Filling up the chinks, Volume 353Frederick Warne and Company, Bedford Street, Covent Garden., 1869 - 203 pages |
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... round his little brother , whom he held closely to his breast ; but his shirt was stiffened with the frost , and the snow lay , unbrushed away , in his hair and on his face . Benjamin escaped from any ill effects of this terrible ...
... round his little brother , whom he held closely to his breast ; but his shirt was stiffened with the frost , and the snow lay , unbrushed away , in his hair and on his face . Benjamin escaped from any ill effects of this terrible ...
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... was obliged to sit , brought back the hacking cough , and the jeers of his rough companions , among whom the name of " the Toad " went freely round , determined her to withdraw him for ever from factory life . And The Toad . 5.
... was obliged to sit , brought back the hacking cough , and the jeers of his rough companions , among whom the name of " the Toad " went freely round , determined her to withdraw him for ever from factory life . And The Toad . 5.
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... round , as a low , hoarse cough close beside him struck upon his ear . " Who's there ? " he said hastily , but not turning his head , either through the foolish fear of betraying the weakness of his tears , or the still more foolish ...
... round , as a low , hoarse cough close beside him struck upon his ear . " Who's there ? " he said hastily , but not turning his head , either through the foolish fear of betraying the weakness of his tears , or the still more foolish ...
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... round your throat . You must not let that cough get the better of you , lad . " Stephen tried to resist the proffered woollen handkerchief , but old Absalom was not to be denied . He took it down from the peg , and wound it round the ...
... round your throat . You must not let that cough get the better of you , lad . " Stephen tried to resist the proffered woollen handkerchief , but old Absalom was not to be denied . He took it down from the peg , and wound it round the ...
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... round your throat ? ” “ I was lent it , ” replied Stephen , hurriedly , as he sought with some nervousness to extricate his neck from its folds . " You don't mean to say Mr. Absalom went and lent you his own handkerchief , eh , lad ? If ...
... round your throat ? ” “ I was lent it , ” replied Stephen , hurriedly , as he sought with some nervousness to extricate his neck from its folds . " You don't mean to say Mr. Absalom went and lent you his own handkerchief , eh , lad ? If ...
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