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Page 168
... turned up five times more than any of the rest in three hundred and thirty thousand throws . This experiment was fallacious ; the first day presented the hopeful ticket , a detestable blank . The rest came out with different fortune ...
... turned up five times more than any of the rest in three hundred and thirty thousand throws . This experiment was fallacious ; the first day presented the hopeful ticket , a detestable blank . The rest came out with different fortune ...
Page 175
... turned out to be the parents of — , an honest couple come to decay , -whom this seasonable supply had , in all probability , saved from mendicancy ; and that this young stork , at the expense of his own good name , had all this while ...
... turned out to be the parents of — , an honest couple come to decay , -whom this seasonable supply had , in all probability , saved from mendicancy ; and that this young stork , at the expense of his own good name , had all this while ...
Page 412
... turned their lamps out , and when the potmen thrust the last brawling drunkards into the street ; but stray vehicles and stray people were left us , after that . If we were very lucky , a policeman's rattle sprang and a fray turned up ...
... turned their lamps out , and when the potmen thrust the last brawling drunkards into the street ; but stray vehicles and stray people were left us , after that . If we were very lucky , a policeman's rattle sprang and a fray turned up ...
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