 I think you set out for this place in your nine and twentieth year, what have you been doing all this while ? I had a great deal of business on my hands, says she, being taken up the first twelve years of my life in dressing a jointed baby, and all the...  The Guardian - Page 280by Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1714 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
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...had a great deal of bufocfs on my hands, fays fbe, being taken up th£ tirft twelve years of my h'fe in dreffing a jointed baby, and all the remaining...well, fays he, you have employed your time to good pnrpofe. Away -yith her. The next was a plaiii country-woman; "\Vcll, miftrefs, fays K.badamanthusf... | |
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