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... pound a week ; and being determined to try an Englishman this time , wrote to a friend in Leicestershire for a first - rate man , fit to suc- ceed old Tom Squire , the wiry terrier - faced ex - Poyntz retainer aforesaid , as huntsman ...
... pound a week ; and being determined to try an Englishman this time , wrote to a friend in Leicestershire for a first - rate man , fit to suc- ceed old Tom Squire , the wiry terrier - faced ex - Poyntz retainer aforesaid , as huntsman ...
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... pounds ready to drop into his mouth . ” The great mighty master of Tomfoolery , Levassor , blunder- ing on to the stage with his breeches up to his ears , just as Rachel had drooped into one of her sublimest attitudes , could hardly ...
... pounds ready to drop into his mouth . ” The great mighty master of Tomfoolery , Levassor , blunder- ing on to the stage with his breeches up to his ears , just as Rachel had drooped into one of her sublimest attitudes , could hardly ...
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... pounds extra , and then chaff him for not taking his fences . ' But he laughed again , and he said , ' No , Sir Charles , it won't do . It's the ten years , not the ten pounds . Old Time has handicapped us all . ' And when we checked ...
... pounds extra , and then chaff him for not taking his fences . ' But he laughed again , and he said , ' No , Sir Charles , it won't do . It's the ten years , not the ten pounds . Old Time has handicapped us all . ' And when we checked ...
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... pound suffrage to begin with , only begin with , understand . And I shall also turn dissenter . Ha ! ha ! THE VICAR . " My good sir " " MR . HUXTABLE . " I know all about that , Vicar . It's all a matter of atmosphere , you know . Hey ...
... pound suffrage to begin with , only begin with , understand . And I shall also turn dissenter . Ha ! ha ! THE VICAR . " My good sir " " MR . HUXTABLE . " I know all about that , Vicar . It's all a matter of atmosphere , you know . Hey ...
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... pounds . Haskerton did n't see his way to the ten pounds , rather thought the ten pounds should go the other way ; thought Sir Charles wrong about the horse ; but still Sir Charles said he was never wrong about a horse , and so the ...
... pounds . Haskerton did n't see his way to the ten pounds , rather thought the ten pounds should go the other way ; thought Sir Charles wrong about the horse ; but still Sir Charles said he was never wrong about a horse , and so the ...
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