES 39.
... close , back streets ; it buys country - places to give them happy and healthy summers , good nursing , good doctoring , and the best cuts of beef and mutton . When the - - - spring chickens come to market - I beg your HOLMES 39.
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... close quarters , and wrote , or began to write , a series of city pastorals . Eclogues he called them , and meant to have published them by subscription . I remem- ber some of his verses , if you want to hear them , you , sir ...
... close quarters , and wrote , or began to write , a series of city pastorals . Eclogues he called them , and meant to have published them by subscription . I remem- ber some of his verses , if you want to hear them , you , sir ...
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... close at hand is such a one , In yonder street that fronts the sun . Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three , Thank Heaven , for three . Amen ! I always thought cold ...
... close at hand is such a one , In yonder street that fronts the sun . Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three , Thank Heaven , for three . Amen ! I always thought cold ...
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