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... asked who preached , and answered , " I don't know , but I will show you " ; and taking a pen out of my hand , in a minute he sketched the head and bust of the preacher . 99 " Why , " said I , " that is Mr. ( I knew so little of him ...
... asked who preached , and answered , " I don't know , but I will show you " ; and taking a pen out of my hand , in a minute he sketched the head and bust of the preacher . 99 " Why , " said I , " that is Mr. ( I knew so little of him ...
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... asked to be allowed to take it to my uncle , who was highly delighted . He forbade the board to be taken again into the hall , and had a sheet of plate - glass sent for with which to protect it . CHAPTER II . Robert Vernon ...
... asked to be allowed to take it to my uncle , who was highly delighted . He forbade the board to be taken again into the hall , and had a sheet of plate - glass sent for with which to protect it . CHAPTER II . Robert Vernon ...
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... asked me whether it was possible to obtain permission to see the pictures at Apsley House ; and bearing in mind the Duke's visit to Pall Mall , I ventured to believe that this might be accom- plished . So I wrote to the Duke , and in ...
... asked me whether it was possible to obtain permission to see the pictures at Apsley House ; and bearing in mind the Duke's visit to Pall Mall , I ventured to believe that this might be accom- plished . So I wrote to the Duke , and in ...
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... asking , as the Duke of Wellington had done , to be received on a day which was not a public one . Her Grace came to Pall Mall accompanied by her two lovely daughters : one of them was then the Duchess of Leinster , the other afterwards ...
... asking , as the Duke of Wellington had done , to be received on a day which was not a public one . Her Grace came to Pall Mall accompanied by her two lovely daughters : one of them was then the Duchess of Leinster , the other afterwards ...
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... asking whether I could do anything for him out of doors . Upon one occasion of my doing so , he said , " Are you going near the Bur- lington Arcade ? " and added , " If you are , there is a small parcel on the top of the wardrobe which ...
... asking whether I could do anything for him out of doors . Upon one occasion of my doing so , he said , " Are you going near the Bur- lington Arcade ? " and added , " If you are , there is a small parcel on the top of the wardrobe which ...
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