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Page 259
... squire thus addressed his serving man : " Some pigeons , Davy , a couple of short - legged hens , a joint of mutton , and any pretty tiny kick- shaws , tell William cook . " " DAVY : " Doth the hunter stay all night , sir ? " SQUIRE ...
... squire thus addressed his serving man : " Some pigeons , Davy , a couple of short - legged hens , a joint of mutton , and any pretty tiny kick- shaws , tell William cook . " " DAVY : " Doth the hunter stay all night , sir ? " SQUIRE ...
Page 264
... squire began to brag about his London days , and how he was once of Clement's Inn . " There was I , and little John Doit of Staffordshire , and black George Barnes , and Francis Pickbone , and Will Squele , a Cotswold man ; you had not ...
... squire began to brag about his London days , and how he was once of Clement's Inn . " There was I , and little John Doit of Staffordshire , and black George Barnes , and Francis Pickbone , and Will Squele , a Cotswold man ; you had not ...
Page 272
... squire , and says , " Hist , squire , we must ' ave a care ; ' e's takin ' notes ' o anything we says . ' Tis my belief ' e's got to do with that ' ere case of Tom Barton's they're makin ' such a fuss and do about at Coln . We shall all ...
... squire , and says , " Hist , squire , we must ' ave a care ; ' e's takin ' notes ' o anything we says . ' Tis my belief ' e's got to do with that ' ere case of Tom Barton's they're makin ' such a fuss and do about at Coln . We shall all ...
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