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Secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster.

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And who among the company at Monseigneur's reception in that seventeen hundred and eightieth year of our Lord, could possibly doubt, that a system roo...more

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There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination t...more

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He had been for many years, a quiet silent man, associating but little with other men, and used to companionship with his own thoughts. He had never k...more

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The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison, that he looked like ...more

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And here you see me working out, as cheerfully and thankfully as I may, my doom of sharing in the glass a constant change of customers, and of lying d...more

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The year was dying early, the leaves were falling fast, it was a raw cold day when we took possession, and the gloom of the house was most depressing....more