City Crimes; Or, Life in New York and BostonThompson, George
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City Crimes; Or, Life in New York and Boston
Thompson, George
Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction; Crime -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
"pausing before Mr. Belmont's chamber" -->
"pausing before Mrs. Belmont's chamber"
"the pathetic Hiberian ballad" -->
"the pathetic Hibernian ballad"
"Our preferences are both strictly classical;" -->
"'Our preferences are both strictly classical;"
"'Insolent, am I?'--take that, and be d----d to you!'" -->
"'Insolent, am I?--take that, and be d----d to you!'"
"laughing heartily.'--'d'ye think" -->
"laughing heartily.--'d'ye think"
"On, how I hugged myself with joy" -->
"Oh, how I hugged myself with joy"
"and gazing eagerly about him. Pete, did you hear anything?'" -->
"and gazing eagerly about him. 'Pete, did you hear anything?'"
"Kinchen's" italicized
"The day when he commits murder will be he happiest day of
my life." -->
"The day when he commits murder will be the happiest day of
my life."
"She faintly thanked her deliver" -->
"She faintly thanked her deliverer"
"disgusting and and unnatural" -->
"disgusting and unnatural"
"until a strange feeling of fascination over him" -->
"until a strange feeling of fascination came over him"
"but, to my, horror," -->
"but, to my horror,"
"my old schoolmates are now keeping fashionable
boarding house" -->
"my old schoolmates are now keeping fashionable
boarding houses"
"escritoire" italicized
"tete-a-tete" italicized
"'_Dare?_ exclaimed the Doctor" -->
"'_Dare?_' exclaimed the Doctor"
"with is so charming a characteristic" -->
"which is so charming a characteristic"
"have been more less tainted with crime" -->
"have been more or less tainted with crime"
"Two policeman now ran up" -->
"Two policemen now ran up"
"his unvaried kindess" -->
"his unvaried kindness"
"raising her fair had" -->
"raising her fair hand"
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