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... taken his quid out of his check , wiped his mouth with the back of his hand , and was in the act of giving and receiving a chaste salute , wher Lady Hercules happened to come down into the kitchen , a most rare occurrence , and wholly ...
... taken his quid out of his check , wiped his mouth with the back of his hand , and was in the act of giving and receiving a chaste salute , wher Lady Hercules happened to come down into the kitchen , a most rare occurrence , and wholly ...
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... taken place between them , the sooner they were married the better . The wishes of her ladyship were tantamount to commands . Sir Hercules pronounced my father to be a fool , and they were married . My mother was a good - looking person ...
... taken place between them , the sooner they were married the better . The wishes of her ladyship were tantamount to commands . Sir Hercules pronounced my father to be a fool , and they were married . My mother was a good - looking person ...
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... taken a dislike to him , did not choose that he should , as coxswain , come up to the house as usual ; and , as he no longer did the duty of coxswain , she asserted that he was not entitled to the rating . Thus , seven months had hardly ...
... taken a dislike to him , did not choose that he should , as coxswain , come up to the house as usual ; and , as he no longer did the duty of coxswain , she asserted that he was not entitled to the rating . Thus , seven months had hardly ...
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... taken up as a transport to convey troops to the West Indies . On this supposition , being received into a society above her real station , she was compelled to spend more money than she could afford , and her finances rapidly wasted ...
... taken up as a transport to convey troops to the West Indies . On this supposition , being received into a society above her real station , she was compelled to spend more money than she could afford , and her finances rapidly wasted ...
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... taken a lease of the house and furnished it ; and every day I heard her saying at the door , " Walk in , gentlemen ; I've a nice clean room and boiling hot water - for the seamen used to come in to take tea , drink , and smoke ; and so ...
... taken a lease of the house and furnished it ; and every day I heard her saying at the door , " Walk in , gentlemen ; I've a nice clean room and boiling hot water - for the seamen used to come in to take tea , drink , and smoke ; and so ...
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afterwards appeared asked beach Bessy better boat boatswain Bramble called captain CHAPTER coxswain cried dear deck Dick doctor door eyes feel Felix fellow Fisher's Alley French frigate gave give Greenwich guns hand handspike head hear heard Hoist the colours Hospital hour knew Lady Hercules ladyship laugh leave lieutenant liquorice look lugger man-of-war mate messmate midshipman mind Morlaix morning mother mudlarker never night Oh-e-oh old Nanny old woman passed perceived Peter Anderson pilot Poor Jack pretty pulled recollect replied my father river round sail Saunders seamen shillings ship shore Sir Hercules sister soon Spicer stairs suppose Tadpole taffrail talk tell there's things thought told Tom Saunders took turned vessel Virginia walked wherry widow wind wish young
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