Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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... seemed remote . Forever sanguine and forever unsuccessful , he at last found himself re- duced , with his daughter , to a mode of life that bordered on the shabby . He could not In this state of things , Mr. Berwick , like a timely ...
... seemed remote . Forever sanguine and forever unsuccessful , he at last found himself re- duced , with his daughter , to a mode of life that bordered on the shabby . He could not In this state of things , Mr. Berwick , like a timely ...
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... seemed concentrated . Nothing was to be said , however . There were the documents ; there were the facts , - the stern , irre- sistible facts of the law . The house must be given up . After these bearers of ill - tidings had gone , Mr ...
... seemed concentrated . Nothing was to be said , however . There were the documents ; there were the facts , - the stern , irre- sistible facts of the law . The house must be given up . After these bearers of ill - tidings had gone , Mr ...
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... seemed to recover her recollection , and then threw up her head with a lofty gesture of resolve , and quitted the room . Her husband sat down and read the letter . His equanimity was unruffled till he came to the passage where the ...
... seemed to recover her recollection , and then threw up her head with a lofty gesture of resolve , and quitted the room . Her husband sat down and read the letter . His equanimity was unruffled till he came to the passage where the ...
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... seemed to be about thirty years of age . His features , though of the genuine Ethiopian type , were a refinement upon it rather than an exaggeration . The expression was bright , hilarious , intelligent ; frank and open , you would add ...
... seemed to be about thirty years of age . His features , though of the genuine Ethiopian type , were a refinement upon it rather than an exaggeration . The expression was bright , hilarious , intelligent ; frank and open , you would add ...
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... seemed to portend , drew back from confidence . " Can I trust you ? " he continued , as if he were putting the question as much to himself as to Charlton . There was a pause . Charlton took from his drawer a letter , which he handed to ...
... seemed to portend , drew back from confidence . " Can I trust you ? " he continued , as if he were putting the question as much to himself as to Charlton . There was a pause . Charlton took from his drawer a letter , which he handed to ...
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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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