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He was usefle in a thousand different ways, gitting oppra-boxes, and invitations to French swarries, bying gloves, and O de Colong, writing French noats, and such like.
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He was usefle in a thousand different ways, gitting oppra-boxes, and invitations to French swarries, bying gloves, and O de
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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All night, at her ladyship's swarries, she thumped kidrills (nobody ever thought of asking HER to dance!); when Miss
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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We had our cab, and two riding horses; our banker's book, and a thousand pound for a balantz at Lafitt's; our club at the corner of the Rew Gramong; our share in a box at the oppras; our apartments, spacious and elygant; our swarries at court; our dinners at his excellency Lord Bobtail's and elsewhere.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Lafitt’s; our club at the corner of the Rew Gramong; our share in a box at the oppras; our apartments, spacious and elygant; our swarries at court; our dinners at his excellency Lord
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All night, at her ladyship’s swarries, she thumped kidrills
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