Philip Courtenay; Or, Scenes at Home and Abroad, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... taken their de- parture ; the city man , who I had vainly imagined was the party alluded to by my host , as likely to make an advance , had pleaded an engagement at White's as the cause of his leaving so early ; and I was about to touch ...
... taken their de- parture ; the city man , who I had vainly imagined was the party alluded to by my host , as likely to make an advance , had pleaded an engagement at White's as the cause of his leaving so early ; and I was about to touch ...
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... taken place ; added to which , there were two , if not three witnesses ready to back one ano- ther , with nothing but my unsupported testi- mony against them . The two friends never took their eyes off me : watching every turn of my ...
... taken place ; added to which , there were two , if not three witnesses ready to back one ano- ther , with nothing but my unsupported testi- mony against them . The two friends never took their eyes off me : watching every turn of my ...
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... taken by surprise , and that it was the usual subterfuge of a losing man to get off paying his debts of honour . This gave my respected fire - eating father- in - law a favourable opportunity of speaking his mind PHILIP COURTENAY . 53.
... taken by surprise , and that it was the usual subterfuge of a losing man to get off paying his debts of honour . This gave my respected fire - eating father- in - law a favourable opportunity of speaking his mind PHILIP COURTENAY . 53.
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... , was unable to produce them , and being hooted at as a swindler , and called upon to refund the money taken at the doors , politely addressed the audi- ence as follows : - " Ladishs and gentlemen , PHILIP COURTENAY . 55.
... , was unable to produce them , and being hooted at as a swindler , and called upon to refund the money taken at the doors , politely addressed the audi- ence as follows : - " Ladishs and gentlemen , PHILIP COURTENAY . 55.
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... taken the number of the ' hackney , ' I the next day threatened to have the Jehu up , who , as a matter of course , had a wife and six young children to plead for mercy . At first I pre- tended to be obdurate , but finally paid the ...
... taken the number of the ' hackney , ' I the next day threatened to have the Jehu up , who , as a matter of course , had a wife and six young children to plead for mercy . At first I pre- tended to be obdurate , but finally paid the ...
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