His Natural Life, Volumen1R. Bentley, 1875 |
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... Pine , Lieu- tenant Maurice Frere , and most important . personages of all , Captain Vickers and his wife . That the convict leaning against the bul- warks would like to have been able to get rid of his enemy the sun for a moment , was ...
... Pine , Lieu- tenant Maurice Frere , and most important . personages of all , Captain Vickers and his wife . That the convict leaning against the bul- warks would like to have been able to get rid of his enemy the sun for a moment , was ...
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... Pine had a mania for story - telling . while if Vickers was sometimes dull , Frere was always hearty . Moreover , the table was well served , and what with dinner , tobacco , whist , music , and brandy - and - water , the sultry ...
... Pine had a mania for story - telling . while if Vickers was sometimes dull , Frere was always hearty . Moreover , the table was well served , and what with dinner , tobacco , whist , music , and brandy - and - water , the sultry ...
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... Pine , " when we had the plague in the Rattlesnake " 66 Captain Vickers , another glass of wine ? " cries Blunt , hastening to cut the anecdote short . Thank you , no more . I have the head- 66 ache . " " Headache - um - don't wonder at ...
... Pine , " when we had the plague in the Rattlesnake " 66 Captain Vickers , another glass of wine ? " cries Blunt , hastening to cut the anecdote short . Thank you , no more . I have the head- 66 ache . " " Headache - um - don't wonder at ...
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... Pine's interminable anecdotes , and Mrs. Vickers hastened to change the subject . " Are you not heartily tired of this dreadful life , Mr. Frere ? ” " Well , it is not exactly the life I had hoped to lead , " said Frere , rubbing a ...
... Pine's interminable anecdotes , and Mrs. Vickers hastened to change the subject . " Are you not heartily tired of this dreadful life , Mr. Frere ? ” " Well , it is not exactly the life I had hoped to lead , " said Frere , rubbing a ...
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... Pine to Captain Vickers as the broad back of Mr. Maurice Frere disappeared up the com- panion . " Some boyish follies abroad , I believe ; self - made men are always impatient of extra- vagance . But it is hard upon Frere . He is not a ...
... Pine to Captain Vickers as the broad back of Mr. Maurice Frere disappeared up the com- panion . " Some boyish follies abroad , I believe ; self - made men are always impatient of extra- vagance . But it is hard upon Frere . He is not a ...
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