The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... replied he , " if that was such a crime , I am sure I have made amends ; for I went to see it sewed on again . " One night at White's , observing the Postmaster- general , Sir Everard Fawkener , losing a large sum of money at piquet ...
... replied he , " if that was such a crime , I am sure I have made amends ; for I went to see it sewed on again . " One night at White's , observing the Postmaster- general , Sir Everard Fawkener , losing a large sum of money at piquet ...
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... replied- " Very well , I thank you ; and I mean to continue so for the rest of the journey . " He was one day walking with Lord Pembroke , when they were besieged by a number of young chimney - sweepers , who kept plaguing them for ...
... replied- " Very well , I thank you ; and I mean to continue so for the rest of the journey . " He was one day walking with Lord Pembroke , when they were besieged by a number of young chimney - sweepers , who kept plaguing them for ...
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... replied , " Is a ! is a the Lord ha ' mercy ! Well , well ! the king of Prussia ! and who's he ? " The " who's he ? " of this old woman might serve as text for a notable sermon upon ambition . " Who's he ? " may now be asked of men ...
... replied , " Is a ! is a the Lord ha ' mercy ! Well , well ! the king of Prussia ! and who's he ? " The " who's he ? " of this old woman might serve as text for a notable sermon upon ambition . " Who's he ? " may now be asked of men ...
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... replied : " Other gentlemen puts down what they thinks proper , and so do I. Charity's a private concern , and what I give is nothing to nobody . ' -Hood . " " GOOD ACTIONS . The greatest pleasure I know , is to do a good ac- tion by ...
... replied : " Other gentlemen puts down what they thinks proper , and so do I. Charity's a private concern , and what I give is nothing to nobody . ' -Hood . " " GOOD ACTIONS . The greatest pleasure I know , is to do a good ac- tion by ...
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... replied Hook , with a gravity which must have been preternatural ; ' it has been , I know , so reported in the country , but without the least foundation ; in fact , those rascally newspa- pers will say any thing . ' The good old 8 ...
... replied Hook , with a gravity which must have been preternatural ; ' it has been , I know , so reported in the country , but without the least foundation ; in fact , those rascally newspa- pers will say any thing . ' The good old 8 ...
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