Baldwin; or, A miser's heir, by an old bachelor [signed G.H.E.]. |
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... covered with the snow , and mortal stiff to be sure ; Jack be run across to the cottage at the wood - side , to get somebody to help bring un here , and I ha started off afore , afore , to give ye notice , and get things BALDWIN . 18.
... covered with the snow , and mortal stiff to be sure ; Jack be run across to the cottage at the wood - side , to get somebody to help bring un here , and I ha started off afore , afore , to give ye notice , and get things BALDWIN . 18.
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... - clusion both of the advocate and his pro- tégé . Fortunately , however , for the cause of humanity , before the embryo maledic- tion could burst in thunder on the head of its tion 14 BALDWIN . afore, to give ye notice, and get things ...
... - clusion both of the advocate and his pro- tégé . Fortunately , however , for the cause of humanity , before the embryo maledic- tion could burst in thunder on the head of its tion 14 BALDWIN . afore, to give ye notice, and get things ...
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... give him the pass , and touch their hats to the " old miser , " a name by which he was much more frequently de- signated than by any other appellation whatsoever . Three persons only had been known to visit him in his retreat ; a lad ...
... give him the pass , and touch their hats to the " old miser , " a name by which he was much more frequently de- signated than by any other appellation whatsoever . Three persons only had been known to visit him in his retreat ; a lad ...
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... give every encouragement to his passion , till she finally give BALDWIN . 61 and boisterous mode of address, were by ...
... give every encouragement to his passion , till she finally give BALDWIN . 61 and boisterous mode of address, were by ...
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Richard Harris Barham. give every encouragement to his passion , till she finally succeeded in accomplishing her aim . Still , though unhackneyed in the ways of men , from an early introduc- tion to good company , Charles Delaval , to a ...
Richard Harris Barham. give every encouragement to his passion , till she finally succeeded in accomplishing her aim . Still , though unhackneyed in the ways of men , from an early introduc- tion to good company , Charles Delaval , to a ...
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