Baldwin; or, A miser's heir, by an old bachelor [signed G.H.E.]. |
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... course ) miserable productions it would be very mauvais ton for any lady or gentle- man of sentiment and fashion in these days to cast a second glance on , while the fas cinating duodecimos of such elegant vota- ries of Phoebus , as ...
... course ) miserable productions it would be very mauvais ton for any lady or gentle- man of sentiment and fashion in these days to cast a second glance on , while the fas cinating duodecimos of such elegant vota- ries of Phoebus , as ...
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... course of his ideas , and rendering him as eager now for the reception of the unfor- tunate sufferer , as he had before been averse to that necessary measure . This sudden revulsion of opinion , it is possible , might have been ...
... course of his ideas , and rendering him as eager now for the reception of the unfor- tunate sufferer , as he had before been averse to that necessary measure . This sudden revulsion of opinion , it is possible , might have been ...
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... course , an inquest must be held at the Royal Oak . This latter remark tended a little to dis- sipate the clouds which chagrin had begun to scatter over the rosy features of the land- lord ; but in executing the first part of the ...
... course , an inquest must be held at the Royal Oak . This latter remark tended a little to dis- sipate the clouds which chagrin had begun to scatter over the rosy features of the land- lord ; but in executing the first part of the ...
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... course , as expeditiously as the nature of the road would admit , to the habitation of his late tenant , at the door of which he perceived old Andrew Robin- son , the kind of half - domestic , half - com- panion , we have before alluded ...
... course , as expeditiously as the nature of the road would admit , to the habitation of his late tenant , at the door of which he perceived old Andrew Robin- son , the kind of half - domestic , half - com- panion , we have before alluded ...
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... course of edu- cation somewhere in the neighbourhood of the metropolis , still I know not the precise spot of his residence : of this , how- ever , the papers of my friend will , of course , furnish us with the requisite infor- mation ...
... course of edu- cation somewhere in the neighbourhood of the metropolis , still I know not the precise spot of his residence : of this , how- ever , the papers of my friend will , of course , furnish us with the requisite infor- mation ...
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