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The floor of the cloister itself was covered with thousands of identical,...
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Ludicrous foppery if not outright witchcraft.
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Demme, sir!” exclaimed Titmouse, starting aside with an offended air—...
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The Gentleman's Buck
2oz bourbon 1/2 oz lemon juice, 1/2 oz orange juice 3/4 oz ginger syrup (1:1 simple syrup, ginger juice) 2 shakes angostura bitters dry shake peel top with soda over ice
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His self-conceit was so intense, that it consumed every vestige of sense he had...
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In the progress of society we have dropped the physical part of the business;...
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Thus were thy arms suddenly held back from behind, just as they were encircling...
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Mr. Gammon conceived a fearful, a shuddering loathing and disgust for the...
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If the earth gradually stopped spinning and was eventually still, the water would be drawn to the polar regions due to the flattened ellipsoid shape of the planet. We’d be left with two polar oceans, an immense “waistband” megacontinent, and a few scattered lakes.
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Pray, sir, be silent!” exclaimed Mr. Aubrey, in a tone that electrified...
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