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- Page 3 and 4: very extraordinary and remarkable f
- Page 5: entertainment called the Maypole; w
- Page 9 and 10: no doubt as being best suited to th
- Page 11 and 12: 'Do you suppose highwaymen don't dr
- Page 13 and 14: 'What do you mean?' said Joe, addin
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- Page 17 and 18: prince (if anything) as is not actu
- Page 19 and 20: John Willet grew impatient and aske
- Page 21 and 22: shaded his eyes with his hand and p
- Page 23 and 24: e, mark my words. The crime was com
- Page 25 and 26: 'He and I are of different opinions
- Page 27 and 28: as wild and merciless as the elemen
- Page 29 and 30: 'My eyes have seen more light than
- Page 31 and 32: 'Humph!' he said when he had scanne
- Page 33 and 34: door open behind him, and disclosin
- Page 35 and 36: 'Hold your tongue, sir,' said John
- Page 37 and 38: do in the way of strapping and buck
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- Page 41 and 42: forward, both his face and figure w
- Page 43 and 44: onward at a brisk pace: Barnaby gai
- Page 45 and 46: extremely thoughtful, as weighing a
- Page 47 and 48: What in the name of wonder does he
- Page 49 and 50: mentioned soul was for ever feastin
- Page 51 and 52: 'I dread to think of it!' cried his
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- Page 55 and 56: 'I'll do nothing to-day,' said Mr T
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ecause of his darkened intellect, t
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Yes. There again! 'Tis some one kno
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The old man looked at her in wonder
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faculty of life seems dead within m
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and anon he'll be stealing on, on t
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They entered a homely bedchamber, g
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'The night was so dark,' said Edwar
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face. 'But who can make him come! H
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of bygone times and old acquaintanc
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wish with great emphasis that the w
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'My dear Martha,' said the locksmit
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comes home--to have him freezing al
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Half pausing for an instant now and
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these heedless spirits were indulgi
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twin invaders of domestic peace!''G
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head. The novice then laid his hand
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Then he described the oath which ev
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influence to that mean and trivial
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Chapter 9Chronicler's are privilege
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the 'prentice; again he looked caut
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with one eye, and then with the oth
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promise you faithfully and truly I
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London, his horse was as smooth and
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The figure he addressed made no ans
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the question as a thing of course,
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means. Please to bring him here tha
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then how they roll and gambol, deli
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'Such a bed, sir,' returned John Wi
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quitted the room with his very best
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pointing at him with the stem, 'tho
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'--Inclosing a slip of paper with t
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'Stop!' he said, when they reached
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'Hab!' cried Mr Haredale, drawing h
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'You see,' said the other, not at a
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thing, imperatively demand that he
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As this conclusion involved the nec
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Chapter 13If Joseph Willet, the den
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wouldn't you, sir, eh sir? Hold you
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were gone, and slowly re-entering t
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or even a locksmith. So, indeed, it
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feebly as he saw them deposited on
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at home, and in the company of fema
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'Thank you, Varden, my dear,' retur
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'And so am I,' returned Edward, 'th
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'It is neither generous, nor honour
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'Your worthy father, sir,' replied
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atmosphere, which public offices of
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'I knew that what I had to say woul
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expectations almost without a limit
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his daughter into a good family. He
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thousands?'The young man leant his
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indeed. God bless you!'With these w
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torch fall hissing on the puddled g
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hiding in a ditch had marked him pa
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Next night, as soon as it was dark,
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look towards him. So they remained
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her, as if even its touching his by
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She had sunk upon her knees, and so
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where we have been to-day, and what
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the fire, watching the prospects in
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perched upon his leg, and divided h
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'There is some dreadful meaning in
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their mirthful mood to see him flit
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'I hear you, noble captain.''Obey t
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conductor held up for the purpose,
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Mr Tappertit obeyed again, still un
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'I must say that.''You did not begi
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'She's the misery of my life.one.'S
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'Oh no, you're not, mim, indeed you
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But on they went, not the less merr
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carving-knife. The order for dinner
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'Not from Edward?'Dolly nodded and
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supplementary messages for Edward,
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'I don't know, sir,' answered Dolly
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It was for the moment an inexpressi
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don't quarrel with you for it. I lo
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'What was it that frightened you?'
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were a kind of nonsensical mistake
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admitting that he never had, and mo
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The horse was accordingly put in, a
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looked at her, but she averted her
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penalty. To all such propositions M
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'Oh Simmun!' said the young lady, '
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Chapter 23Twilight had given place
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of some unwelcome visitor.'A late h
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effect. His own rough speech, contr
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keep it. I am neither a thief nor a
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'At any rate,' said Mr Chester, 'yo
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'If you should happen to find anyth
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more than ever.'And yet,' he said,
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leather apron and a dirty face. 'Le
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'You'll excuse my mentioning it, I
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Archbishop of Canterbury himself. H
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wild and in the face of nature, tho
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house, and yard, and homestead; and
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condescending to us in their every
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Haredale calmly, 'some reason to as
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it comes, I will pray for and thank
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could see him from the coach-roof f
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talk to me about it, and tell me ho
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If the dark little parlour had been
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held his peace.'The mystery is solv
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own punishment along with it--a bea
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aspect to follow him to the parlour
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Manual from a neighbouring table, l
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Dolly, who, between his keen regard
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madam, in point of penetration and
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simpered--'there is a young man (I
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politeness and pleasant speaking, I
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his steady gaze so suddenly, which
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'She wrote a note at our house to t
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shut, but the steed's gone, master.
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and where the sun was shining, some
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chap had only a little imagination,
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When he had communicated this brigh
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'A little more apart--among these t
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deceived by your unworthy lover, an
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melancholy occasion. I hope you are
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watched him as he walked away.'My s
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that sort, than he did of any other
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'Don't take it ill, Johnny; I didn'
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chamber, which was a kind of hospit
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as near a counterpart of his own fa
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eh?'The voice coughed, and said no
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serjeant. 'You'll go abroad--a coun
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'If it hadn't been for that,' thoug
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soul; with as much truth and earnes
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entertainment, he was enrolled amon
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'Ah father!' cried his son, 'if--''
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have no manner of business with the
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Edward left the room without anothe
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stream of brightness, fire and cand
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'He sleeps uncommon hard,' said Mr
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speaking, you'll hear it say both w
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indignation, inquired what the devi
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creak. I heard the rain as it came
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drinking, such as banished all fear
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Hugh, with much low growling and mu
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turret in which the light appeared
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'to bid them keep this story secret
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that they must be highwaymen; and h
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'We don't take in no tagrag and bob
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here his lordship pulled off his ha
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cheerful fire, while he busied hims
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and Lord George and his secretary,
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'And that's ours,' he rejoined, mov
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'Too tired, my lord!--But this is h
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'Hush!' he muttered softly, as he p
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'"The Friends of Reason, half-a-gui
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face was turned away.'Be sure there
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Chapter 37To surround anything, how
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years, did he and his proceedings b
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must be up and doing!'He said this
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espond with lusty voices, and with
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visitor who doffed his three-corner
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does anything again any one of them
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month, or May, when this Papist rel
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himself silently appealed to by thi
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'Did you ever, Muster Gashford,' wh
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It was remarkable, too, that whenev
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all things of earth with deep disda
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'And yet I'd have wagered a seven-s
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e an acquisition of which even the
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out of doors. It was impossible to
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fictitious nose, and polishing it w
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Mr Tappertit looked at him as thoug
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Eyeing him with suspicious looks, t
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whose pleasant face he lowered his
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My bark is nothing to my bite. Some
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Hugh nodded, and touching his cap w
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humour stealing on them as they hea
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'It's unchristian,' cried Mrs Varde
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that for their tastes she was much
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mention of Blue Beard Mrs Varden in
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wishes as she and him should part,
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him in all kinds of graceful winnin
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'Your fault!' cried Mrs V. reproach
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'Bringing no news of Barnaby, or hi
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prevent his expressing the astonish
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If ever man were sorely puzzled and
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This went on for weeks; he had take
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'My dear friend,' cried the other,
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fact that this man lives in society
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When they were very near to where t
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trick at which the state connives b
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gentlemen.' With that he struck Sir
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forwards and walked away in company
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'Brave fellows!' said the secretary
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'I believe you, Muster Gashford,' i
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joys; and while that remained unbro
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kind, for her manner at such times
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For a moment Barnaby withdrew his e
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or wallet, in which to carry food.
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see too well from whom you come.''B
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his entertaining this opinion. You
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'Often!' cried Barnaby. 'Never!''To
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more of this: I've a fancy for you.
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death should separate my son and me
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full of terrors and strange questio
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their frugal habits, a goodly sum i
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disposed to exercise his horsewhip,
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The lady smiled, sat down at a litt
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They waited for no further dismissa
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It filled her with uneasiness to fi
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assemblage.'Why, where have you com
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'Why are you sitting here?' said on
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to come away, 'he is as sensible an
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They had by this time taken to thei
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great heat.'Do you call this order?
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'Don't make that din, brother,' gro
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day--I knew I was not mistaken in B
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very walls of Parliament; while the
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strain, when two gentlemen suddenly
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the street; the rioters, breathless
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accordingly.They landed at a critic
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after the morning's experience, to
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five hundred pounds, or some such t
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some said that Lord George Gordon h
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society for its own preservation ye
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only because of her foot being asle
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serious tone; 'for if he had been,
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Varden, take this piece of paper. I
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'I hear you, and defy you, Varden,'
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seeing it, he at once demanded wher
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goes, few men can tell. Assembling
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his cleanliness too!' said Mr Denni
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altogether, as being unsafe and sli
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ut the bare walls, made a sharp sea
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timid together no less than the bol
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Mr Dennis looked round as in expect
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'It is a proclamation from the King
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'Is there! You know there is! Who k
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However, they were not all, nor nea
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me!'Chapter 54Rumours of the prevai
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shake with laughter, and presently
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quadruped it denotes, is highly rep
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more men still--more, more, more--s
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here room.''What can't?' Hugh deman
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Save for the dripping from the barr
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'Where are your servants?'Mr Willet
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advanced at a quick pace towards th
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called to those below, to heap them
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not one learnt mercy from, or sicke
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London at a hard gallop, and called
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'Down--for one moment--for but one
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this mournful effort of Mr Willet's
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and hewn, and beaten down, besides.
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Chapter 57Barnaby, armed as we have
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'Never say die, bow wow wow, keep u
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'Have you ever seen this young man
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e hung by the neck till you're dead
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eight.They advanced steadily; neith
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everything else was done. Finally,
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The dry, arid look of the dusty squ
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the command of two companies--only
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'I don't know what you mean.''Go to
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He went out into the street, so sur
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already prevailed. At length he cle
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'And what if they are down upon us!
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Miss Haredale, whose feelings were
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'Can you take her by yourself?' ask
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convenience of scratching his head,
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Hugh had her in his arms directly.
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'Very good,' said Sim; 'then we'll
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had assuredly been removed to a str
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eath, demanded which was Hugh.'Here
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ound his prisoner, with the assista
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crowd. Near Mile End they passed a
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'I told you yesterday, sir,' said t
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The two clients retreated likewise,
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esting his elbows on his knees, and
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'Saying what?''No matter what. I do
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fancy?'Did she go down upon her kne
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shouldn't die unnecessarily.present
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timber is not grown, nor the hemp s
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They stood face to face, staring at
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to be a crowd about them, cheering
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passed to the front, an upper windo
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ear, but the contrairy. Simmun and
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though it did not become him (Mr De
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grumble?'They looked at one another
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Breaking the silence they had hithe
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'Stay--stay!' said the jailer, hast
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y lightning, and over his body a on
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drunk, and in the flickering glare
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at the top with spikes and points o
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to confirm and strengthen it. His d
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the ground whose dress they had nea
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house, and was then on fire), betoo
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He followed up this reproof by rapp
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passage: 'Dennis before us! Well do
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with bricks and tiles and stones--w
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the past, and little hope as it aff
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--'On one condition, please, sir,'
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it; but after giving three loud yel
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principles of Christianity! Meanwhi
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the streets. The gates of the King'
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quite inactive.again.So the day pas
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them at the point of the bayonet.Th
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cautiously down into the street, al
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low-arched passages, could see them
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connivance of John Grueby, who watc
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himself, who had prattled of their
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'Not mine.''Whose!--I say, whose!'
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happened on this fatal night. From
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'I don't know where. His house was
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it only you?''Who should it be?''I
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'Have you--'--'Seen your good lady?
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hair clotted with blood, his voice
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Here's a world! And you're not a-go
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the shed.To which Mr Dennis only re
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great main object of preserving the
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The coaxing tone in which he said t
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'You know he meant all along to car
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additional inducement and temptatio
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Whether this change was occasioned
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efused all comfort.Miss Miggs was a
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gracious me! Yes, to be sure I will
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'My uncle, sir--' faltered Emma.'Yo
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There was a reproof conveyed in the
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have been without these two? Oh, Mr
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in the getting at, that notwithstan
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usual adviser in all matters of dou
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Indeed, on various pretences, they
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Oh how much, and how keenly, the li
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county, and the borough of Southwar
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'Not many, dear.I hope not many.''Y
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every word he uttered only increase
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She spoke to him, but her voice was
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hard word, but to restore you to pe
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sat the unhappy author of all--Lord
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hastily fitted up for the safe keep
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emotest corner, and intrenching him
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strong. We may get off scot-free. U
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'I mean to say,' Hugh interposed, '
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other of my Lord Mayor should have
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usiness.--Private,' he added, with
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he would say he had come from Hugh,
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discovered that his mother had suff
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he was free, cut an image of him on
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sense now. Think what his life must
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trembling limbs; the ashy hue upon
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something bright and beautiful. He
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and long forgotten and remote from
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The time wore on. The noises in the
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seated, and beguiling the time with
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eing the shorter one: and that the
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'You're right. I am,' rejoined Hugh
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'Dennis,' said the governor of the
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'I took him from her in a reckless
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he rode along, how his wandering th
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perceive a kind of lurking hint or
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to say. Nor is it necessary: for, b
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'They know of this, at home,' said
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pedestrian exercises. But the Golde
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Edward would have interposed, but h
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'They rise in judgment against me w
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to them at once.'But, before he cou
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assured that all was safe, had gone
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'I infer that you do not?''You are
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first conscious of being fond of Do
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in, by an amount of human strength
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all cost and charge, for evermore;
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Tartar. Of course I never to my kno
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companionship and love; she had com
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with such a trembling hand, that th
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All consideration, reflection, merc
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'While I deliver your infamy. You u
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tonight!'Seeing that he lowered his
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efore Sir John was traced or missed
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Newgate.To the last, he was truly s
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mercy; always falling upon them on
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He never recovered the surprise the
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From that period (although he was s