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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... desired of me ; that his reward would be the satisfaction of having rescued me from misery ; that he found he was obliging one that knew what gratitude meant ; that he would make it his business to make me completely easy , first or ...
... desired of me ; that his reward would be the satisfaction of having rescued me from misery ; that he found he was obliging one that knew what gratitude meant ; that he would make it his business to make me completely easy , first or ...
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... desired to be ; that as I took him to be a man of honour , so I knew he could not like me better for doing any- thing that was below a woman of honesty and good manners to do . He told me , that he had done all this for me , without so ...
... desired to be ; that as I took him to be a man of honour , so I knew he could not like me better for doing any- thing that was below a woman of honesty and good manners to do . He told me , that he had done all this for me , without so ...
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... desired above all things , he would send me some- thing from London ; And we will make it a wedding supper , my dear , says he ; and with that word took me in his arms , MY LANDLORD BECOMES MY LODGER . 29 and kissed me 28 ROXANA .
... desired above all things , he would send me some- thing from London ; And we will make it a wedding supper , my dear , says he ; and with that word took me in his arms , MY LANDLORD BECOMES MY LODGER . 29 and kissed me 28 ROXANA .
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... desired to be admitted without ceremony . I prepared not my rooms only , but myself ; and when he came in there was nobody appeared in the house but his gentleman and my maid Amy ; and of her I bid the gentle- man acquaint his highness ...
... desired to be admitted without ceremony . I prepared not my rooms only , but myself ; and when he came in there was nobody appeared in the house but his gentleman and my maid Amy ; and of her I bid the gentle- man acquaint his highness ...
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... desired me that I would not take any more ser- vants , or set up any equipage , at least for the present ; for that it would then be immediately concluded I had been left very rich , and then I should be thronged with the imperti- nence ...
... desired me that I would not take any more ser- vants , or set up any equipage , at least for the present ; for that it would then be immediately concluded I had been left very rich , and then I should be thronged with the imperti- nence ...
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