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to ask or plead for something
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- Brittles obeyed; the group, peeping timorously over each other's shoulders, beheld no more formidable object than poor little Oliver Twist, speechless and exhausted, who raised his heavy eyes, and mutely solicited their compassion.Chapter 28 — Looks after Oliver, and Proceeds with His Adventures (86% in)
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