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... temper with man , horse , and dog . A young man who had hunted not only in Leicestershire and Berwickshire , but at Pau ; a young man entirely up to every conceivable sort of country . Such a young man was To Let . And Sir George ...
... temper with man , horse , and dog . A young man who had hunted not only in Leicestershire and Berwickshire , but at Pau ; a young man entirely up to every conceivable sort of country . Such a young man was To Let . And Sir George ...
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... Temper ! his temper was angelic , so long as he had not lost his umbrella , mislaid his goloshes , or forgot his dinner pills ; and then his temper only showed itself in a kind of plaintive peevishness . When any one of these three ...
... Temper ! his temper was angelic , so long as he had not lost his umbrella , mislaid his goloshes , or forgot his dinner pills ; and then his temper only showed itself in a kind of plaintive peevishness . When any one of these three ...
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... temper , and won't always stand contradic- tion , eh , Colonel Hilton ? Well , I like you the better for it . " It was broken by Sir Peckwich Downes from the end of the ta- ble , who , as he had finished his venison , and had as much ...
... temper , and won't always stand contradic- tion , eh , Colonel Hilton ? Well , I like you the better for it . " It was broken by Sir Peckwich Downes from the end of the ta- ble , who , as he had finished his venison , and had as much ...
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... were gone , and her temper had come back . While her maid was doing her hair , she was so far herself as to ask , " What sort of morning is it , Eliza ? " " A bittiful scenting morning , Miss . You've only 40 LEIGHTON COURT .
... were gone , and her temper had come back . While her maid was doing her hair , she was so far herself as to ask , " What sort of morning is it , Eliza ? " " A bittiful scenting morning , Miss . You've only 40 LEIGHTON COURT .
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... temper that of a Palmerston ; not a very handsome horse , no concentration of vast speed , beauty , and mad vitality ... tempered horse , whose speed and staying qualities were like the military excellence of the British and American ...
... temper that of a Palmerston ; not a very handsome horse , no concentration of vast speed , beauty , and mad vitality ... tempered horse , whose speed and staying qualities were like the military excellence of the British and American ...
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