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... reader has half an eye , and if he haint got that , it's no use to offer him spectacles , that's a fact . am a clockmaker , and by Now , by trade I birth I have the honour to be a Yankee . I use the word honor , Squire , a purpose ...
... reader has half an eye , and if he haint got that , it's no use to offer him spectacles , that's a fact . am a clockmaker , and by Now , by trade I birth I have the honour to be a Yankee . I use the word honor , Squire , a purpose ...
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... reader will perceive from a perusal of this Journal , that Mr. Slick , who is always so ready to detect absurdity in others , has in this instance exhibited a species of vanity by no means uncommon in this world . He prides himself more ...
... reader will perceive from a perusal of this Journal , that Mr. Slick , who is always so ready to detect absurdity in others , has in this instance exhibited a species of vanity by no means uncommon in this world . He prides himself more ...
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... " sais I. 66 Why , Sir , I heard our colour - sergeant M'Clure say so when we was in Halifax . He was a great reader and a great arguer , Sir , as most Scotchmen are . I used to say to him N 2 THE PLURAL OF MOOSE . 267.
... " sais I. 66 Why , Sir , I heard our colour - sergeant M'Clure say so when we was in Halifax . He was a great reader and a great arguer , Sir , as most Scotchmen are . I used to say to him N 2 THE PLURAL OF MOOSE . 267.
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... reader . It is one of the pleasantest books we ever read , and we earnestly recommend it . " — Standard . " Let Sam Slick go a mackarel fishing , or to court in England - let him venture alone among a tribe of the sauciest single.women ...
... reader . It is one of the pleasantest books we ever read , and we earnestly recommend it . " — Standard . " Let Sam Slick go a mackarel fishing , or to court in England - let him venture alone among a tribe of the sauciest single.women ...
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... readers and those in- terested in our Indian dominions . " - Globe . " A biography of a first - rate soldier , and a highly honourable man . The book will often be appealed to as a standard authority . A valuable and most authentic ...
... readers and those in- terested in our Indian dominions . " - Globe . " A biography of a first - rate soldier , and a highly honourable man . The book will often be appealed to as a standard authority . A valuable and most authentic ...
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