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... manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had im- posed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . The reader therefore won't be surprised to hear that one morning I was told without any ...
... manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had im- posed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . The reader therefore won't be surprised to hear that one morning I was told without any ...
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... manner , it was persuasive , or at any rate silencing - for a time , at least . Nobody cared to argue with him when he talked in this strain . His earnest- ness could do no harm to anybody . There was no danger of any one taking ...
... manner , it was persuasive , or at any rate silencing - for a time , at least . Nobody cared to argue with him when he talked in this strain . His earnest- ness could do no harm to anybody . There was no danger of any one taking ...
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... manner of a prince addressing another prince on a pri- vate occasion : " What an unexpected pleasure . Would you have any ob- jection to drink something with me in that infamous wine- shop over there ? The sun is really too strong to ...
... manner of a prince addressing another prince on a pri- vate occasion : " What an unexpected pleasure . Would you have any ob- jection to drink something with me in that infamous wine- shop over there ? The sun is really too strong to ...
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... manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was what he showed ; and , as usual , it was catching ; so that Morrison pulled himself together and finished his narrative in a con- versational ...
... manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listening to another , was what he showed ; and , as usual , it was catching ; so that Morrison pulled himself together and finished his narrative in a con- versational ...
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... manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Consum- mate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They must have had , both of them , a fairly pain- ful time of it in the cabin of the brig . In the end Morrison ...
... manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Consum- mate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They must have had , both of them , a fairly pain- ful time of it in the cabin of the brig . In the end Morrison ...
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