The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 179William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1971 |
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Page 89
... told him , jeering . Only in fancy had he ever been out of Britain . English was his stepmother tongue . He had learned to read with cruel difficulty . With tears , with blows , with shouts ; his essays had been punctuated by bruises ...
... told him , jeering . Only in fancy had he ever been out of Britain . English was his stepmother tongue . He had learned to read with cruel difficulty . With tears , with blows , with shouts ; his essays had been punctuated by bruises ...
Page 124
... told you I was coming , explained what I wanted to do and see . Someone wrote back , maybe it was you , they said just to come whenever I wanted , everything would be here , everyone would help me . I was going to come three months ago ...
... told you I was coming , explained what I wanted to do and see . Someone wrote back , maybe it was you , they said just to come whenever I wanted , everything would be here , everyone would help me . I was going to come three months ago ...
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... told me that there were three French hippies recently in the bazaar ( I was pony trekking on my own at the time ) with wooden begging bowls . They were very dirty and scruffy . John told them that he would give to poor Indians but not ...
... told me that there were three French hippies recently in the bazaar ( I was pony trekking on my own at the time ) with wooden begging bowls . They were very dirty and scruffy . John told them that he would give to poor Indians but not ...
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