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Page xiii
... he kept one ear turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . The reader therefore won't AUTHOR'S NOTE xiii.
... he kept one ear turned to the cuddy in the manner of a devoted servant , but I had the idea that in some way or other he had imposed the connection on the invalid for some end of his own . The reader therefore won't AUTHOR'S NOTE xiii.
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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 earnestness could do no harm to anybody . There was no danger of any one taking seriously ...
... 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 earnestness could do no harm to anybody . There was no danger of any one taking seriously ...
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... manner of a prince addressing another prince on a private occasion : " What an unexpected pleasure . Would you have any objection to drink something with me in that in- famous wine - shop over there ? The sun is really too strong to ...
... manner of a prince addressing another prince on a private occasion : " What an unexpected pleasure . Would you have any objection to drink something with me in that in- famous wine - shop over there ? The sun is really too strong to ...
Page 13
... manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listen- › ing to another , was what he showed ; and , as usual , it was catching ; so that Morrison pulled himself together and finished his narrative in a conversational ...
... manner of his . Polite attention , what's due from one gentleman listen- › ing to another , was what he showed ; and , as usual , it was catching ; so that Morrison pulled himself together and finished his narrative in a conversational ...
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... manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Consummate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They must have had , both of them , a fairly painful time of it in the cabin of the brig . In the end Morrison , casting ...
... manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Consummate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They must have had , both of them , a fairly painful time of it in the cabin of the brig . In the end Morrison , casting ...
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