Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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... dashing youth drew nearer , Toussaint recognized in him an old acquaintance , and a man not many years his junior , Mr. Albert Pompilard , stock - broker , Wall Street . - No two men could be more unlike than Toussaint and 16 PECULIAR .
... dashing youth drew nearer , Toussaint recognized in him an old acquaintance , and a man not many years his junior , Mr. Albert Pompilard , stock - broker , Wall Street . - No two men could be more unlike than Toussaint and 16 PECULIAR .
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... Pompilard was a reckless specu- lator and spendthrift ; Toussaint , a frugal and cautious econo- mist ; but he had been indebted for all his best investments to Pompilard . Bold and often audacious in his own operations , Pompilard ...
... Pompilard was a reckless specu- lator and spendthrift ; Toussaint , a frugal and cautious econo- mist ; but he had been indebted for all his best investments to Pompilard . Bold and often audacious in his own operations , Pompilard ...
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... Pompilard stood upwards of six feet in his pol- ished shoes and variegated silk stockings . He was bulky , and could not conceal , by any art of dress , an incipient paunch . But whether he was a youth of twenty - five or a man of fifty ...
... Pompilard stood upwards of six feet in his pol- ished shoes and variegated silk stockings . He was bulky , and could not conceal , by any art of dress , an incipient paunch . But whether he was a youth of twenty - five or a man of fifty ...
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... Pompilard . You may not be aware that there is a sort of family connection between us . ” " Ah ! yes ; I remember , " said Charlton , looking inquiringly at his visitor , but not asking him to sit down . Pompilard returned his gaze , as ...
... Pompilard . You may not be aware that there is a sort of family connection between us . ” " Ah ! yes ; I remember , " said Charlton , looking inquiringly at his visitor , but not asking him to sit down . Pompilard returned his gaze , as ...
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... Pompilard's inquiry , Charlton replied : " I really cannot say whether Mr. Berwick is in the country or not . The last I heard of him he was in Paris . " " Then your intelligence of him is not so late as mine . He arrived in Boston some ...
... Pompilard's inquiry , Charlton replied : " I really cannot say whether Mr. Berwick is in the country or not . The last I heard of him he was in Paris . " " Then your intelligence of him is not so late as mine . He arrived in Boston some ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abolitionism Abolitionist arms Artful Dodger asked Aylesford barouche beautiful believe Berwick Berwick family Blake called Captain carriage Charles Charlton child Clara Colonel Delancy Hyde Colonel Hyde colored cried cui bono damned Yankee dear door dress drew Esha Estelle exclaimed eyes face father gentleman Gentry girl give hair hand heard heart hour hunderd hundred dollars Josephine Kenrick kiss Kunnle Laura letter look Madame Volney Maloney Massa minutes mother mulatto negro never nigger Number once Onslow Orleans passed Pat Maloney Peek Perdita person pocket Pompilard Pontiac poor quadroon Quattles Ratcliff replied returned Ripper Robson seemed Semmes slave slavery soon Street suddenly tell thar there's thought thousand dollars tion told took Toussaint Vance walked wife Wigman window Winslow woman words wounded Yankee
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