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  • "Telson," he groaned, directly he found himself beside his faithful ally, "I've not looked at it!"

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • He said he will send all students to school, said Telson Elli, 23, an agronomy student at a university in downtown Port-au-Prince.

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  • Many deals and vouchers have fine print, says Nick Telson, founder of designmynight.com.

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  • Telson actually forgets Parson, Cusack deserts even his own father in the jubilation of the moment, each striving to get within cheering distance of the heroes of the day as they are carried shoulder-high round the ground amid the shouts and applause of the whole multitude.

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • "No, I don't," said Telson, surlily; then, suddenly recollecting he was in polite though disagreeable company, he added, "ma'am."

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • "Telson, ma'am," said Telson, following Parson with longing eyes.

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • "It's not he that cut the rudder-line, is it?" asked Telson.

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • Game, with a forced smile which ill accorded with his inward astonishment, left the study without another word, heedless even of the laugh which Telson could no longer repress.

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • Among those who emerged exactly as the doctor's fly passed were three boys, whom Telson and Parson recognised in a moment.

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • Telson and Parson looked at one another and groaned inwardly.

    The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

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