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The Guardian AngelThe Guardian Angel - Ship's Company, Part 7.The night-watchman shook his head. "I never met any of these phil philantherpists, as you call 'em," he said, decidedly. "If I 'ad they wouldn't 'ave got away from me in a hurry, I can tell you....
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Dual ControlDual Control - Ship's Company, Part 8."Never say 'die,' Bert," said Mr. Culpepper, kindly; "I like you, and so do most other people who know what's good for 'em; and if Florrie don't like you she can keep single till she does." Mr. Culpepper...
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The BequestThe Bequest - Ship's Company, Part 6."Me?" said the other, with a gasp "Me?" "Evening, Bob," he said, in stricken accents "Just what I told her," said Mr Digson "What'll please you will be sure... "She'll be riding in her carriage and pair in...
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Watch-DogsWatch-Dogs - Ship's Company, Part 5."As I was a-saying, kindness to animals is all very well" "The quietest man o' the whole lot was Bob Pretty" "Some of 'em went and told Mr Bunnett some more things about Bob next day" "Bob Pretty lifted...
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Good IntentionsGood Intentions - Ship's Company, Part 3. "Jealousy; that's wot it is," said the night-watchman, trying to sneer "pure jealousy." He had left his broom for a hurried half-pint at the "Bull's Head"left it leaning in a negligent attitude against the warehouse-wall; now, lashed...
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Fairy GoldFairy Gold - Ship's Company, Part 4."Come and have a pint," repeated the other, and with surprising ease pushed his bulky friend into the bar of the "Ship and Anchor." Mr. Chase, mellowed by a long draught, placed his mug on the counter and...
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Fine FeathersFine Feathers - Ship's Company, Part 1. Mr. Jobson awoke with a Sundayish feeling, probably due to the fact that it was Bank Holiday. He had been aware, in a dim fashion, of the rising of Mrs. Jobson some time before, and in a...
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The Last of the ForestersThe Last of the Foresters - Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia FrontierPerhaps this story scarcely needs a Preface, but the child of the writer's invention comes to possess a place in his affections, and he is reluctant to...
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Friends in NeedFriends in Need - Ship's Company, Part 2.R. Joseph Gibbs finished his half-pint in the private bar of the Red Lion with the slowness of a man unable to see where the next was coming from, and, placing the mug on the counter, filled...
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Audio: Vanity FairAudio: Vanity Fair ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 10558 Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace Release Date: Jan 1, 2004 Format: eBook Language: English
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Right Ho, JeevesRight Ho, JeevesI dont know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when Im telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it. Its a thing you dont want to go wrong...
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Affair in ArabyAffair in ArabyWhoever invented chess understood the world's works as some men know clocks and watches. He recognized a fact and based a game on it, with the result that his game endures. And what he clearly recognized was this: That no king matters...
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A Romance of the RepublicA Romance of the Republic"What are you going to do with yourself this evening, Alfred?" said Mr. Royal to his companion, as they issued from his counting-house in New Orleans. "Perhaps I ought to apologize for not calling you Mr. King, considering the shortness...
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The WestcotesThe Westcotes 1. Words which may seem to be transcriber's typos, or otherwise suspect, but which are reproduced faithfully (archaic spellings, printer's typossometimes I couldn't tell): Ch. I: befel, undigged Ch. III: chaperon Ch. IV: babby, mun, valtz Ch. V: zounded, dimpsey, after'n, ax'n,...
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The Sea Lions Or, The Lost SealersThe Sea Lions; Or, The Lost SealersIf any thing connected with the hardness of the human heart could surprise us, it surely would be the indifference with which men live on, engrossed by their worldly objects, amid the sublime natural phenomena that so eloquently...
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The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" - Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward; as told...
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Mother Carey's ChickensMother Carey's Chickens"By and by there came along a flock of petrels, who are Mother Carey's own chickens. They flitted along like a flock of swallows, hopping and skipping from wave to wave, lifting their little feet behind them so daintily that Tom fell...
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HyacinthHyacinth In the year 1850 or thereabouts religious and charitable society in England was seized with a desire to convert Irish Roman Catholics to the Protestant faith. It is clear to everyone with any experience of missionary societies that, the more remote the field...
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The PrimadonnaThe Primadonna - A Sequel to "Fair Margaret"When the accident happened, Cordova was singing the mad scene in Lucia for the last time in that season, and she had never sung it better. The Bride of Lammermoor is the greatest love-story ever written, and...
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Mercy Philbrick's ChoiceMercy Philbrick's ChoiceTo one who found us on a starless night, All helpless, groping in a dangerous way, Where countless treacherous hidden pitfalls lay, And, seeing all our peril, flashed a light To show to our bewildered, blinded sight, By one swift, clear, and...
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