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Page xviii
... tell Miss Williams " how much he had been pleased with Mr. Wilkes's company , and what an agreeable day he had passed . " 99 Booksellers and printers , however , whether coach - keepers or not , played but a small part in the ever ...
... tell Miss Williams " how much he had been pleased with Mr. Wilkes's company , and what an agreeable day he had passed . " 99 Booksellers and printers , however , whether coach - keepers or not , played but a small part in the ever ...
Page xxxi
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
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... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ...
... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ...
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... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copious- ness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes , in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copious- ness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes , in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
Page 49
... tell her that her son Jervis , called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and without attending to his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson enraptured to hear her son was ...
... tell her that her son Jervis , called to know how she did ; ' and was going away . The maid begged she might run up to tell her mistress , and without attending to his answer , left him . Mrs. Johnson enraptured to hear her son was ...
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