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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... four playfellows and com- panions suitable to my years , so , as we grew bigger , we learned to call one another intimates and friends ; and this forwarded very much the finishing me for conversation and the world . I went to English ...
... four playfellows and com- panions suitable to my years , so , as we grew bigger , we learned to call one another intimates and friends ; and this forwarded very much the finishing me for conversation and the world . I went to English ...
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... four years , my own father died , my mother having been dead before . He liked my match so ill , and saw so little room to be satisfied with the conduct of my husband , that though he left me five thousand livres , and more , at his ...
... four years , my own father died , my mother having been dead before . He liked my match so ill , and saw so little room to be satisfied with the conduct of my husband , that though he left me five thousand livres , and more , at his ...
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... four of them were born there , and one in the house where I now was , where the landlord , after having seized my goods for the rent past , not then knowing my circumstances , had now given me leave to live for a whole year more without ...
... four of them were born there , and one in the house where I now was , where the landlord , after having seized my goods for the rent past , not then knowing my circumstances , had now given me leave to live for a whole year more without ...
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... four , they had sent them away to some of their father's relations , and who were very substantial people , and who , besides that , lived in the parish where they were born . I was not so surprised at this as not presently to foresee ...
... four , they had sent them away to some of their father's relations , and who were very substantial people , and who , besides that , lived in the parish where they were born . I was not so surprised at this as not presently to foresee ...
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... four children to keep ? says the wife . No , no , my dear , says he , there's your sister I'll go and talk with her ; and your uncle I'll send for him and the rest . I'll warrant you , when we are all together , we will find ways and ...
... four children to keep ? says the wife . No , no , my dear , says he , there's your sister I'll go and talk with her ; and your uncle I'll send for him and the rest . I'll warrant you , when we are all together , we will find ways and ...
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