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... learned you had been noble and gen- erous instead . " He could Dunbar's perplexity increased . not recall any act of his that was particularly mean and bad , much less one in which he had been guilty of nobility and generosity . But ...
... learned you had been noble and gen- erous instead . " He could Dunbar's perplexity increased . not recall any act of his that was particularly mean and bad , much less one in which he had been guilty of nobility and generosity . But ...
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... lay the report of the large cancella- tion of orders Edgar had prophesied . summoned the order clerk and learned that later mails had increased the number of can- He cellations until two - thirds of the waiting or- ders 22 J. P. DUNBAR.
... lay the report of the large cancella- tion of orders Edgar had prophesied . summoned the order clerk and learned that later mails had increased the number of can- He cellations until two - thirds of the waiting or- ders 22 J. P. DUNBAR.
Page 78
... learned it went down to 80 , rallied in the afternoon and closed at 85. " Assuming a well - bred expression of sur- prise , Percy replied : " You are astonishingly well - informed as to Wall Street terms , Mrs. Stanford , for a lady ...
... learned it went down to 80 , rallied in the afternoon and closed at 85. " Assuming a well - bred expression of sur- prise , Percy replied : " You are astonishingly well - informed as to Wall Street terms , Mrs. Stanford , for a lady ...
Page 81
... learned that which frightened me . I am an instrument in something that is going for- ward , but what part I am playing I am by no means certain . You , apparently , are bet- ter informed than I am , and , therefore , I do not betray ...
... learned that which frightened me . I am an instrument in something that is going for- ward , but what part I am playing I am by no means certain . You , apparently , are bet- ter informed than I am , and , therefore , I do not betray ...
Page 90
... learned that there are words the recording angel blots out with his compassionate tears as he writes them down . The impulse back of the utterance pardoned the expression . Percy took Mark Pollock's hard hand in his own and said : " You ...
... learned that there are words the recording angel blots out with his compassionate tears as he writes them down . The impulse back of the utterance pardoned the expression . Percy took Mark Pollock's hard hand in his own and said : " You ...
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J. P. Dunbar: A Story of Wall Street (Classic Reprint) William Cadwalader Hudson No preview available - 2018 |
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