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... give him an ounce of " baccy " and half a crown . For some months he hangs about where he thinks you will be passing , craving a pipe of tobacco ; until one day , when you are having a talk with some other honest toiler , he will give ...
... give him an ounce of " baccy " and half a crown . For some months he hangs about where he thinks you will be passing , craving a pipe of tobacco ; until one day , when you are having a talk with some other honest toiler , he will give ...
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... give it up . A curiously mixed group assembles on the lawn each morning at eight o'clock in the winter . First of all there are the pheasants crowing loudly for their break- fast , then come the stately swans , several pinioned wild ...
... give it up . A curiously mixed group assembles on the lawn each morning at eight o'clock in the winter . First of all there are the pheasants crowing loudly for their break- fast , then come the stately swans , several pinioned wild ...
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... Give him a bucket of dry hot ashes to eat , Groom him down with a bezom stick , And give him a yard and a half of pump water to drink . ” XVII . ] THE MUMMERS ' PLAY . 407 For 406 [ CH . AUTUMN .
... Give him a bucket of dry hot ashes to eat , Groom him down with a bezom stick , And give him a yard and a half of pump water to drink . ” XVII . ] THE MUMMERS ' PLAY . 407 For 406 [ CH . AUTUMN .
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