Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 |
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... shut up the doors , and be gone : that the people should be told , that if they did
not think fit to take some care of the children , they might send for the
churchwardens , if they thought that better , for that they were born in that parish ,
and there ...
... shut up the doors , and be gone : that the people should be told , that if they did
not think fit to take some care of the children , they might send for the
churchwardens , if they thought that better , for that they were born in that parish ,
and there ...
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... kind indeed , after he came to know my circumstances , though , before he was
acquainted with that part , he had gone so far as to seize my goods , and to carry
some of them off too . But I had lived three quarters of a year in his house after ...
... kind indeed , after he came to know my circumstances , though , before he was
acquainted with that part , he had gone so far as to seize my goods , and to carry
some of them off too . But I had lived three quarters of a year in his house after ...
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... I can ; and in the mean time , he said , he would walk in the garden . When he
was gone , Amy changed her countenance , indeed , and looked as merry as
ever she did in her life . Dear madam , says she , what does this gentleman mean
?
... I can ; and in the mean time , he said , he would walk in the garden . When he
was gone , Amy changed her countenance , indeed , and looked as merry as
ever she did in her life . Dear madam , says she , what does this gentleman mean
?
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When he was gone , Well , Amy , said I , are you convinced now that he is an
honest as well as a true friend , and that there has been nothing , not the least
appearance of anything of what you imagined , in his behaviour ? Yes , says Amy
, I ...
When he was gone , Well , Amy , said I , are you convinced now that he is an
honest as well as a true friend , and that there has been nothing , not the least
appearance of anything of what you imagined , in his behaviour ? Yes , says Amy
, I ...
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... and saw that he was sincere in his design of serving me ; that he had gone
thus far to show me that he was kind to me , but that now he would tell me that he
loved me , and yet would demonstrate that his love was both honourable , and
that ...
... and saw that he was sincere in his design of serving me ; that he had gone
thus far to show me that he was kind to me , but that now he would tell me that he
loved me , and yet would demonstrate that his love was both honourable , and
that ...
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