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1.  The Adventure of the Cardboard Box / Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
   . Have you observed in the paper a short paragraph referring to the remarkable contents of a packet sent ... the paragraph indicated. It was headed, "A Gruesome Packet." "Miss Susan Cushing, living at Cross Street, Croydon  details...
   • creator(s) - Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
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   • subject(s) - lestrade; cushing; miss cushing; holmes; sarah; browner; croydon; packet; watson; liverpool; police; police; holmes; lestrade; miss cushing; croydon; packet; liverpool; watson; cushing; browner; sarah;
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2.  The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors / Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925
   !" VII. THE BRILLIANT ERA OF 1812 VIII. THE PACKET SHIPS OF THE "ROARING FORTIES" IX. THE STATELY CLIPPER ... . While in the Pickering he attacked a heavily armed royal mail packet bound to England from the West Indies, one  details...
   • creator(s) - Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925
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   • subject(s) - clipper; salem; seamen; ships; american; captain; yankee; ship; schooner; vessels; merchant marine; afloat; amasa delano; trade; british; packet; cargo; marine; crew; atlantic; sailors; voyage; merchant; boston; boston; cargo; seamen; merchant; clipper; ships; yankee; voyage; merchant marine; marine; afloat; british; packet; vessels; amasa delano; sailors; trade; schooner; salem; ship; crew; captain; atlantic; american;
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3.  Stamp Collecting as a Pastime / Nankivell, Edward James, 1848-1909
   Director may be said to be a product of the original business, for it was a present of a guinea packet ... advance per thousand. Those stamps the ordinary dealer makes up into packets at a further profit  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;
   • title - Stamp Collecting as a Pastime
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4.  Carmen's Messenger / Bindloss, Harold, 1866-1945
   'S PEOPLE VI. HIS COMRADE'S STORY VII. THE PACKET VIII. AN OFFER OF HELP IX. THE FALSE ... a packet for me to Edinburgh." "Of course," said Foster, who felt some surprise, and thought Carmen saw  details...
   • creator(s) - Bindloss, Harold, 1866-1945
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   • subject(s) - foster; featherstone; daly; lawrence; pete; fred hulton; foster thought; lawrence; pete; fred hulton; daly; foster; featherstone; foster thought;
   • title - Carmen's Messenger
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5.  The Man of Destiny / Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
   upright, and takes a packet of papers from her bosom. For a moment she has an intense impulse to dash ... unties the packet, the seal of which is already broken, and puts it on the table to examine its contents  details...
   • creator(s) - Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
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   • subject(s) - giuseppe; napoleon; lieutenant; lady; napoleon; lady; giuseppe; lieutenant;
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6.  Homeward bound : or, The chase : a tale of the sea / by J. Fenimore Cooper. / Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
   packet, and if it should be found to contain a single sentence to controvert any one of our statements ... ; the reign of a popular packet, a popular preacher, or a popular anything-else, in America, being limited  details...
   • creator(s) - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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   • publisher - New York : Stringer and Townsend, 1856.
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   • subject(s) - effingham; captain truck; truck; homeward bound; john effingham; homeward; montauk; leach; captain; mademoiselle viefville; dodge; ship; arabs; george templemore; paul; blunt; captain ducie; miss effingham; monday; boat; deck; mademoiselle viefville; truck; monday; deck; arabs; miss effingham; ship; captain; george templemore; homeward bound; leach; captain truck; captain ducie; effingham; boat; montauk; dodge; john effingham; blunt; homeward; paul;
   • title - Homeward bound : or, The chase : a tale of the sea / by J. Fenimore Cooper.
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7.  or, the Chase / Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
   -book of the Montauk, London packet, and if it should be found to contain a single sentence to controvert any one ... of a popular packet, a popular preacher, or a popular anything-else, in America, being limited by a national  details...
   • creator(s) - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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   • subject(s) - effingham; captain truck; truck; john effingham; montauk; mademoiselle viefville; leach; captain; dodge; george templemore; eve; ship; arabs; paul; blunt; miss effingham; captain ducie; monday; deck; boat; george templemore; mademoiselle viefville; truck; monday; leach; deck; captain truck; captain ducie; effingham; boat; arabs; montauk; dodge; john effingham; miss effingham; ship; blunt; captain; eve; paul;
   • title - or, the Chase
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8.  The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes / Doyle, Arthur Conan
   she noticed the corner of the little paper packet protruding from his closed hand. " 'What business ... . Have you observed in the paper a short paragraph referring to the remark- able contents of a packet sent  details...
   • creator(s) - Doyle, Arthur Conan
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   • subject(s) - holmes; watson; sherlock holmes; colonel; hall pycroft; english literature; holmes; hall pycroft; watson; colonel; english literature; sherlock holmes;
   • title - The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
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9.  Havoc / Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips), 1866-1946
   "VON BEHRLING HAS THE PACKET" VI VON BEHRLING IS TEMPTED VII "WE PLAY FOR GREAT STAKES ... when I put this packet in his hand. We'll make New York hum, I can promise you, and Europe too." Bellamy  details...
   • creator(s) - Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips), 1866-1946
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   • subject(s) - laverick; bellamy; mademoiselle idiale; laverick answered; stephen laverick; laverick asked; bellamy answered; laverick remarked; laverick continued; laverick looked; laverick declared; laverick continued; stephen laverick; bellamy; bellamy answered; laverick looked; mademoiselle idiale; laverick declared; laverick asked; laverick answered; laverick remarked; laverick;
   • title - Havoc
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10.  Section P and Q /
    . & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. Packet.]

    1. A bundle made ... >Act or process of packing.

    2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet  details...

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    • subject(s) - blockquote; ouml; shak; obs; shak; ouml; blockquote; obs;
    • title - Section P and Q
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