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1.  The Black Dwarf / Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
   Halbert, or Hobbie Elliot, a substantial farmer, who boasted his descent from old Martin Elliot ... . The cleugh, or wild ravine, into which Hobbie Elliot had followed the game, was already far behind him  details...
   • creator(s) - Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
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   • subject(s) - earnscliff; ellieslaw; hobbie; ratcliffe; elshie; mareschal; hae; elliot; isabella; dwarf; sae; hobbie elliot; frederick langley; young earnscliff; frederick; mareschal; elshie; ellieslaw; young earnscliff; isabella; hobbie elliot; hobbie; frederick langley; sae; hae; frederick; elliot; earnscliff; dwarf; ratcliffe;
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2.  Stamp Collecting as a Pastime / Nankivell, Edward James, 1848-1909
   at the clannishness of stamp collectors, and their lifelong devotion to their hobby. They are thunderstruck ... a tired worker in search of a hobby may be persuaded that of all the relaxations that are open to him none  details...
   • creator(s) - Nankivell, Edward James, 1848-1909
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   • subject(s) - stamps; postage; stamp; postage stamps; album; collector; collectors; stamp collecting; price; philatelic society; varieties; postage stamp; stamp collector; postal issues; great britain; great rarities; post; gilt edges; stamp collectors; collecting; rar; varieties; stamp collecting; post; stamp; great rarities; postal issues; gilt edges; collecting; postage; collectors; philatelic society; price; postage stamps; postage stamp; rar; great britain; collector; stamp collector; stamp collectors; stamps; album;
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3.  Let's Collect Rocks and Shells / Shell Union Oil Corporation
   that they can lead to a career or a satisfying hobby. Shell Oil Company's interest in the subjects comes ... in conchology, as you've already noticed. Why? Well, because this is a hobby and science that spans the world  details...
   • creator(s) - Shell Union Oil Corporation
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   • subject(s) - minerals; mollusks; shells; mineral; captions; shell; rocks; gems; oil; species; specimens; rock; captions; rocks; rock; gems; minerals; specimens; mineral; shell; species; shells; mollusks; oil;
   • title - Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
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4.  Mystification / Poe, Edgar Allen
   , and the nicety of his sense of honor, that he most especially prided himself. These things were a hobby ... , with a sarcasm and a sneer. The hobby of Hermann now took the bit in his teeth. This I could discern  details...
   • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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   • subject(s) - ritzner; hermann; jung; baron; duello; mystification; etiquette; treatise; countenance; american literature; mystification; baron; jung; etiquette; duello; countenance; ritzner; treatise; american literature; hermann;
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5.  Three Sundays In A Week / Poe, Edgar Allen
   of the hobby he was riding. For the rest, he laughed with his arms and legs, and his politics were stubborn ... . This was, in fact, one of his hobbies. The spirit of his vows he made no scruple of setting at naught  details...
   • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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   • subject(s) - smitherton; rumgudgeon; pratt; kate; dubble; uncle; dee; sunday; plum; captain; precisely; doctor; sundays; yesterday; miles; american literature; pratt; plum; miles; kate; captain; uncle; yesterday; sunday; smitherton; dubble; rumgudgeon; precisely; dee; american literature; sundays; doctor;
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6.  In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays / Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
   , 1598, to January, 1613 (when he died), Bodley was happy with as glorious a hobby-horse as ever man rode ... growing and painful infirmities (stone, ague, dropsy), Bodley never even for a day dismounted his hobby  details...
   • creator(s) - Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
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   • subject(s) - bodleian; augustine; essays; name; time; library; books; whiting; halsey; francis; birrell; man; book; time; library; bodleian; books; whiting; essays; halsey; francis; birrell; name; man; book;
   • title - In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays
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7.  A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England / Sharp, Cecil J.
   :-- They should be a Morris dancers by their jingle, but they have no napkins. No, nor a hobby horse. Oh ... , the piper--that is, the musician--and the fool. The hobby-horse, described later, was habitually associated  details...
   • creator(s) - Sharp, Cecil J.
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   • subject(s) - morris; nos; notation; bar; bars; dancers; dance; tapping; morris dance; column; music; king hal; tap; constant billy; dances; bluff king; jump; chain; stick; front; stick; notation; nos; bar; tap; bluff king; tapping; music; column; jump; chain; dance; morris; front; bars; constant billy; dancers; dances; king hal; morris dance;
   • title - A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England
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8.  John Keble's Parishes / Yonge, Charlotte Mary, 1823-1901
   , and Merdon was resumed by the Crown. It was then granted to Sir Philip Hobby who had been one of King Henry ... on a living dog being better than a dead lion. Hobby then claimed the manor, but Bishop White made  details...
   • creator(s) - Yonge, Charlotte Mary, 1823-1901
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   • subject(s) - hursley; otterbourne; cranbury; merdon; itchen; ampfield; manor; heathcote; keble; otterbourne hill; winchester; william heathcote; vicar; customary; hursley park; customary tenement; otterbourne park; otterbourne house; ampfield wood; parish; bishop; cus; heathcote; hursley; itchen; otterbourne; customary tenement; manor; cus; parish; merdon; vicar; otterbourne house; otterbourne hill; william heathcote; otterbourne park; hursley park; ampfield wood; customary; winchester; cranbury; ampfield; bishop; keble;
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9.  The Plain Man and His Wife / Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931
   be a foolish and merry one. Many men fall into the error of assuming that their hobbies must be as dignified ... . If they take up a sport, it is because the sport may improve their health. And if the hobby is intellectual  details...
   • creator(s) - Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931
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   • subject(s) - omicron; alpha; alpha; omicron;
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10.  Psmith in the City / Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975
    spectator of a Pageant. My pater wants to jump in and stage-manage. He is a man of hobbies. He never ... Mike was introduced to the man of hobbies. Mr Smith, senior, was a long, earnest-looking man who might  details...
    • creator(s) - Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975
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    • subject(s) - psmith; bickersdyke; mike; comrade bickersdyke; comrade jackson; comrade; waller; jackson; comrade rossiter; asiatic bank; postage department; new asiatic; bank; comrade; waller; mike; psmith; bank; asiatic bank; bickersdyke; comrade rossiter; jackson; postage department; new asiatic; comrade jackson; comrade bickersdyke;
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