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... dear me , no ! " says the compliant Hopkirk , with the most unblushing readiness . " Protect their lives , of course ... dear sir ! " he cries , before the last speaker can say another word , " you have hit it - you have indeed ...
... dear me , no ! " says the compliant Hopkirk , with the most unblushing readiness . " Protect their lives , of course ... dear sir ! " he cries , before the last speaker can say another word , " you have hit it - you have indeed ...
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... from the first . You have hit it , my dear sir . Hanging , a you say - hanging , by all manner of means ! " Has anybody ever met Colonel Hopkirk in society ? And does anybody think that the Great Glib could possibly have TALK - STOPPERS .
... from the first . You have hit it , my dear sir . Hanging , a you say - hanging , by all manner of means ! " Has anybody ever met Colonel Hopkirk in society ? And does anybody think that the Great Glib could possibly have TALK - STOPPERS .
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... dear O. , how is your poor head ? Yours , P. , " " My dear P. , hotter than ever . Yours , O. " And so on . Portraits of Oily , in infancy , childhood , youth , manhood , old age active , and old age infirin , concluding with a post ...
... dear O. , how is your poor head ? Yours , P. , " " My dear P. , hotter than ever . Yours , O. " And so on . Portraits of Oily , in infancy , childhood , youth , manhood , old age active , and old age infirin , concluding with a post ...
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... dear madam , you amaze -- you alarm me , —you do in- deed " cries Mr. Oily , waving his hand in graceful deprecation and polite horror . The " Don't , " says Mrs. Marblemug ; " you'll knock down some of the wine - glasses , and hurt ...
... dear madam , you amaze -- you alarm me , —you do in- deed " cries Mr. Oily , waving his hand in graceful deprecation and polite horror . The " Don't , " says Mrs. Marblemug ; " you'll knock down some of the wine - glasses , and hurt ...
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... dear sir , you have no vices , " says Endless , getting angry and sarcastic as a fresh pause follows this undeniable commonplace . " The bottle stands with you . Do you abjure even that most amiable of human failings- the cheerful glass ...
... dear sir , you have no vices , " says Endless , getting angry and sarcastic as a fresh pause follows this undeniable commonplace . " The bottle stands with you . Do you abjure even that most amiable of human failings- the cheerful glass ...
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