Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879 |
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... poor brown scrubby moss , freezing in the chinks of rock . Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed up- ward to the convent , as if the ghosts of former travellers over- whelmed by the snow , haunted the scene of their ...
... poor brown scrubby moss , freezing in the chinks of rock . Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed up- ward to the convent , as if the ghosts of former travellers over- whelmed by the snow , haunted the scene of their ...
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... poor devils like you and me , and leave the bill to our consciences ! Why , isn't it a beautiful sacrifice ? What do we want more to touch us ? Because rescued people of interesting appearance are not , for eight or nine months out of ...
... poor devils like you and me , and leave the bill to our consciences ! Why , isn't it a beautiful sacrifice ? What do we want more to touch us ? Because rescued people of interesting appearance are not , for eight or nine months out of ...
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... poor life of his from the same point of view . Monsieur was not used to confinement . " I - ha - yes , very true , " said the grey - haired gentleman . He seemed to receive quite a shock from the force of the argu- ment . Monsieur , as ...
... poor life of his from the same point of view . Monsieur was not used to confinement . " I - ha - yes , very true , " said the grey - haired gentleman . He seemed to receive quite a shock from the force of the argu- ment . Monsieur , as ...
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... poor gentlemen , sir , " said the traveller , pulling his moustache dry with his hand , for he had dipped it in the wine and brandy ; ' we poor gentlemen do not travel like princes , but the courtesies and graces of life are precious to ...
... poor gentlemen , sir , " said the traveller , pulling his moustache dry with his hand , for he had dipped it in the wine and brandy ; ' we poor gentlemen do not travel like princes , but the courtesies and graces of life are precious to ...
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... poor Maggy , and of the blank she must have felt at first , however kind they all are to her , without her Little Mother . Will you go and tell her , as a strict secret , with my love , that she never can have regretted our separation ...
... poor Maggy , and of the blank she must have felt at first , however kind they all are to her , without her Little Mother . Will you go and tell her , as a strict secret , with my love , that she never can have regretted our separation ...
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