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his first coming up to get a service , what he can do ; his answer is , sir , he can look after your horse , for he handles a curry - comb as naturally as a young scrivener does a pen and ink . He also looks with a keen eye at the ...
his first coming up to get a service , what he can do ; his answer is , sir , he can look after your horse , for he handles a curry - comb as naturally as a young scrivener does a pen and ink . He also looks with a keen eye at the ...
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There is not much action in his books , in the sense of violent exercise ; but in what may be called static scenes , where the characters do no more than look and suffer , saying nothing , or very little , the arrangement is ...
There is not much action in his books , in the sense of violent exercise ; but in what may be called static scenes , where the characters do no more than look and suffer , saying nothing , or very little , the arrangement is ...
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The two explain their deductions to a laughing and bewildered Watson , who has noticed for himself that Mycroft's eyes , " which were of a peculiarly light watery grey " , " seemed to always retain that far - away , introspective look ...
The two explain their deductions to a laughing and bewildered Watson , who has noticed for himself that Mycroft's eyes , " which were of a peculiarly light watery grey " , " seemed to always retain that far - away , introspective look ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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