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... sir Peckwich Downes ) were eminently respectable and horribly rich . That the Seckertons ( Sir Charles Seckerton ) were eminently respectable , very rich , though not so rich as the Downeses ; but that they had entirely taken the wind ...
... sir Peckwich Downes ) were eminently respectable and horribly rich . That the Seckertons ( Sir Charles Seckerton ) were eminently respectable , very rich , though not so rich as the Downeses ; but that they had entirely taken the wind ...
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... Sir George Poyntz's August der Starke . What do you know about Robert Poyntz ... Lord Hatterleigh and Lady Southmolton . Let us see what they were talking about ... Peckwich Downes , who , from his figure , seemed to have three stomachs ...
... Sir George Poyntz's August der Starke . What do you know about Robert Poyntz ... Lord Hatterleigh and Lady Southmolton . Let us see what they were talking about ... Peckwich Downes , who , from his figure , seemed to have three stomachs ...
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... Sir Peckwich Downes from the end of the ta- ble , who , as he had finished his venison , and had as much sherry as he wanted , got tired of thinking what a queer lop - sided young gaby Lord Hatterleigh was , and felt conversational . He ...
... Sir Peckwich Downes from the end of the ta- ble , who , as he had finished his venison , and had as much sherry as he wanted , got tired of thinking what a queer lop - sided young gaby Lord Hatterleigh was , and felt conversational . He ...
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... Sir Peckwich Downes to Lady Southmolton , on one occasion . Why , if Haskerton , with those horses , that wife , that phaeton , that groom , and that baby , were to charge full - speed against the whole French army , they would fly like ...
... Sir Peckwich Downes to Lady Southmolton , on one occasion . Why , if Haskerton , with those horses , that wife , that phaeton , that groom , and that baby , were to charge full - speed against the whole French army , they would fly like ...
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... Downes . Sir Peckwich Downes beamed over his white waistcoat at his fish . Mamma and Grandma chirruped and cackled away as usual . Richardson the butler , master of the feast , administered stimu- lants according to his will and ...
... Downes . Sir Peckwich Downes beamed over his white waistcoat at his fish . Mamma and Grandma chirruped and cackled away as usual . Richardson the butler , master of the feast , administered stimu- lants according to his will and ...
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