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  • Come on up, Martin Cunningham said to the subsheriff.

    Ulysses 2003

  • Martin Cunningham spoke by turns, twirling the peak of his beard, to the assistant town clerk and the subsheriff, while John

    Ulysses 2003

  • Martin Cunningham spoke by turns, twirling the peak of his beard, to the assistant town clerk and the subsheriff, while John Wyse Nolan held his peace.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • -- Come on up, Martin Cunningham said to the subsheriff.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • _ (The subsheriff Long John Fanning appears, smoking a pungent Henry

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

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