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http://www.archive.org/download/no_name_1002_librivox/noname_20_collins_64kb.mp3
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the field of human sympathy out of which i might have raised the needful pecuniary crop is closed to me from want of time to cultivate it i see no other resource left if we are to be ready by christmas than to try one of the local music-sellers in this town
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The field of human sympathy, out of which i might have raised the needful pecuniary crop, is closed to me from want of time to cultivate it. I see no other resource left if we are to be ready by Christmas than to try one of the local music- sellers in this town.
http://www.archive.org/download/post_haste_1412_librivox/posthaste_16_ballantyne_64kb.mp3
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he leaped over a low part of the hedge and was gone leaving poor tottie in a state of bewildered anxiety on the other side under the influence of fear tottie told the lies her father had bid her tell and thereafter dwelt at rosebud cottage with an evil conscience and a heavy heart
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He leaped over a low part of the hedge and was gone, leaving poor Tottie in a state of bewildered anxiety. On the other side, under the influence of fear, Tottie told the lies her father had bid her tell and thereafter dwelt at Rosebud Cottage with an evil conscience and a heavy heart.
http://www.archive.org/download/fair_mystery_1309_librivox/fairmystery_59_clay_64kb.mp3
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i had forgotten said his questioner how long you have been absent from england of course you would not know him it seems to me
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I had forgotten, said his questioner, how long you have been absent from England. Of course you would not know him, it seems to me.
http://www.archive.org/download/double_traitor_tw_librivox/doubletraitor_11_oppenheim_64kb.mp3
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bertha dear he remonstrated do be reasonable she shrugged her shoulders but am i not see how reasonably i have spoken to you i have told you the exact truth i have told you why i do not take quite that same pleasure in your company as when you first came
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Bertha Dear, he remonstrated: do be reasonable. She shrugged her shoulders. But am i not see how reasonably i have spoken to you? I have told you the exact truth. I have told you why i do not take quite that same pleasure in your company as when you first came.
http://www.archive.org/download/iliad_1403_librivox/iliad_21_homer_64kb.mp3
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to peleus son of all the greeks the noblest so shall we his faithful followers highest honour give
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To Peleus, son of all the Greeks the noblest, so shall we, his faithful followers, highest honour give.
http://www.archive.org/download/tarzantheuntamed_1211_librivox/tarzantheuntamed_16_burroughs_64kb.mp3
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couldn't we build a fire asked the girl and frighten them away i don't know that it would do any good said tarzan as i have an idea that these lions are a little different from any that we are familiar with and possibly for the same reason which at first puzzled me a little-i
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Could n't we build a fire, asked the girl, and frighten them away? I do n't know that it would do any good, said Tarzan, as i have an idea that these lions are a little different from any that we are familiar with, and possibly for the same reason which at first puzzled me a little- i.
http://www.archive.org/download/wuthering_heights_rg_librivox/wutheringheights_11_bronte_64kb.mp3
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meantime thank you for telling me your sister-in-law's secret i swear i'll make the most of it and stand you aside
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Meantime, thank you for telling me your sister- in- law's secret. I swear i'll make the most of it and stand you aside.
http://www.archive.org/download/historyofourowntimes_queenvictoriatoelection1880_vol3_2002_librivox/historyofourowntimesvol3_35_mccarthy_64kb.mp3
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lord russell went so far as to draw up and despatch to russia in concert with france and austria a note on the subject of poland it urged on the attention of the russian government six points as the outline of a system of pacification for poland
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Lord Russell went so far as to draw up and despatch to Russia, in concert with France and Austria, a note on the subject of Poland. It urged on the attention of the russian government six points as the outline of a system of pacification for Poland.
http://www.archive.org/download/return_alfred_1108_librivox/returnofalfred_24_jenkins_64kb.mp3
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his sugar man had not only come to see him but had brought with him those white cubes of joy without which life would lose much of its attractiveness nero you must be good
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His sugar man had not only come to see him, but had brought with him those white cubes of joy without which life would lose much of its attractiveness. Nero, you must be good.
http://www.archive.org/download/sword_antietam_1303_librivox/swordofantietam_09_altsheler_64kb.mp3
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and the sun rose hot and bright over the field of manassas which already had been stained with the blood of one fierce battle but now the armies were far greater
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And the sun rose hot and bright over the field of Manassas, which already had been stained with the blood of one fierce battle. But now the armies were far greater.
http://www.archive.org/download/goodcheerstories_1511_librivox/goodcheerstories_27_dickinson_64kb.mp3
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although poor he was a man of a kind and contented disposition he was always thankful to the great spirit for everything he received the same disposition was inherited by his eldest son who had now arrived at the proper age to undertake the ceremony of the ke ig uish im o win or fast
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Although poor, he was a man of a kind and contented disposition. He was always thankful to the great Spirit for everything he received. The same disposition was inherited by his eldest son, who had now arrived at the proper age to undertake the ceremony of the Ke Ig. Uish I M O Win or Fast.
http://www.archive.org/download/mountaineering_1708_librivox/mountaineering_05_king_64kb.mp3
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till they fall by the wayside happy if some chance stranger performs for them the last rites often less fortunate as blanched bones and fluttering rags upon too many hillsides plainly tell
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Till they fall by the wayside, happy if some chance stranger performs for them. The last rites, often less fortunate, as blanched bones and fluttering rags upon too many hillsides plainly tell.
http://www.archive.org/download/daniel_boone_ah_librivox/danielboone_08_abbott_64kb.mp3
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he was more than their equal in his skill in traversing the pathless forest his prowess as a hunter they fully appreciated it was their hope that he would consent to be incorporated in their tribe and they would gladly have accepted him as one of their chiefs
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He was more than their equal in his skill in traversing the pathless forest, his prowess as a hunter they fully appreciated. It was their hope that he would consent to be incorporated in their tribe and they would gladly have accepted him as one of their chiefs.
http://www.archive.org/download/hildebrand_pn_1811_librivox/hildebrandandhistimes_05_stephens_64kb.mp3
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personally he seems to have been kindly disposed towards berengar and not violently opposed to his doctrine but he was prepared to uphold what the pope and the council had declared to be the right faith
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Personally, he seems to have been kindly disposed towards Berengar and not violently opposed to his doctrine, but he was prepared to uphold what the pope and the council had declared to be the right faith.
http://www.archive.org/download/newspaper_articles_twain_1011_librivox/articles_037_twain_64kb.mp3
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and after he had comfortably succeeded in the first mentioned proposition this desperate french barber rose up and tried to whip the surgeon for saving his life and defeating his fearful purpose and wasting his laudanum
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And after he had comfortably succeeded in the first mentioned proposition, this desperate french barber rose up and tried to whip the surgeon for saving his life and defeating his fearful purpose and wasting his laudanum.
http://www.archive.org/download/art_public_speaking_1101_librivox/artpublicspeaking_35_carnagey_esenwein_64kb.mp3
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merchants honor their written obligations true citizens consider their word as good as their bond germany gave treaty and in the presence of god and the civilized world entered into a solemn covenant with belgium
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Merchants honor their written obligations. True citizens consider their word as good as their bond. Germany gave treaty and, in the presence of God and the civilized world, entered into a solemn covenant with Belgium.
http://www.archive.org/download/state_of_the_union_addresses_1849_1856_1810_librivox/stateoftheunion1848_1856_16_various_64kb.mp3
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the effectual investment of a blockaded place a definition for which this government has always contended claiming indemnity for losses where a practical violation of the rule thus defined has been injurious to our commerce
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The effectual investment of a blockaded place, a definition for which this government has always contended, claiming indemnity for losses where a practical violation of the rule thus defined has been injurious to our commerce.
http://www.archive.org/download/wellington_pn_1708_librivox/wellington_02_hooper_64kb.mp3
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backed by the dry declaration of adjutant-general close that six months would be needed for preparation effectually cooled his ardour and with pain and regret he read both and cancelled the order
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Backed by the dry declaration of Adjutant- General Close that six months would be needed for preparation, effectually cooled his ardour and with pain and regret he read both and cancelled the order.
http://www.archive.org/download/jacobfaithful_1510_librivox/jacobfaithful_12_marryat_64kb.mp3
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ben you see no jacob faithful what with his jealousy and what with a whole quartern at a draught became somehow nohow and he walked down to the jetty with the intention of getting rid of himself and his wife and all his troubles by giving his soul back to his creator
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Ben. You see, no Jacob faithful, what with his jealousy and what with a whole quartern at a draught, became somehow nohow and he walked down to the jetty with the intention of getting rid of himself and his wife and all his troubles, by giving his soul back to his creator.
http://www.archive.org/download/dutchcourage_1510_librivox/dutchcourage_11_london_64kb.mp3
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she's a regular spunky she-devil miss drexel laughed agreement and so are the pair of you er of the male persuasion i mean miss drexel had never seemed so fascinating to either of them as she was then in the excitement quite unconscious of her abbreviated costume
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She's a regular spunky she- devil. Miss Drexel laughed agreement, and so are the pair of you, er of the male persuasion. I mean, Miss Drexel had never seemed so fascinating to either of them, as she was then in the excitement, quite unconscious of her abbreviated costume.
http://www.archive.org/download/mrs_armytage_1602_librivox/armytage_44_gore_64kb.mp3
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but evidently less for the pleasure of talking to mrs arthur armytage than of bosamond dcvonport marian had witnessed their first strange interview
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But evidently less for the pleasure of talking to Mrs Arthur Armytage than of Bosamond Dcvonport. Marian had witnessed their first strange interview.
http://www.archive.org/download/unsolvedriddle_0906/unsolvedriddle_2_leacock_64kb.mp3
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in the midst of accumulated wealth social justice seems as far away as ever it remains now to discuss the intellectual development of the modern age of machinery and the way in which it has moulded the thoughts and the outlook of mankind
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In the midst of accumulated wealth, social justice seems as far away as ever. It remains now to discuss the intellectual development of the modern age of machinery and the way in which it has moulded the thoughts and the outlook of mankind.
http://www.archive.org/download/unclewiggilysautomobile_1910_librivox/unclewiggilysautomobile_07_garis_64kb.mp3
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sure cried johnnie jumping up and down because he was so happy and we'll take it out after dark billie and have some fun with bully the frog oh no not a pumpkin for a jack-o'-lantern said mrs bushytail what i need a pumpkin for is to make some pies and i thought you might like to get one uncle wiggily
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Sure, cried Johnnie jumping up and down because he was so happy. And we'll take it out after dark, Billie, and have some fun with Bully the Frog. Oh no, not a pumpkin for a jack- o'-lantern, said Mrs Bushytail. What i need a pumpkin for is to make some pies, and i thought you might like to get one, Uncle Wiggily.
http://www.archive.org/download/gunsight_pass_ss_1806_librivox/gunsightpass_25_raine_64kb.mp3
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five minutes later the three men were once more riding rapidly across the valley toward the summit of the divide the loop of crawford's lariat still encircled the gross neck of the convict
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Five minutes later, the three men were once more riding rapidly across the valley toward the summit of the divide. The loop of Crawford's lariat still encircled the gross neck of the convict.
http://www.archive.org/download/satans_diary_1404_librivox/satansdiary_30_andreyev_64kb.mp3
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they will not even find a place in history it was after this that thomas magnus blew me up in the holy city of eome in the palazzo orsini
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They will not even find a place in history. It was after this that Thomas Magnus blew me up in the holy city of Eome, in the Palazzo Orsini.
http://www.archive.org/download/confessions_poacher_1603_librivox/confessionspoacher_02_watson_64kb.mp3
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sometimes we had these nets hung for half a mile along the mud flats and curfew whimbrel geese ducks and various shore haunting birds were taken in them
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Sometimes we had these nets hung for half a mile along the mud flats and curfew. Whimbrel, geese, ducks and various shore haunting birds were taken in them.
http://www.archive.org/download/onebasket_pc_librivox/onebasket_6_ferber_64kb.mp3
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the words were scarcely out of her mouth before chet ball's sturdy legs were twinkling down the pole his spurred heels dug into the soft pine of the pole with little ripe tearing sounds
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The words were scarcely out of her mouth before Chet Ball's sturdy legs were twinkling down the pole. His spurred heels dug into the soft pine of the pole with little ripe tearing sounds.
http://www.archive.org/download/verbalist_1005_librivox/verbalist01_ayres_64kb.mp3
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hence authoress and poetess are superfluous and they are superfluous also in another respect that they are very rarely used indeed they hardly can be used independently of the name of the writer as mrs or miss or a female christian name
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Hence authoress and poetess are superfluous. And they are superfluous also in another respect: that they are very rarely used. Indeed, they hardly can be used independently of the name of the writer, as Mrs or Miss or a female christian name.
http://www.archive.org/download/flowers_ferns_1208_librivox/flowersandferns_02_wright_64kb.mp3
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me o year spends half his days among the waterways that begin afar off in quickening veins of moisture among the rocky hill woods thread their way unknown save for the telltale flowers that follow across many meadows and join forces to rush into the mill-pond
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Me O Year spends half his days among the waterways that begin afar off. In quickening veins of moisture among the rocky hill woods thread their way unknown, save for the telltale flowers that follow across many meadows and join forces to rush into the mill- pond.
http://www.archive.org/download/western_united_states_lc_librivox/westernunitedstates_30_fairbanks_64kb.mp3
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upon the conditions which nature has imposed upon that place a city will not grow up at a given point unless the geographic conditions are favorable
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Upon the conditions which nature has imposed upon that place . A city will not grow up at a given point unless the geographic conditions are favorable.
http://www.archive.org/download/what_i_saw_in_america_chesterton_0905_rc_librivox1/america_02_gkchesterton_64kb.mp3
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i shall try to do justice to the psychology of what mr belloc has called eye-openers in travel but there are some things about america that a man ought to see even with his eyes shut
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I shall try to do justice to the psychology of what Mr Belloc has called eye- openers in travel, but there are some things about America that a man ought to see even with his eyes shut.
http://www.archive.org/download/beckoning_fairone_1009_librivox/beckoningfairone_10_onions_64kb.mp3
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let oleron but hunt this huntress a little longer he would have her sparkling and panting in his arms yet oh no they were very far from the truth who supposed that oleron had ceased to work
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Let Oleron but hunt this huntress a little longer. He would have her sparkling and panting in his arms. Yet, oh no, they were very far from the truth who supposed that Oleron had ceased to work.
http://www.archive.org/download/watergatereport3_1807_librivox/watergatereport3_08_senate_64kb.mp3
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donald nixon recalled that early in the nineteen sixty eight campaign john meier had some conversations with him about how howard hughes had made arrangements to make a contribution to mr nixon
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Donald Nixon recalled that early in the nineteen, sixty eight campaign John Meier had some conversations with him about how Howard Hughes had made arrangements to make a contribution to Mr Nixon.
http://www.archive.org/download/drthorne_1905_librivox/drthorne_42_trollope_64kb.mp3
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i will call upon her and if i can possibly manage it i will ask her myself to make one of your party if so you can go to her afterwards and make your own arrangements just write her a note my dear
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I will call upon her, and if i can possibly manage it, i will ask her myself to make one of your party. If so, you can go to her afterwards and make your own arrangements. Just write her a note, my dear.
http://www.archive.org/download/st_bartholomews_eve_0812_librivox/stbartholomewseve_14_henty_64kb.mp3
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prevented the enemy from moving them in the slightest degree while so engaged those at work were exposed to the boiling water poured from above and the soldiers standing behind in readiness to advance when the entrance was won
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Prevented the enemy from moving them in the slightest degree. While so engaged, those at work were exposed to the boiling water poured from above and the soldiers standing behind in readiness to advance when the entrance was won.
http://www.archive.org/download/mummy_miss_nitocris_1803_librivox/mummymissnitocris_12_griffith_64kb.mp3
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on a plot of grass amidst a crowd of people and did not deign to even touch the things he worked his miracles with if he had only used some sort of apparatus or condescended to some concealment after the manner of others of this kind
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On a plot of grass amidst a crowd of people and did not deign to even touch the things he worked his miracles with, if he had only used some sort of apparatus or condescended to some concealment, after the manner of others of this kind.
http://www.archive.org/download/gulliver_of_mars_0905_librivox/gulliverofmars_18_arnold_64kb.mp3
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it fell a minute after on a tall tree by the courtyard gate and as the trunk burst into white splinters i saw every leaf upon the feathery top turn light side up against the violet reflection in the sky beyond and then the whole mass came down to earth with a thud that crushed the courtyard palings into nothing for twenty yards and shook me even across the square
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It fell a minute after on a tall tree by the courtyard gate, and as the trunk burst into white splinters, i saw every leaf upon the feathery top turn light side up against the violet reflection in the sky beyond. And then the whole mass came down to earth with a thud that crushed the courtyard palings into nothing for twenty yards and shook me even across the square.
http://www.archive.org/download/tomswift-runabout_0904_librivox/runabout_06_appleton_64kb.mp3
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mr damon cried tom in delight when did you get back last night replied the eccentric man my wife and i stayed longer than we meant to and whom do you think we met when we were off on our little trip
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Mr Damon cried Tom in delight. When did you get back? Last night, replied the eccentric man. My wife and i stayed longer than we meant to. And whom do you think we met when we were off on our little trip?
http://www.archive.org/download/loveamongartists_1312_librivox/loveamongtheartists_17_shaw_64kb.mp3
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she burst out laughing and the self-reproach which followed this outrage on sentiment did not prevent her from immediately laughing all the more after all she said seizing a jug of cold water and emptying it with a splash into a basin
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She burst out laughing, and the self- reproach which followed this outrage on sentiment did not prevent her from immediately laughing all the more. After all, she said, seizing a jug of cold water and emptying it with a splash into a basin.
http://www.archive.org/download/oxford_book_american_essays_1211_librivox/oxfordbookofamericanessays_08_various_64kb.mp3
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and devoted an essay to showing up the delightful old traveler's malice and ill-breeding french editors leave out of montaigne's travels some remarks of his about france for reasons best known to themselves
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And devoted an essay to showing up the delightful old traveler's malice and ill- breeding french editors leave out of Montaigne's travels some remarks of his about France, for reasons best known to themselves.
http://www.archive.org/download/martineden_1101_librivox/martineden_24_london_64kb.mp3
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an occasional dinner at ruth's helped to keep strength in his body though he found it tantalizing enough to refuse further helping when his appetite was raging at sight of so much food spread before it
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An occasional dinner at Ruth's helped to keep strength in his body, though he found it tantalizing enough to refuse further helping when his appetite was raging at sight of so much food spread before it.
http://www.archive.org/download/blakeoftherattlesnake_1910_librivox/blakeoftherattlesnake_05_jane_64kb.mp3
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our men came tumbling up from below whither they had been sent to lie down under as much cover as they could find and we got the dingy ready to launch
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Our men came tumbling up from below, whither they had been sent to lie down under as much cover as they could find, and we got the dingy ready to launch.
http://www.archive.org/download/secretofeverydaythings_1402_librivox/everydaythings_13_fabre_64kb.mp3
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on the other hand iron coal and salt are among the cheapest of substances the price per pound being considered while at the same time they are infinitely more useful than the precious stones which most often serve only to gratify a foolish vanity
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On the other hand, iron, coal and salt are among the cheapest of substances, the price per pound being considered, while at the same time they are infinitely more useful than the precious stones which most often serve only to gratify a foolish vanity.
http://www.archive.org/download/weirdtales_1412_librivox/weirdtales_15_hoffmann_64kb.mp3
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these meetings of writers and savans in salvator rosa's house were called at that time the accademia de percossi though salvator's mind was in this way devoted to science and art yet his real true nature came to life again when he was with his friend antonio
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These meetings of writers and Savans in Salvator Rosa's house were called at that time the Accademia de Percossi. Though Salvator's mind was in this way devoted to science and art, yet his real, true nature came to life again when he was with his friend Antonio.
http://www.archive.org/download/outline_of_science_2_0810_librivox/outlineofsciencevol1_00_thomson_64kb.mp3
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and we hope that this is what the outline of science makes for information is all to the good interesting information is better still but best of all is the education of the scientific habit of mind
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And we hope that this is what the outline of science makes, for information is all to the good. Interesting information is better still, but best of all is the education of the scientific habit of mind.
http://www.archive.org/download/riseofdavidlevinsky_1701_librivox/riseofdavidlevinsky_39_cahan_64kb.mp3
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nodelman now quoted that rabbi i had heard the anecdote more than once before but it seemed as though its meaning had now revealed itself to me for the first time according to that rabbi marriage is not a pleasure but a miserable necessity i urged
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Nodelman now quoted that rabbi. I had heard the anecdote more than once before, but it seemed as though its meaning had now revealed itself to me for the first time. According to that rabbi, marriage is not a pleasure but a miserable necessity. I urged.
http://www.archive.org/download/doom_of_london_ls_1811_librivox/doomoflondon_03_white_64kb.mp3
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i preach and preach in vain only the lancet backs me up at all many times i have asked for a quarter of a million of money so that i can found a school for the electrical treatment of germ diseases
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I preach and preach in vain, only the Lancet backs me up at all. Many times i have asked for a quarter of a million of money so that i can found a school for the electrical treatment of germ diseases.