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... head ; his eyes were constantly half shut and drowsy ; all his motions slow and deliberate ; and his words slabbered out as if he had not exertion enough to articulate . His dark and gloomy house was filled with dirty papers and ...
... head ; his eyes were constantly half shut and drowsy ; all his motions slow and deliberate ; and his words slabbered out as if he had not exertion enough to articulate . His dark and gloomy house was filled with dirty papers and ...
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... head , and speak out like a man , " it was amusing to observe the fall of both countenance and voice when the witness turned upon the judge the face of the chairman of the Honourable East India Company ! CLASSICAL DEFERENCE . SWIFT ...
... head , and speak out like a man , " it was amusing to observe the fall of both countenance and voice when the witness turned upon the judge the face of the chairman of the Honourable East India Company ! CLASSICAL DEFERENCE . SWIFT ...
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... heads seldom win , " observed a learned barrister sitting behind him . On another occasion , this wit proposed the following riddle for solution : - " Why does ( the Judge in question ) commit an act of bankruptcy every day ? " The ...
... heads seldom win , " observed a learned barrister sitting behind him . On another occasion , this wit proposed the following riddle for solution : - " Why does ( the Judge in question ) commit an act of bankruptcy every day ? " The ...
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... near his playfellow's bed - head , and in a fearful voice spake thus through the trouke : - ' O ! mortal man , repent ! —re- pent of thy horrible time consumed in play , cozenage Cat Anecdote Causes and Effects 10 Cecil at Gray's Inn.
... near his playfellow's bed - head , and in a fearful voice spake thus through the trouke : - ' O ! mortal man , repent ! —re- pent of thy horrible time consumed in play , cozenage Cat Anecdote Causes and Effects 10 Cecil at Gray's Inn.
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... head , stooping low , holding out his arms , and creeping along back- wards , might frighten the fiercest dog , and put him to flight . He accordingly made the attempt on a miller's animal in the neighbourhood , who would never let the ...
... head , stooping low , holding out his arms , and creeping along back- wards , might frighten the fiercest dog , and put him to flight . He accordingly made the attempt on a miller's animal in the neighbourhood , who would never let the ...
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