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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... manner she has told the story , it is evident she does not insist upon her justification in any one part of it ; much less does she recommend her conduct , or , indeed , any part of it , except her repentance , to our imitation . On the ...
... manner she has told the story , it is evident she does not insist upon her justification in any one part of it ; much less does she recommend her conduct , or , indeed , any part of it , except her repentance , to our imitation . On the ...
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... manner but some may make a criminal use of them ; but when vice is painted in its low - prized colours , it is not to make people in love with it , but to expose it ; and if the reader makes a wrong use of the figures , the wickedness ...
... manner but some may make a criminal use of them ; but when vice is painted in its low - prized colours , it is not to make people in love with it , but to expose it ; and if the reader makes a wrong use of the figures , the wickedness ...
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... to me . With all these things , I wanted neither wit , beauty , or money . In this manner I set out into the world , having all the advantages that any young woman could MARRIED TO AN EMINENT BREWER . 3 desire , to 2 ROXANA .
... to me . With all these things , I wanted neither wit , beauty , or money . In this manner I set out into the world , having all the advantages that any young woman could MARRIED TO AN EMINENT BREWER . 3 desire , to 2 ROXANA .
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... manner , that the old aunt came to me , and though hardly able to speak for tears , Look ye , cousin , said she , in a few words ; things must not stand thus , some course must be taken , and that forth- with ; pray where were these ...
... manner , that the old aunt came to me , and though hardly able to speak for tears , Look ye , cousin , said she , in a few words ; things must not stand thus , some course must be taken , and that forth- with ; pray where were these ...
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... manner that I had not been acquainted with myself . O let no woman slight the temptation that being generously delivered from trouble is to any spirit furnished with grati- tude and just principles . This gentleman had freely and ...
... manner that I had not been acquainted with myself . O let no woman slight the temptation that being generously delivered from trouble is to any spirit furnished with grati- tude and just principles . This gentleman had freely and ...
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