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was rather to great for endurance – (
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What if it is cold – (
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No one else upon the canal observed it – (
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changed his ways very much – (
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Saint Nicholas – Святой Николас – не столько религиозный, сколько сказочный образ; во время зимних праздников играет примерно такую же роль, как Санта Клаус или Дед Мороз (
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but a half-dollar’s worth will sometimes do for the poor what hundreds of dollars may fail to do for the rich – (
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Who could tell? – (
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should sing the same loving invitation that had brought him the year before – (
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in an instant – (
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in full array – (
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more than once – (
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hit the Doel – (
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was filled to overflowing – (
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vowed inwardly that the cat should never know another moment’s grief – (
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Father Cats – Якоб Катс (1577–1660), нидерландский поэт
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He writes only sense. – (
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it had gone out – (
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must call the roll – (
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the most matter-of-course place in the world – (
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a dogcart, heaped with wooden ware – (
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had no money to spare – (
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scarcely less than a crime – (
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Sir William Temple – сэр Вильям Темпл (1628–1699), английский дипломат, эссеист
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You were in your swaddling clothes then. – (
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they had the better of him – (
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Takes the Dutch to beat – (
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Gerard Douw – Герард Доу (1613–1675), голландский художник
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That was high! – (
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Paul Potter – Пауль Поттер (1625–1654), голландский живописец
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he’s been taken with one – (
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in a twinkling – (
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it’s much farther – (
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if all are agreed – (
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Хотя увлечение тюльпанами не получило в Англии такого распространения, как в Голландии, этот цветок вскоре сделался предметом спекуляции и достиг очень высокой цены. В 1636 г. тюльпаны публично продавались на Лондонской бирже. Еще в 1880 г. за луковицу платили по 15 гиней. Бен не знал, что в его время один тюльпан с луковицей