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... guests invited to partake of his hospitality , ate and drank well ; but his huge table had at one extremity what is called " a grey end , " where no dainty dishes or sa- voury wines ever reached , and where in full measure was felt the ...
... guests invited to partake of his hospitality , ate and drank well ; but his huge table had at one extremity what is called " a grey end , " where no dainty dishes or sa- voury wines ever reached , and where in full measure was felt the ...
Page 13
... guest , while , on the other hand , Mr. Gologordoffsky , in the midst of all his feudal pride , walked about at home in a greasy great - coat , made in a half old - Polish fashion , and appeared in the presence of his wife , as if he ...
... guest , while , on the other hand , Mr. Gologordoffsky , in the midst of all his feudal pride , walked about at home in a greasy great - coat , made in a half old - Polish fashion , and appeared in the presence of his wife , as if he ...
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... guests a separate stable was fitted up , and a great pro- vision of guests ' hay was prepared ; that is to say , a score of cart - loads of rushes and weeds , which it would have been impossible to grind with a mill - stone , putting ...
... guests a separate stable was fitted up , and a great pro- vision of guests ' hay was prepared ; that is to say , a score of cart - loads of rushes and weeds , which it would have been impossible to grind with a mill - stone , putting ...
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... guests , which is nothing but the sha- dow for the substance , two country balls would eat up their whole yearly stock of hay and oats . But , as no assembly can come together without cattle , the main point is to know how to get them ...
... guests , which is nothing but the sha- dow for the substance , two country balls would eat up their whole yearly stock of hay and oats . But , as no assembly can come together without cattle , the main point is to know how to get them ...
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... guests , for they all drank a decent portion , and regularly complied with the landlord's invitation . Besides , I reckon Mr. Golo- gordoffsky's behaviour very commendable : why treat a guest with what he is not acquainted , and when he ...
... guests , for they all drank a decent portion , and regularly complied with the landlord's invitation . Besides , I reckon Mr. Golo- gordoffsky's behaviour very commendable : why treat a guest with what he is not acquainted , and when he ...
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