The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... answered him rather angrily . Trollope , however , took it very meekly , and said : ' I know I have done wrong , and you may say anything you like to me . ' The house at which these CORNHILL dinners took place had been previously ...
... answered him rather angrily . Trollope , however , took it very meekly , and said : ' I know I have done wrong , and you may say anything you like to me . ' The house at which these CORNHILL dinners took place had been previously ...
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... answered his questions ; after we were tired of standing we retired . Half an hour afterwards he came on deck and entered into conversation with Mr. Lyttleton ; he spoke with apparent freedom and great vivacity , but without passion ...
... answered his questions ; after we were tired of standing we retired . Half an hour afterwards he came on deck and entered into conversation with Mr. Lyttleton ; he spoke with apparent freedom and great vivacity , but without passion ...
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... answered , ' Yes , you belonged to the Regiment De La Fère , ' on which he pinched my ear with a smile , as if pleased to find I knew so much of his history . He walked for some time , and then asked us in to play cards ; we sat down to ...
... answered , ' Yes , you belonged to the Regiment De La Fère , ' on which he pinched my ear with a smile , as if pleased to find I knew so much of his history . He walked for some time , and then asked us in to play cards ; we sat down to ...
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... answered , ' He behaved well in one action , I made him Admiral on the spot , and the consequence was the very next ... answer in England , but nowhere else . The Admiral reminded him of what he had himself done in France , which he said ...
... answered , ' He behaved well in one action , I made him Admiral on the spot , and the consequence was the very next ... answer in England , but nowhere else . The Admiral reminded him of what he had himself done in France , which he said ...
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... answered that when they restored him the arm he had lost in Russia he would comply with their request . After dinner ... answer was : - ' Mr. Pitt never thought so ; I had well weighed the conse- quences , and I calculated that if I did ...
... answered that when they restored him the arm he had lost in Russia he would comply with their request . After dinner ... answer was : - ' Mr. Pitt never thought so ; I had well weighed the conse- quences , and I calculated that if I did ...
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