Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4G. Bell and Sons, 1724 |
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Page 15
... gone again , and said , Madam , I'll come again another time , I see you are engaged . No , no , Mrs. says the mis- tress , I am not much engaged , sit down ; this senseless crea- ture here has brought in my fool of a brother's whole ...
... gone again , and said , Madam , I'll come again another time , I see you are engaged . No , no , Mrs. says the mis- tress , I am not much engaged , sit down ; this senseless crea- ture here has brought in my fool of a brother's whole ...
Page 16
... gone dis- tracted . It was true , indeed , that at parting with my poor children I fainted , and was like one mad when I came to myself and found they were gone ; but I remained in the house a good while after that , as you shall hear ...
... gone dis- tracted . It was true , indeed , that at parting with my poor children I fainted , and was like one mad when I came to myself and found they were gone ; but I remained in the house a good while after that , as you shall hear ...
Page 19
... 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 that , and had paid him no rent , and which was worse , I was in no condition to pay him any . However ...
... 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 that , and had paid him no rent , and which was worse , I was in no condition to pay him any . However ...
Page 21
... 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 ? Nay , Amy , said I , he means to do us good , you see , don't he ? I know no other ...
... 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 ? Nay , Amy , said I , he means to do us good , you see , don't he ? I know no other ...
Page 23
... gone long ago , for mere bread . However , I was tight and clean , and in better plight thar he had seen me in a great while , and he looked extremely pleased to see me so ; for he said I looked so disconsolatc and so afflicted before ...
... gone long ago , for mere bread . However , I was tight and clean , and in better plight thar he had seen me in a great while , and he looked extremely pleased to see me so ; for he said I looked so disconsolatc and so afflicted before ...
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