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Mr. Siegers '(the son's) overwhelming voice, in brassy blasts, as though he had been trying to articulate his words through a trombone, was expressing his great regret at a conduct characterised by a very marked want of discre-tion ...
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Mr. Siegers '(the son's) overwhelming voice, in brassy blasts, as though he had been trying to articulate his words through a trombone, was expressing his great regret at a conduct characterised by a very marked want of discre-tion ...
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- Earlier today, Apple launched updated MacBook Pro models, moving its 15 "and 17" models to Intel Core i5 and i7 processors utilizing integrated Intel graphics paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discre ...
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- Earlier today, Apple launched updated MacBook Pro models, moving its 15 "and 17" models to Intel Core i5 and i7 processors utilizing integrated Intel graphics paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discre ...
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- Earlier today, Apple launched updated MacBook Pro models, moving its 15 "and 17" models to Intel Core i5 and i7 processors utilizing integrated Intel graphics paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discre ...
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- Earlier today, Apple launched updated MacBook Pro models, moving its 15 "and 17" models to Intel Core i5 and i7 processors utilizing integrated Intel graphics paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discre ...
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But the finding of sure - ties for good bebavioar is a point of discre - tion merely; and we cannot assent to it with - out great offence to the parliament, where these matters which are surmised bj return were acted: and by the statute of 4th Henry VIIL all pnnishments of such nature are made void and of none effect. '
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The author of the present narrative can discern with half an eye that the invasion of Canada was not conducted with that accuracy and discre - tion which has usually marked the move - ineiits of the Gulls.
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Your years are not the years of discre« lion; your decisions are not the deci -
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* 'Bless my soul! "said the good citizen, holding up his hands, *' how any body caa talk so fast as has never been in London, is the most surprisingest thing I ever hard of, unless, to be sure, one remembers that any body would live to years of discre - tion, without going to London, and seeing the lord mayor's coach. "
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