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 42
... persons of the first rank , and to whom he had sold some jewels of very good value , and received a great sum of money in specie ; and as he told me privately , he gained three thousand pistoles by his bargain , but would not suffer the ...
... persons of the first rank , and to whom he had sold some jewels of very good value , and received a great sum of money in specie ; and as he told me privately , he gained three thousand pistoles by his bargain , but would not suffer the ...
Page 45
... person , who went impudently to the curate of the parish of St. Sulpitius , in Paris , and told him , that the gen- tleman that was killed was a catholic ; that the thieves had taken from him a cross of gold , set with diamonds , worth ...
... person , who went impudently to the curate of the parish of St. Sulpitius , in Paris , and told him , that the gen- tleman that was killed was a catholic ; that the thieves had taken from him a cross of gold , set with diamonds , worth ...
Page 46
... person's hands that I directed her to , and then to sell or dispose of the furniture of the house , if she could , and so , without acquainting anybody with the reason of her going , withdraw ; sending notice to his head manager at ...
... person's hands that I directed her to , and then to sell or dispose of the furniture of the house , if she could , and so , without acquainting anybody with the reason of her going , withdraw ; sending notice to his head manager at ...
Page 53
... person of such rank , and had nothing to ask of his highness but that he would believe me infinitely obliged . After he had eaten , he poured the sweetmeats into my lap ; and the wine being out , he called his gentleman again to take ...
... person of such rank , and had nothing to ask of his highness but that he would believe me infinitely obliged . After he had eaten , he poured the sweetmeats into my lap ; and the wine being out , he called his gentleman again to take ...
Page 55
... person , who , though a man of high dignity , was yet the most tempting and obliging that ever I met with in my life ... person and his arguments were irre- sistible ; that a person of his rank , and a munificence so unbounded , could ...
... person , who , though a man of high dignity , was yet the most tempting and obliging that ever I met with in my life ... person and his arguments were irre- sistible ; that a person of his rank , and a munificence so unbounded , could ...
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