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... answered I. " Who were thy parents ? " " I do not know . ” “ What is thy name ? " " The orphan . ' " Poor creature , " said the good officer , patting my cheeks : " I will do something for thee . " " Isn't he a pretty boy ? " added the ...
... answered I. " Who were thy parents ? " " I do not know . ” “ What is thy name ? " " The orphan . ' " Poor creature , " said the good officer , patting my cheeks : " I will do something for thee . " " Isn't he a pretty boy ? " added the ...
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... answer to every ten of Petronella's letters , full of tenderness , with the additional attraction that it was written on rose - coloured or green or light blue paper ; this was the fashion at that time in the country . Although I could ...
... answer to every ten of Petronella's letters , full of tenderness , with the additional attraction that it was written on rose - coloured or green or light blue paper ; this was the fashion at that time in the country . Although I could ...
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... answered the commissary . " If he should think to drive his peasants away from my kartchma , I will summon him into court and bring an action against him . " actly so , ' tis a real truth , " answered the agent , sue him ' pro ...
... answered the commissary . " If he should think to drive his peasants away from my kartchma , I will summon him into court and bring an action against him . " actly so , ' tis a real truth , " answered the agent , sue him ' pro ...
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... answered the post - master coolly . " If you don't give me horses this minute , " said Meloveeden , " I will harness yourself to the carriage , with all the two - leg- ged animals in your house . Do you hear ? ” " You are pleased to ...
... answered the post - master coolly . " If you don't give me horses this minute , " said Meloveeden , " I will harness yourself to the carriage , with all the two - leg- ged animals in your house . Do you hear ? ” " You are pleased to ...
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... answered the " That post - master , " we must live somehow or other . ” is one of the curses of this country : almost every thing is done somehow or other . " said Meloveeden , going out of the room . In the mean time the horses were ...
... answered the " That post - master , " we must live somehow or other . ” is one of the curses of this country : almost every thing is done somehow or other . " said Meloveeden , going out of the room . In the mean time the horses were ...
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Page 192 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.