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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... head manager of his business , and let me know how much she had made of everything , very punctually and honestly . I should have observed , in the account of his dwelling with me so long at that he never passed for anything there but a ...
... head manager of his business , and let me know how much she had made of everything , very punctually and honestly . I should have observed , in the account of his dwelling with me so long at that he never passed for anything there but a ...
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... a guest . He said something exceeding kind on that head , but not fit to repeat , adding , that my ccm- pany would make him amends . About midnight he sent his gentleman of an errand , THE PRINCE TAKES SUPPER WITH ME. ...
... a guest . He said something exceeding kind on that head , but not fit to repeat , adding , that my ccm- pany would make him amends . About midnight he sent his gentleman of an errand , THE PRINCE TAKES SUPPER WITH ME. ...
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... head bade me go to any of the Romish clergy , and , under the pretence of confession , state the case exactly , and I should see they would either resolve it to be no sin at all , or absolve me upon the easiest penance . This I had a ...
... head bade me go to any of the Romish clergy , and , under the pretence of confession , state the case exactly , and I should see they would either resolve it to be no sin at all , or absolve me upon the easiest penance . This I had a ...
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... head , which would have been worth in England two hundred pounds sterling ; and I was every way set out as well as Amy could dress me , who was a very genteel dresser too . In this figure I came to him , out of my dressing - room ...
... head , which would have been worth in England two hundred pounds sterling ; and I was every way set out as well as Amy could dress me , who was a very genteel dresser too . In this figure I came to him , out of my dressing - room ...
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... head , when putting both his hands round my neck , as if he was spanning my neck , to see how small it was , for it was long and small , he held my neck so long and so hard in his hand , that I com- plained he hurt me a little . What he ...
... head , when putting both his hands round my neck , as if he was spanning my neck , to see how small it was , for it was long and small , he held my neck so long and so hard in his hand , that I com- plained he hurt me a little . What he ...
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