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1.  The Old Bachelor: a Comedy / Congreve, William, 1670-1729
   ; in love with Araminta--Mr. Williams SHARPER--Mr. Verbruggen SIR JOSEPH WITTOL--Mr. Bowen CAPTAIN BLUFFE ... ] SHARPER. SHARP. I'm sorry to see this, Ned. Once a man comes to his soliloquies, I give him for gone  details...
   • creator(s) - Congreve, William, 1670-1729
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   • subject(s) - belin; laet; bellmour; vainlove; aram; setter; lucy; bluff; bell; sharper; sharp; joseph; nay; fond; madam; vain; scene; vain; fond; joseph; sharp; madam; bell; nay; sharper; belin; aram; bellmour; lucy; bluff; vainlove; scene; laet; setter;
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2.  Over the Sliprails / Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
   time. H. L. Sydney, June 9th, 1900. Contents The Shanty-Keeper's Wife A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper An Incident at Stiffner's The Hero of Redclay The Darling River A Case for the Oracle ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
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   • subject(s) - mitchell; steelman; joe; oracle; jack; bob; henry lawson; henry lawson; jack; mitchell; joe; steelman; oracle; bob;
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3.  The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III / Anonymous
   . The Hedgehog and the Pigeons a. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers 9. The Thief and his Monkey a ... . The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad 23. The Mock Khalif 24. Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper  details...
   • creator(s) - Anonymous
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   • subject(s) - alaeddin; khalif; ben bekkar; dinars; allah; ali; thousand dinars; ali ben; vizier; ben; alaeddin abou; esh shamat; abou esh; whereupon; whilst; 'by allah; princess budour; dinars; thousand dinars; whilst; ali; princess budour; alaeddin abou; khalif; ben bekkar; whereupon; ben; abou esh; vizier; esh shamat; alaeddin; ali ben; 'by allah; allah;
   • title - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III
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4.  The Photoplay A Psychological Study / ünsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916
   , the sharper the pictures. Uchatius in Vienna constructed an apparatus as early as 1853 to throw these pictures ... rhythm is quickened, a greater pressure of time is applied, and through that the accents become sharper  details...
   • creator(s) - ünsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916
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   • subject(s) - photoplay; theater; esthetic; film; camera; stage; drama; pictures; movement; reality; art; theater; reality; photoplay; stage; film; esthetic; art; movement; camera; drama; pictures;
   • title - The Photoplay A Psychological Study
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5.  The Gate of the Giant Scissors / Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931
   , as he worked, the blades began to grow sharper and sharper, and brighter and brighter, and longer and longer ... the scissors became brighter and sharper, until they finally began to open and shut of their own accord  details...
   • creator(s) - Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931
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   • subject(s) - joyce; jules; brossard; scissors; cousin kate; kate; monsieur; giant scissors; madame; cousin; jules; madame; monsieur; giant scissors; kate; joyce; cousin; brossard; cousin kate; scissors;
   • title - The Gate of the Giant Scissors
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6.  The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum / Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965
   't nothin' sharper than the tongue in her mouf-- Come along! Come along! She once was pretty ... . Her sharp little old face looked sharper than ever. It always looks sharper when she is worried, just  details...
   • creator(s) - Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965
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   • subject(s) - unc' billy; billy; possum; billy possum; reddy; reddy fox; sammy jay; prickly porky; sammy; jimmy skunk; farmer brown's; unc' billy's; farmer; bobby coon; peter rabbit; happy jack; peter; peter rabbit's; hollow; billy possum's; hollow tree; green forest; unc' billy's; reddy fox; happy jack; unc' billy; hollow; sammy; bobby coon; possum; green forest; peter rabbit's; billy possum; peter rabbit; hollow tree; farmer brown's; reddy; jimmy skunk; peter; prickly porky; farmer; sammy jay; billy; billy possum's;
   • title - The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum
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7.  The Man Who Kept His Money in a Box / Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
   . One hears of sharpers on every side committing depredations by means of most singular intrigues ... me in a confidential whisper. "Wait for money from England." "But they will think we are all sharpers," she said  details...
   • creator(s) - Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
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   • subject(s) - sophonisba; bellaggio; como; greene; box; box; sophonisba; como; bellaggio; greene;
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8.  The Man Of The Crowd / Poe, Edgar Allen
   . Very often, in company with these sharpers, I observed an order of men somewhat different in habits ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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   • subject(s) - visage; wore; countenance; american literature; wore; countenance; american literature; visage;
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9.  Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay / Allen, Grant, 1848-1899
   whom any common sharper can take in, is Charles Vandrift. Middle height, square build, firm mouth, keen eyes ... , had been even more careful than usual about possible sharpers. And, as chance would have it, there sat just  details...
   • creator(s) - Allen, Grant, 1848-1899
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   • subject(s) - colonel clay; charles; charles vandrift; colonel; madame picardet; clay; lady vandrift; white heather; young granton; charles; white heather; charles vandrift; colonel clay; young granton; madame picardet; colonel; clay; lady vandrift;
   • title - Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
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10.  The Swindler and Other Stories / Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May), 1881-1939
    should just love him to get away," she declared, with kindling eyes. "Oh, I know he's a regular sharper ... muttered to his neighbour that the fellow might be all right, but he had the eyes of a sharper  details...
    • creator(s) - Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May), 1881-1939
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    • subject(s) - babbacombe; rivington; cynthia; priscilla; lord ronald; mademoiselle stephanie; cynthia; priscilla; babbacombe; mademoiselle stephanie; lord ronald; rivington;
    • title - The Swindler and Other Stories
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