Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 39Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1856 |
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... eyes of a black cat , that enabled you to see in the dark ; an unguent that , rubbed over the lips , would compel a sleeper to answer all questions , and confess all secrets- especially useful to jealous husbands ; and , above all , a ...
... eyes of a black cat , that enabled you to see in the dark ; an unguent that , rubbed over the lips , would compel a sleeper to answer all questions , and confess all secrets- especially useful to jealous husbands ; and , above all , a ...
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... eyes of the same truculent writers , " a nest of dupes , who will at the best be found useful to fill up the ditches of Sebastopol with their bodies . " Germany cannot be made to understand that its honour is concerned in going forth to ...
... eyes of the same truculent writers , " a nest of dupes , who will at the best be found useful to fill up the ditches of Sebastopol with their bodies . " Germany cannot be made to understand that its honour is concerned in going forth to ...
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... eyes . I naturally asked what was the matter . Oh ! ma'am ! Captain Tatham has sent to he has received despatches , which will oblige him to leave Eupatoria to - day . And there has been a dreadful battle - 500 English killed and 3000 ...
... eyes . I naturally asked what was the matter . Oh ! ma'am ! Captain Tatham has sent to he has received despatches , which will oblige him to leave Eupatoria to - day . And there has been a dreadful battle - 500 English killed and 3000 ...
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... eyes , and little prancing feet , and long white tail dyed red with henna , like the finger - tips of the most delicate lady in Stamboul ! We rode home at dark , along the rotten , deep , almost impracticable track . The dead horses ...
... eyes , and little prancing feet , and long white tail dyed red with henna , like the finger - tips of the most delicate lady in Stamboul ! We rode home at dark , along the rotten , deep , almost impracticable track . The dead horses ...
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... eyes , were decidedly the wisest . A few days after , in a rush at a wall over four feet in height , Captains Shiffner and Thomas were both nearly killed on the spot . On the occasion of the assault of the Mamelon , to which 25,000 ...
... eyes , were decidedly the wisest . A few days after , in a rush at a wall over four feet in height , Captains Shiffner and Thomas were both nearly killed on the spot . On the occasion of the assault of the Mamelon , to which 25,000 ...
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