The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... course the humble menial was struck with aston- ishment at this act of condescension , for he had only been ac- customed to the " heel - taps " heretofore , but he was chatty , and readily entered into a talk with the young stranger ...
... course the humble menial was struck with aston- ishment at this act of condescension , for he had only been ac- customed to the " heel - taps " heretofore , but he was chatty , and readily entered into a talk with the young stranger ...
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... course of a twenty years ' practice he had gathered , as it were , by annual " accretion , " one of the best private law libraries in the State , and it was that library , in part at least , gave the turning - point and moulded the ...
... course of a twenty years ' practice he had gathered , as it were , by annual " accretion , " one of the best private law libraries in the State , and it was that library , in part at least , gave the turning - point and moulded the ...
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... course , tried his pa- tience day after day , but I do not remember that he ever spoke a cross word to any of us save once : he became fretted with my little sister , and he pulled her ears till she cried . With the elder scholars he ...
... course , tried his pa- tience day after day , but I do not remember that he ever spoke a cross word to any of us save once : he became fretted with my little sister , and he pulled her ears till she cried . With the elder scholars he ...
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... course of a genius must follow it some- times in its erratic flights . I once asked the question of an eminent divine how it so often happened that men of talents were prone to recklessness and excess . His reply was , " Great minds are ...
... course of a genius must follow it some- times in its erratic flights . I once asked the question of an eminent divine how it so often happened that men of talents were prone to recklessness and excess . His reply was , " Great minds are ...
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... course he was en- tirely unprepared for the trip , and , as the lawyers express it , he demurred . Others of the cabin passengers joined in the entreaty . " But , " said Prentiss , " I can't go ; I've got no clothes with me . " Oh ...
... course he was en- tirely unprepared for the trip , and , as the lawyers express it , he demurred . Others of the cabin passengers joined in the entreaty . " But , " said Prentiss , " I can't go ; I've got no clothes with me . " Oh ...
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