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... began to hang heavy on my hand . I angled for two days , during which time I lost twenty hooks , and several scores of yard of gut - and- line , and caught not even a minnow . Hunting was out of the question , for the stomach of a horse ...
... began to hang heavy on my hand . I angled for two days , during which time I lost twenty hooks , and several scores of yard of gut - and- line , and caught not even a minnow . Hunting was out of the question , for the stomach of a horse ...
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Sir Walter Scott. their game , and began to talk of prosecutions and interdicts . I did not give up fighting the French to commence a domestic war with the " pleasant men of Teviotdale , " as the song calls them ; so I e'en spent three ...
Sir Walter Scott. their game , and began to talk of prosecutions and interdicts . I did not give up fighting the French to commence a domestic war with the " pleasant men of Teviotdale , " as the song calls them ; so I e'en spent three ...
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... began to dilate and expand . I spoke with more authority at the club , and was listened to with deference , because on one subject , at least , I possessed more information than any of its members . Indeed , I found that even my stories ...
... began to dilate and expand . I spoke with more authority at the club , and was listened to with deference , because on one subject , at least , I possessed more information than any of its members . Indeed , I found that even my stories ...
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... began , like a skilful general , to evacuate that place of defence , and fight my way through the adjacent country . I had recourse to my ac- quaintance with the families and antiquities of the neighbourhood , ground on which I thought ...
... began , like a skilful general , to evacuate that place of defence , and fight my way through the adjacent country . I had recourse to my ac- quaintance with the families and antiquities of the neighbourhood , ground on which I thought ...
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... began again gradually to settle upon the former footing . The Monks repaired their ravaged shrines - the feuar again roofed his small fortalice which the enemy had ruined - the poor labourer rebuilt his cottage - an easy task , where a ...
... began again gradually to settle upon the former footing . The Monks repaired their ravaged shrines - the feuar again roofed his small fortalice which the enemy had ruined - the poor labourer rebuilt his cottage - an easy task , where a ...
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