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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... thousand pounds portion , and married me to an eminent brewer in the city . Pardon me if I conceal his name , for though he was the foundation of my ruin , I cannot take so severe a revenge upon him . With this thing called a husband I ...
... thousand pounds portion , and married me to an eminent brewer in the city . Pardon me if I conceal his name , for though he was the foundation of my ruin , I cannot take so severe a revenge upon him . With this thing called a husband I ...
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... thousand livres , and more , at his death , yet he left it in the hands of my elder brother , who , running on too rashly in his adven- tures as a merchant , failed , and lost not only what he had , but what he had for me too , as you ...
... thousand livres , and more , at his death , yet he left it in the hands of my elder brother , who , running on too rashly in his adven- tures as a merchant , failed , and lost not only what he had , but what he had for me too , as you ...
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... thousand pounds in his pocket ; and being now obliged to remove from the brewhouse , we took a house at a village about two miles out of town ; and happy I thought myself , all things considered , that I was got off clear , upon so good ...
... thousand pounds in his pocket ; and being now obliged to remove from the brewhouse , we took a house at a village about two miles out of town ; and happy I thought myself , all things considered , that I was got off clear , upon so good ...
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... thousand things , of what had been , and what was to be , all the rest of the day , and in the evening he took his leave of me , with a thousand expressions of kindness and tenderness , and true affection to me , but offered not the ...
... thousand things , of what had been , and what was to be , all the rest of the day , and in the evening he took his leave of me , with a thousand expressions of kindness and tenderness , and true affection to me , but offered not the ...
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... we were thus , as he called it , married , he made his will , and gave me a thousand pounds more , and all my household - stuff , plate , & c which was considerable too . MY MAID AMY GOES TO BED WITH MY GENTLEMAN . 36 ROXANA .
... we were thus , as he called it , married , he made his will , and gave me a thousand pounds more , and all my household - stuff , plate , & c which was considerable too . MY MAID AMY GOES TO BED WITH MY GENTLEMAN . 36 ROXANA .
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