Littell's Living Age, Volume 60Living Age Company Incorporated, 1859 |
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Page 195
... Simpson , almost choking himself with his muffin , " here's cousin John dead ! " Mr. Simpson had the Times for an hour every morning ( at sixpence per week ) , and that hour being his breakfast allowance also , he read and ate against ...
... Simpson , almost choking himself with his muffin , " here's cousin John dead ! " Mr. Simpson had the Times for an hour every morning ( at sixpence per week ) , and that hour being his breakfast allowance also , he read and ate against ...
Page 196
... Simpson made his usual appearance at his place of business that morning , it would have been too much to expect from human nature that he should have dovoted himself with his old attention to ledgers and invoices . When he did arrive ...
... Simpson made his usual appearance at his place of business that morning , it would have been too much to expect from human nature that he should have dovoted himself with his old attention to ledgers and invoices . When he did arrive ...
Page 198
... Simpson's ambition had always been on a grander scale , and more comprehensive in its objects ; indeed , it had varied from the possession of Buckingham Palace , Life Guards included , to the oc- cupation of No. 1 in their own terrace ...
... Simpson's ambition had always been on a grander scale , and more comprehensive in its objects ; indeed , it had varied from the possession of Buckingham Palace , Life Guards included , to the oc- cupation of No. 1 in their own terrace ...
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