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...e, condescendingly. There was a time when Twigger would have replied, ‘Well, Nick!’ but that was in the days of the truck, and a couple of years befo... ...n in the party who was thoroughly awake; and he was insolent, and called him Nick. Nick! What would be the consequence, thought Nicholas, of anybody p... ...l the Lord Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 16 Mayor of London ‘Nick!’ He should like to know what the sword bearer would say to that; or... ...or the toast master, or any other of the great officers of the city. They’d nick him. But these were not the worst of Nicholas Tulrumble’s do ings. ...

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...rs by the scroll. Masters, spread yourselves. QUINCE: Answer as I call you. Nick Bottom, the weaver. BOTTOM: Ready. Name what part I am for, and pro... ... weaver. BOTTOM: Ready. Name what part I am for, and proceed. QUINCE: You, Nick Bottom, are set down for Pyramus. BOTTOM: What is Pyramus? a lover,...

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... effort, so as to increase the slight sloop that had led to his historical nick- name of the Crouchback, though some think this was merely taken from ... ...u were grown so tall, Sir, and so hand and glove with the Longshanks, that Nick Dustifoot and I knew not an if it were yourself—but now your name is o... ...eeing Richard impatient of the approach to familiarity, “Y ou did not know Nick Dustifoot? He was one of young Sir Simon’s men-at-arms, you see, and t... ...d been nothing to lead Richard to think he ought to indicate either him or Nick Dustifoot to the Prince as the persons who had been con- nected with G... ...hine! And when thou hast had thy lesson, find the way to Ain Gebel, or ask Nick Dustifoot.” Richard, with a startled exclamation, looked down, but cou... ... else there save myself. I believe everybody was asleep, I know I was—when Nick Dustifoot called me, and bade me tell the Prince there was a messenger... ...missed his anxiety, it returned upon him in redoubled force. He thought of Nick Dustifoot, but that worthy was of a uniform tint of whitey brown, skin...

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...iments seemed made for us on purpose. He took me to his back door, whence, as from every point of Calistoga, Mount Saint Helena could be seen towering... ...re us leaves were thickly strewn, and boughs had fallen, large enough to make the passage difficult. But now we were hard by the summit. The road cros... ...t shadow, and a chill descended from the sky. Night began early in our cleft. Before us, over the margin of the dump, we could see the sun still strik...

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...en,” she said, pulling him by the sleeve of his worn doublet, “I told you, Nick, that I would give my life for you; but I never said—never!—that I, a ...

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...ly believe, and her hose are as find as a queen’s. By the two horns of Old Nick, matters please me but ill as I find them here.” The girl colored, and...

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...half a yard of it or rather more; and split that forked stick, with such a nick or notch at one end of it as may keep the line from any more of it rav... ...Pike bites; and then the Pike having pulled the line forth of the cleft or nick of that stick in which it was gently fastened, he will have line enoug... ... note, that your stick must be a little hazel, or willow, cleft, or have a nick at one end of it, by which means you may, with ease, take many of them... ...ne end of it, by which means you may, with ease, take many of them in that nick out of the water, before you have any occa sion to use them. These, m...

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... Host: I tell you what Launce, his man, told me: he loved her out of all nick. JULIA: Where is Launce? Host: Gone to seek his dog; which tomorrow,...

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.... Masters spread your selues. 284 Quince. Answere as I call you. Nick Bottome the 285 Weauer. 286 Bottome. Ready; name what pa... ...; name what part I am for, and 287 proceed. 288 Quince. You Nicke Bottome are set downe for Py-ramus. 290 Bot. What is Pyram...

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... stories of strange fishes, especially sharks, which he had stabbed in the nick of time by bravely plunging overboard just as the monster was turning ...

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...same metal, which an applicant for admittance drew rapidly up and down the nicks, so as to produce a grating sound. Sometimes the rod was simply stret...

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...he Shrew Shakespeare: First Folio 1375 Enter a Messenger. 1376 Nicke. Mistresse, your father prayes you leaue your |(books, 1377 And h... ... Phil. How now Grumio. 1737 Ios. What Grumio. 1738 Nick. Fellow Grumio. 1739 Nat. How now old lad. 1740 Gru. ...

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...awing-room or on the stage, it is still more difficult to quit them in the nick of time. So during the first winter after the accession of Charles X.,...

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...her? why should he follow? The itch of his affection should not then Have nick d his captainship; at such a point, When half to half the world oppose...

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...n of his struc- ture, he draws up and fetches me a bow of the exact middle nick between dignity and service. I advance, he withdraws, and again the bo...

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...he stroke of One. He felt that he was restored to consciousness in the right nick of time, for the especial purpose of hold ing a conference with the...

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...her donkey, ranging at will upon the roadside; and this other donkey chanced to be a gentleman. He and Modestine met nickering for joy, and I had to s... ...r an officer nor a T rappist, but partook of the char- acter of each. And certainly here was a man in an interesting nick of life. Out of the noise of...

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... man. “What was the good of your turning that glass against me in the very nick when I dashed on you?” “Well, ‘t ain’t my fault, I swear,” said Crummi...

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...he stroke of One. He felt that he was restored to consciousness in the right nick of time, for the especial purpose of holding a conference with the s...

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...ty conspiracy,” exclaimed the baron. “Why, you villanous friar, think you to nickname and marry my daughter before my face with impunity?” “Even so, b... ... “Oh! by my fey ,” said the music loving bishop, “here comes a harper in the nick of time, and now I care not how long they tarry. Ho! honest friend, ...