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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... Lord ; let us lend our heavenly Father a little of our children's bread , as you call it ; it will be a store well laid up for them , and will be the best security that our children shall never come to want charity , or be turned out of ...
... Lord ; let us lend our heavenly Father a little of our children's bread , as you call it ; it will be a store well laid up for them , and will be the best security that our children shall never come to want charity , or be turned out of ...
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... lord's business too . About half an hour after , the prince told me that I offered to wait a little before , that if I would now take the trouble he would give me leave to give him some wine ; so I went to the table , filled a glass of ...
... lord's business too . About half an hour after , the prince told me that I offered to wait a little before , that if I would now take the trouble he would give me leave to give him some wine ; so I went to the table , filled a glass of ...
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... lord , said I , after some little check , for I could not speak presently , I beseech you to believe me , they are not tears of sorrow , but tears of joy . It is impossible for me to see myself snatched from the misery I was fallen into ...
... lord , said I , after some little check , for I could not speak presently , I beseech you to believe me , they are not tears of sorrow , but tears of joy . It is impossible for me to see myself snatched from the misery I was fallen into ...
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... lord , says I , your high- ness is resolved to conquer , by your bounty , the very grati- tude of your servants ; you will leave no room for anything but thanks , and make those thanks useless too , by their bearing no proportion to the ...
... lord , says I , your high- ness is resolved to conquer , by your bounty , the very grati- tude of your servants ; you will leave no room for anything but thanks , and make those thanks useless too , by their bearing no proportion to the ...
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... lord , I doubt your highness never gives yourself leave to think what the case should be , if I should have the honour to be with child by you . Why , my dear , says he , we are able to keep it if such a thing should happen : I hope you ...
... lord , I doubt your highness never gives yourself leave to think what the case should be , if I should have the honour to be with child by you . Why , my dear , says he , we are able to keep it if such a thing should happen : I hope you ...
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