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 30
... turned the very heart within me when I heard him say he loved me ; how could it do otherwise , when you know what a condition I was in before , despised and trampled on by all the world ? I could have took him in my arms and kissed him ...
... turned the very heart within me when I heard him say he loved me ; how could it do otherwise , when you know what a condition I was in before , despised and trampled on by all the world ? I could have took him in my arms and kissed him ...
Page 52
... turned off my weeds , and my head , though I had yet no ribands or lace , was so dressed , as failed not to set me out with advan- tage enough , for I began to understand his meaning ; and the prince professed I was the most beautiful ...
... turned off my weeds , and my head , though I had yet no ribands or lace , was so dressed , as failed not to set me out with advan- tage enough , for I began to understand his meaning ; and the prince professed I was the most beautiful ...
Page 54
... turning to me , said I should do him the honour to be his chamberlain of the household and his dresser also . I smiled , and told him I would do myself the honour to wait on him upon all occasions . About one in the morning , while his ...
... turning to me , said I should do him the honour to be his chamberlain of the household and his dresser also . I smiled , and told him I would do myself the honour to wait on him upon all occasions . About one in the morning , while his ...
Page 62
... turned about ; My 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 ...
... turned about ; My 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 ...
Page 68
... turned off with her child , and be left to starve , & c . , or of seeing the poor infant packed off with a piece of money to some of those she - butchers , who take children off their hands , as ' tis called , that is to say , starve ...
... turned off with her child , and be left to starve , & c . , or of seeing the poor infant packed off with a piece of money to some of those she - butchers , who take children off their hands , as ' tis called , that is to say , starve ...
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