A Scholar of His CollegeWilliam Blackwood, 1900 - 379 pages |
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... don't think it is , mind you , it would be a most - well , what shall I call it a most arbitrary and improper proceeding on my part . No parson . worth his salt would think of accepting a living under such conditions , and I really am ...
... don't think it is , mind you , it would be a most - well , what shall I call it a most arbitrary and improper proceeding on my part . No parson . worth his salt would think of accepting a living under such conditions , and I really am ...
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... Don't like mutton , do like tea - cake , " responded Betty , so exactly mimicking the tones of a spoilt child that her father nearly choked in an unsuccessful attempt to conceal his amusement ; " besides , mother dear , I am hungry now ...
... Don't like mutton , do like tea - cake , " responded Betty , so exactly mimicking the tones of a spoilt child that her father nearly choked in an unsuccessful attempt to conceal his amusement ; " besides , mother dear , I am hungry now ...
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... don't you bother to come . I can find my way all right . " " I want to come that way , if you don't mind , " said Lord Leuchars briefly , and then as soon as they were outside the room he went on , " The fact of the matter is , Graham ...
... don't you bother to come . I can find my way all right . " " I want to come that way , if you don't mind , " said Lord Leuchars briefly , and then as soon as they were outside the room he went on , " The fact of the matter is , Graham ...
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... don't mind telling you that your father made a very impossible proposition to me , and I had to refuse to accept it , and then he worked him- self up into a temper , and when I rather foolishly tried to laugh it off with some harmless ...
... don't mind telling you that your father made a very impossible proposition to me , and I had to refuse to accept it , and then he worked him- self up into a temper , and when I rather foolishly tried to laugh it off with some harmless ...
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... don't think we shall want quite as much as £ 350 for Dick . There is no necessity for sending him to Eton . " " Why ... don't think that an Eton education is perhaps quite the best training for that . If I am to have any voice in the ...
... don't think we shall want quite as much as £ 350 for Dick . There is no necessity for sending him to Eton . " " Why ... don't think that an Eton education is perhaps quite the best training for that . If I am to have any voice in the ...
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