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...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...

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...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ...e senior committee has provided, as in New York theaters, safe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illustri- ous orators from the lower ... ...was in the box for Williams, iind pitched an ex- cellent game, holding the visitors to one clean and one scratch hit and giving but two bases on balls... ...an singled, bringing in two runs. The second inning was disastrous for the visitors. An error and two passes filled the bases; a second hit by Young, ... ...inson, Simpson, Skinner, Smith '11. In addition, there were eighteen other attractions requiring the services of forty-six other per- formers, and "Ho... ...d in blue ink were distribut- ed, which contained the menu and schedule of attractions for the evening. The program features in brief follow : 1. Musi... ...e. It can do that splendid and in- valuable work without losing any of its attractions for boys of the right sort. And a college should appeal, not on...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the new Bishop? The death of old...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... this Mr Harding declined, though for some weeks he remained with her as a visitor. He could not be prevailed upon to forego the possession of some sm... ...rding called together at the palace. His lordship was at home, and the two visitors were shown through the accustomed hall into the well-known room, w... ...- deacon. ‘Perhaps so, ’ said the other; ‘indeed, I’ve no doubt of it; but visitors, you know, often require so much accommo- dation. There are many o... ...ections rising from our human poverty. However, I own I am amenable to the attractions of a well-cooked dinner, and the grate shall certainly be chang... ...auseous to her to have such a man like Mr Slope commenting on her personal attractions; and she did not think it necessary to dilate with her father u... ...ll, in fact, that a man could wish his wife to be; but the higher were her attractions, the greater her claims to consideration, the less had he imagi...

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...harge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ... been in any place that seemed so dreamlike. Pompeii is all in a bustle with visitors, and its antiquity and strangeness de- ceive the imagination; bu... ...ll the odd lots were purchased by a grocer in a small way in the old town of Edinburgh. The agent had the curiosity to visit him some time after and i... ...n, two Portuguese, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Scotchman: we had for common visitors an American from Illinois, a nearly pure blood Indian woman, and... ...ranches for the night. No wonder that the Pacific coast is a foreign land to visitors from the Eastern States, for each race contributes something of ... ...bit. The course of its pellucid river, whether up or down, is full of gentle attractions for the navigator: islanded reed-mazes where, in autumn, the ... ...he firths of Forth and T ay. It may be continu- ally seen from many parts of Edinburgh (among the rest, from the windows of my father’s house) dying a...

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...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Pickwick Papers, Volume T wo by Charles Dickens , the Penn... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...tual distrust out of the corners of their eyes. The arrival of the two new visitors, and the consequent check upon Mr. Winkle and the young lady with ... ...out.’ Mr. Pickwick bestowed a look of excessive dis gust on his unwelcome visitor, and would probably have hurled some tremendous anathema at the hea... ...ckwick, and Mr. Ben Allen the other. The preparations for the reception of visitors appeared to be completed. The um brellas in the passage had been ... ...ded— ‘Of this man Pickwick I will say little; the subject presents but few attractions; and I, gentlemen, am not the man, nor are you, gentlemen, the ... ...me he collected debts, and took orders, in the north; going from London to Edinburgh, from Edinburgh to Glasgow, from Glasgow back to Edinburgh, and t... ...nce to London by the smack. You are to understand that his second visit to Edinburgh was for his own pleasure. He used to go back for a week, just to ...

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...ennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, f... ...ssociated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an elect... ...s, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical w... ... tell you. I forgot in talking of Saturday to tell of one incident which will particularly interest my mother. I met Dr. D. from Savaii, and had an ... ...alking to you yesterday, I played on my pipe till the conch sounded, then went over to the old house for dinner, and had scarce risen from table ere I... ...titiously finishing the entry to- day. For all that I was much better, ate all the time, and had no fever. The day was otherwise uneventful. I am remi... ...y unpleasantly received, and now ‘Time was. ’Then it was decided that I was to be made a culprit against Germany; the German Captain—a delightful fell... ... I slid off into David Balfour, some 50 pages of which are drafted, and like me well. Really I think it is spirited; and there’s a heroine that (up to... ...tion, to which I shall stick, if it can be managed. We had some alarm about Paatalise, but he slept well all night for a benediction. This lunatic asy...

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...Excerpt: Deceived in Friendship and Betrayed in Love.? Letter the First From Isabel to Laura How often, in answer to my repeated intreaties that you would give my Daughter a regular detail of the Misfortunes and Adventures of your Life, have y...

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...Contents LOVE AND FREINDSHIP................................................. 4 AN UNFINISHED NOVEL IN LETTERS ................................................................................................................ 34 LESLEY CASTLE .......................................................................................

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...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Love and Friendship by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... which we were secure from being interrupted, by intruding and disagreable Visitors, as Augustus and Sophia had on their first En- trance in the Neigh... ...e-coach, in which I instantly took a place, determined to proceed in it to Edinburgh, where I hoped to find some kind some pitying Freind who would re... ...had persuaded Lady Dorothea to accom- pany them. That they had arrived at Edinburgh a few Days before and from thence had made daily Excur- sions int... ...delicate as sweet and as tender as a Whipt- syllabub, could not resist her attractions. In a very few Days, he was falling in love, shortly after act... ...is so greatly envied Ri- val! Sir James is one of the most frequent of our Visitors, and is almost always of our Parties. We have since often met Mr ... ... but weary and distress me—. I will not finish my Letter till some of our Visitors are arrived. Friday Evening Lady Bridget came this morning, and wi...

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...rles, It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company?s office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our n...

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...t any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvani... ...terial contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania S... ...t of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use o... ...have no skill of city manners; I never before this day set foot inside the doors of Edinburgh. Take me for a country lad – it’s what I am; and 8 Robe... ...t 27th, I had the occasion I had long looked forward to, to hear some of the famous Edinburgh preachers, all well known to me already by the report of... ...the character of his intimate. But if I were to appear with the same publicity as a visitor to Catriona in her prison the world would scarce stint to ... ...d you had given me some notice in the by-going, and was so kind as to comment on my attractions! From that hour you may date our friendship, and I beg... ...nkeillor gave us a good welcome, being indeed out of the body to receive so great a visitor. Here the Advocate was so unaffect- edly good as to go qui... ...land on a strait close, with a nest of linnets in a cage, and thronged all day with visitors. Miss Grant was very fond to carry me there and put me to...

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... Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document fil... ...ssoci- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an e... ...Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classic... ...nd expiring snuffs. And what was very curious, was, that these dim old women had one company notion which was the fashion of the place. Every old woma... ... upon them to range themselves in this way; it was their manner of ‘receiving.’ As a rule, they made no attempt to talk to one another, or to look at ... ... he had had a pretty large experience of troops, and that better conducted men than these, he had never had to do with. They were always (he added) as... ... this Uncommercial Journey was printed, I hap- pened to mention the experience it describes to Lord Houghton. That gentleman then showed me an article... ...lan, Geneva— almost any important town on the continent of Europe—I find very striking after an absence of any dura- tion in foreign parts. London is ... ...RENCH-FLEMISH COUNTRY ‘IT IS NEITHER A BOLD nor a diversified country,’ said I to myself, ‘this country which is three-quarters Flemish, and a quarter...

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...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expressly to disown any one thing that I have ever published; but some t...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...“Natural Magic.” The spectre takes the shape of a human figure, or, if the visitors are more than one, then the spectres multiply; they arrange themse... ...olme Road, carried with it, of necessity, a warning summons to prepare for visitors at Greenhay. No such sum- mons had yet reached us; it was nearly m... ... it happened naturally, from my repose of manners, that I was a privileged visitor to him throughout his waking hours. I was also present at his 45 A... ...thful daugh- ter, who really was handsome—continued to improve in personal attractions; and some years after, I have heard, she 84 Thomas de Quincey ... ...sations, she was qualified to attract the most intellectual men; but baser attractions would exist for baser men; and my mother urged Miss Wesley, as ... ...y land- ladies! won, how readily, to kindness the most lavish, by the mere attractions of simplicity and youthful innocence, and finding so much inter...

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...ouse exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to be absolutely insurmountable; secondly, in having made me a p...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... one indication was a key to the whole explanation that followed. The sole visitors, it seemed, at that time to Laxton, beside my sister and myself, w... ...men; and almost uniformly I heard such ver- dicts passed upon the personal attractions of both, but espe- cially Lady Massey, as tended greatly to soo... ...to excel all the rest of his race. And in every female face possessing any attractions at all, no mat- ter what may be her general inferiority, there ... ... most enlarged and liberal curiosity; so that Mr. White’s museum furnished attractions to an unusually large variety of tastes. I had myself already s... ...four servants (and some reasonable provision of accommo- dations for a few visitors), cost originally, I believe, not more than one thousand pounds—ex... ...stiff as a poker; his sister remarking to the young gentleman that he (the visitor) was in luck that evening: it wasn’t everybody that could get that ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Vanity Fair: Volume Two (Chapters Twenty-six through Fifty) by ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...eing professional, need not be repeated; and Cackle, the Assistant M.D. of Edinburgh, condescended to examine her upon leeterature, and tried her with... ...the coat, and came forward blushing and stuttering out excuses to his fair visitor. “How was she after the events of the morning—after the fa- tigues ... ... All Jos’s blood tingled with delight, as he surveyed this vic- tim to his attractions. A few adroit words, one or two knowing tender glances of the e... ...and somewhat abashed her rival. “Dearest Amelia, you are very unwell,” the visitor said, put- ting forth her hand to take Amelia’s. “What is it? I cou... ...ll looking at her solemnly with her large eyes. These glances troubled her visitor. 57 Thackeray “She must have seen him give me the letter at the ba...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...traction, and as an unwilling victim he entered the room with her, and the visitors were ‘dreadful enough’ to congratu- late him. Albinia knew that it... ...nably early, and cut up all one’s morning.’ The door was again besieged by visitors, just as they were all going out to make the round of the garden, ... ...g to a canal bank, where there was a promising country walk, but the cruel visitors had left no time for exploring, and Albinia had to return home and... ...Step-Mother Even grandmamma and Aunt Maria did justice to Master Maurice’s attractions, at least in public, though it came round that Miss Meadows did... ...d whenever he came into the room. It was a fortnight before I could get to Edinburgh, and the journey made me as bad as ever. So the doctors were call... ...way with Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, recommended as he was, and with considerable attractions in the frankness and bright- ness of his manner. He was a very ...

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...nnsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file,... ... associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an ele... ...s, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical... ...memory as a thing apart, his father having related to him from beginning to end, and with much detail, three authen- tic murder cases. Archie went the... ...” But the stranger retained the boy, talked to him, drew him out, found in him a taste for letters, and a fine, ardent, mod- est, youthful soul; and e... ...ontinued Hermiston. “And I would send no man to be a servant to the King, God bless him! that has proved such a shauchling son to his own faither. You... ... fire. In his robes upon the bench, Glenalmond had a certain air of burliness: plucked of these, it was a may-pole of a man that rose unsteadily from ... ...rtain chill. He was reminded that he now dealt in serious matters of life and death. This was a grown woman he was approaching, en- dowed with her mys... ...ur, she had passed beyond all possibil- ity of doubt. With a sense of justice that Lord Hermiston might have envied, she had that day in church consid...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania St... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...s night-cap and dressing-gown, such a figure! As I shrank away from such a visitor, he came forward and seized my candle. “No candles after eleven o’c... ...he religious meetings. In the country he was a mag- istrate, and an active visitor and speaker among those desti- tute of religious instruction. He wa... ...e rather more interesting by being ailing of late, which has brought a new visitor to the Hall, in the person of a young doctor. Well, my dear, young ... ...eing professional, need not be repeated; and Cackle, the Assistant M.D. of Edinburgh, condescended to examine her upon leeterature, and tried her with... ... All Jos’s blood tingled with delight, as he surveyed this vic- tim to his attractions. A few adroit words, one or two knowing tender glances of the e... ...h him. He left Emmy under the persuasion that she was slain by his wit and attractions and went home to his lodgings to write a pretty little note to ...

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...Excerpt: The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child?s bed....

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... .... They walked through the garden to the front- door. This was only used by visitors and on Sun- days, and on special occasions, as when the Vicar went... ...d his cook—Philip sat demurely in the stiff parlour , used only to receive visitors, and busied himself with the restless movements of goldfish in a b... ...ing this period; for they disliked strange faces, and they looked upon the visitors from Lon- don with aversion. The house opposite was taken for six ... ...gentleman, and he’s been to a public school, and to Oxford or Cambridge.” “Edinburgh wouldn’t do, I suppose?” asked Weeks. “And he talks English like ... ... He was so young and had so few friends that immortality had no particular attractions for him, and he was able without trouble to give up belief in i...

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...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-ente...

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...Excerpt: From my boyish days I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Macbeth. It was this: the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I never could account. The effect was, that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar a...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...respect both to time and place, there is a fine exception in the annals of Edinburgh, (year 1805,) familiar to every child in Edinburgh, but which has... ...-hole, I ought to mention, about nine years be- fore, when an express from Edinburgh brought him the ear- liest intelligence of the Burke-and-Hare rev... ...thing like the fine thriving whole- sale concern so carelessly blown up at Edinburgh. ‘You see what comes of neglecting business,’—is the chief moral,... ...s rapid. Another thought to entrap her by asking what language the angelic visitors of her solitude had talked: as though heavenly counsels could want... ...tre, it cannot be pretended that the inferior situations have any separate attractions, unless the pit suits the purpose of the dramatic reporter. But...

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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pl...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...entile must be content to abide the opening of the great gate—we suffer no visitors to depart by stealth at these unsea- 54 Ivanhoe sonable hours.” “... ...or, what think ye of the doctrine the learned tell us, con- cerning innate attractions and antipathies? Methinks that I felt the presence of my brothe... ...me to visit the Sacristan at Saint Edmund’s—a sort of hedge- priest is the visitor, and kills half the deer that are stolen in the forest, who loves t... ... the feel- ings, of others. She arose, and would have conducted her lovely visitor to a seat; but the stranger looked at Elgitha, and again intimated ... ...ine of the Advocates’ Li- brary, and has been reprinted by Mr David Laing, Edinburgh. ** Vol. ii. p. 167. 472 Ivanhoe ing-match in Sherwood Forest, i... ...le to quiet travellers like myself.—L. T . The last news which I hear from Edinburgh is, that the gentleman who fills the situation of Secretary to th...

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...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, a...

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