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Page 4
... obliged to speak though Charon was loth to receive sense , I could have added a great me into the boat . Pluto inquired deal more . Pluto gives his service , into the cause of my arrival ; and and Proserpine is your humble ser- upon ...
... obliged to speak though Charon was loth to receive sense , I could have added a great me into the boat . Pluto inquired deal more . Pluto gives his service , into the cause of my arrival ; and and Proserpine is your humble ser- upon ...
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... obliged to you for wishing me of the party ; I should have liked it extremely . When you P. S. Pray lay up my letter where it cannot hear the cock crow , or it will vanish , having died a maid.- There are a great many apes who go again ...
... obliged to you for wishing me of the party ; I should have liked it extremely . When you P. S. Pray lay up my letter where it cannot hear the cock crow , or it will vanish , having died a maid.- There are a great many apes who go again ...
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... obliged servant , this good news , he informed me Mrs. E. ROBINSON . LETTER VIII . considering his appetite to danger and thirst 8 [ BOOK V. ELEGANT EPISTLES . From the same to the same From the same to Richard Bentley,
... obliged servant , this good news , he informed me Mrs. E. ROBINSON . LETTER VIII . considering his appetite to danger and thirst 8 [ BOOK V. ELEGANT EPISTLES . From the same to the same From the same to Richard Bentley,
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... oblige me to Very safely trips the red - heeled shoe , do that I did not ; for what a mortifi- but most perilous is the tread of ho- cation to leave writing to you to en - nour's boot ! But a - propos , how do tertain - whom ? Why , an ...
... oblige me to Very safely trips the red - heeled shoe , do that I did not ; for what a mortifi- but most perilous is the tread of ho- cation to leave writing to you to en - nour's boot ! But a - propos , how do tertain - whom ? Why , an ...
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... obliged , faithful , and ing friend I am with , you would not affectionate servant , wonder at my encomiums upon friend- E. ROBINSON . ship , which she makes one taste in its greatest perfection . I have great- er pleasure in walking in ...
... obliged , faithful , and ing friend I am with , you would not affectionate servant , wonder at my encomiums upon friend- E. ROBINSON . ship , which she makes one taste in its greatest perfection . I have great- er pleasure in walking in ...
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