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... took to fox - hunting like a perfect Nimrod . Whatever poets may say to the contrary , a man will grow out of love as he grows old ; and a pack of fox - hounds may chase out of his heart even the memory of a boarding- school goddess ...
... took to fox - hunting like a perfect Nimrod . Whatever poets may say to the contrary , a man will grow out of love as he grows old ; and a pack of fox - hounds may chase out of his heart even the memory of a boarding- school goddess ...
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... took a more interesting turn . He was relating the imprisonment of the Duke de Longueville with the Princes Condé and Conti in the chateau of Vincennes , and the ineffectual efforts of the Duchess to rouse the sturdy Normans to their ...
... took a more interesting turn . He was relating the imprisonment of the Duke de Longueville with the Princes Condé and Conti in the chateau of Vincennes , and the ineffectual efforts of the Duchess to rouse the sturdy Normans to their ...
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... took place that night - a strange , mysterious , inexplicable occurrence . " Here he checked himself , and paused . 66 Did it relate to that lady ? " inquired my uncle eager.y . " It was past the hour of midnight , " resumed the Mar ...
... took place that night - a strange , mysterious , inexplicable occurrence . " Here he checked himself , and paused . 66 Did it relate to that lady ? " inquired my uncle eager.y . " It was past the hour of midnight , " resumed the Mar ...
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... took a long , sonorous pinch of snuff- " Bah ! " said the Marquis , and walked towards the other end of the gallery.- Here the narrator paused . The company waited for some time for him to resume his narration ; but he con- tinued ...
... took a long , sonorous pinch of snuff- " Bah ! " said the Marquis , and walked towards the other end of the gallery.- Here the narrator paused . The company waited for some time for him to resume his narration ; but he con- tinued ...
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... took all possible care of him ; had half the doc- tore in town to prescribe for him ; made him take all their prescriptions , and dosed him with physic enough to cure a whole hospital . All was in vain . My uncle grew worse and worse ...
... took all possible care of him ; had half the doc- tore in town to prescribe for him ; made him take all their prescriptions , and dosed him with physic enough to cure a whole hospital . All was in vain . My uncle grew worse and worse ...
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adventure ALFRED CONCANEN amusing ancient banditti beautiful beheld Bianca bosom Buckthorne burgher buried captain carriage chamber character cloth extra Coloured companions countenance cried Crown 8vo daughter delight devil divining rod door dress Eccellenza Edition English Englishman Engravings eyes face fancy father Fcap feel fellow felt Fondi Frosinone gazed Genoa gentleman ghost gilt edges half-morocco hand haunted head heard heart horse humour Illustrations Imperial 8vo Iron John J. R. PLANCHÉ JOHN kind laugh length literary London looked mind morocco mountains Naples neighbourhood never night numerous once passed Peechy Prauw Pelasgian pistol Plates poem poetical poetry poor Portrait Prossedi recollect robbers rocks round scene seemed seen Somerset Herald story strange talk Terracina thing thought tion Tom Walker took travellers trees turned uncle Venetian village Vols walked Webber whole window Wolfert
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