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| ... He has been my ruin and my downfall." "Here are paper and pen. Sit at this desk and write to my dictation. Direct the envelope to the address given. That is right. Now the letter: "DEAR SIR: "With regard to our transaction, you will no doubt have observed by now ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... the flicker of an eye-lash. He still gloated over his successes, and was cast into the deeps by his failures. He held the envelope to the light, shook it tentatively, like any woman, guessed hastily and hopefully at the contents, and tore off an end impatiently. From the great ... |
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[ OTHER LITERATURES]
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| ... had grown more and more used to his own intention, and by now distinctly perceived the feasibility of its execution. He was sealing the envelope to the lawyer, when he heard the loud tones of Stepan Arkadyevich''s voice. Stepan Arkadyevich was disputing with Alexei Alexandrovich''s servant, and insisting on being ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... days from now, let the candidate appear at the town-hall at eight in the evening (Friday), and hand his remark, in a sealed envelope, to the Rev. Mr. Burgess (if he will be kind enough to act); and let Mr. Burgess there and then destroy the seals of the ... |
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[ FRENCH FICTION]
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| ... pitchforks. The cure of the parish was obliged to walk up to the balloon to reassure his terrified flock. They finally attached the burst envelope to a horse's tail, and dragged it far across the fields. Many drawings and engravings of the period represent the peasants armed with pitchforks, flails, ... |
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Healy William & Mary - Pathological Lying, Accusation, And Swindling: A Study In Forensic Psychology
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| ... out sharply. Gertrude was held to the adult court in the matter of the forgery of a check, which had been presented in an envelope to a bank teller by her and cashed as in the regular line of business between the bank and the firm for which she worked. ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... dates of mail steamers seemed to be of increased importance. Miss Vanderpoel evidently found much to write about. Each steamer brought a full-looking envelope to be placed in a prominent position. On a hot morning in the early summer Mr. Germen found two or three--two of them of ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... of this was 230 feet, the diameter only 33 feet, and the capacity was 113,000 cubic feet, while the upper part of the envelope, to which the covering net was attached, was specially covered to ensure a stiffening effect. The car of this dirigible was dropped rather lower than ... |
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[ ENGLISH MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS]
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| ... and the envelope tore during inflation and the airship failed to ascend. In the following year Dr. Woelfert, of Berlin, produced a cigar-shaped envelope, to which was attached rigidly a long bamboo framework containing the car. An 8 horse-power benzine Daimler motor drove a twin-bladed aluminium propeller, ... |
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[ FRENCH FICTION]
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| ... deceptive as to his real nature; for he was capable of committing any silliness with the most exemplary gravity. His clothes were a necessary envelope, to which he paid not the slightest attention, for his eyes looked too high among the clouds to concern themselves with such materialities. This great ... |
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[ DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS]
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| ... decay: The second of the four segments of a typical ADSR envelope. The decay control determines the amount of time it takes for the envelope to fall from the peak reached at the end of the attack segment to the sustain level. See ADSR. decibel: A unit of measurement used ... |
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