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... say , what Napoleon is reported to have said , when informed by his famished and half - frozen army , that the advance beheld the gilded minarets of Moscow glittering in the distance- " It is high time . ” " Thus saith the Lord my God ...
... say , what Napoleon is reported to have said , when informed by his famished and half - frozen army , that the advance beheld the gilded minarets of Moscow glittering in the distance- " It is high time . ” " Thus saith the Lord my God ...
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... say , have probably congratulated themselves with a cosy self - satisfied shrug , as they emerged from these odoriferous haunts into the broad thoroughfare , where the shops do not look like dens , nor the passengers ruffians and sluts ...
... say , have probably congratulated themselves with a cosy self - satisfied shrug , as they emerged from these odoriferous haunts into the broad thoroughfare , where the shops do not look like dens , nor the passengers ruffians and sluts ...
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... says I. ' Oh ! ' says he , ' there's the Irish murdering one another on Saffron Hill , and the place is blocked up with the mobs . ' So I takes my staff , and my cutlash , and my pistols , and away I went up to the office . * These ...
... says I. ' Oh ! ' says he , ' there's the Irish murdering one another on Saffron Hill , and the place is blocked up with the mobs . ' So I takes my staff , and my cutlash , and my pistols , and away I went up to the office . * These ...
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... says he , this is a queer job , but go we must ! ' Well , sir , away we went , but it warnt no use . at all ; the ... Says I , ' It's me , Mrs. and do let me in ; ' so they let me in . < Says I , ' Let me have some red paint of some sort ...
... says he , this is a queer job , but go we must ! ' Well , sir , away we went , but it warnt no use . at all ; the ... Says I , ' It's me , Mrs. and do let me in ; ' so they let me in . < Says I , ' Let me have some red paint of some sort ...
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... says I , ' Stand back ! ' and presents it at him . Well , he didn't stand back , so I fired at him . Well , sir , you may depend on it , ( I shall never forget it , ) the force of the powder and wadding knocked him right off his legs ...
... says I , ' Stand back ! ' and presents it at him . Well , he didn't stand back , so I fired at him . Well , sir , you may depend on it , ( I shall never forget it , ) the force of the powder and wadding knocked him right off his legs ...
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