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... got to windward of the other , and I some how or other lost sight of it . " " What on earth do you mean by all this farrago of nonsense . I suppose you class flirt- ing with a worthless woman , while on duty , 18 LIFE IN THE RANKS .
... got to windward of the other , and I some how or other lost sight of it . " " What on earth do you mean by all this farrago of nonsense . I suppose you class flirt- ing with a worthless woman , while on duty , 18 LIFE IN THE RANKS .
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... badly hurt , and it may be some time before she recovers consciousness . " " You are right , ma'am ; take her down , by all means . You , Jennings , take Williams's place at the wheel , for he doesn't seem to know 20 LIFE IN THE RANKS .
... badly hurt , and it may be some time before she recovers consciousness . " " You are right , ma'am ; take her down , by all means . You , Jennings , take Williams's place at the wheel , for he doesn't seem to know 20 LIFE IN THE RANKS .
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... means could afford . Eminently gifted both in per- son , and mind , she had numbers of admirers before she reached the age of eighteen , and could have been well married in her own neighbourhood had not chance otherwise or- dained it ...
... means could afford . Eminently gifted both in per- son , and mind , she had numbers of admirers before she reached the age of eighteen , and could have been well married in her own neighbourhood had not chance otherwise or- dained it ...
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... she bore , for alas ! poor Ellen was now a mother , In the mean time ruin and poverty were staring her in the face , for but little of her husband's salary went to her support ; and one by one she was LIFE IN THE RANKS . 31.
... she bore , for alas ! poor Ellen was now a mother , In the mean time ruin and poverty were staring her in the face , for but little of her husband's salary went to her support ; and one by one she was LIFE IN THE RANKS . 31.
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... means of limiting his sottish enjoyments ; and as such , undeserv- ing any other consideration than that of abandoning them if he could . That he should no longer have an opportunity of gratifying his depraved appetite for pleasure ...
... means of limiting his sottish enjoyments ; and as such , undeserv- ing any other consideration than that of abandoning them if he could . That he should no longer have an opportunity of gratifying his depraved appetite for pleasure ...
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