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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... short a dull story , which ought not to be long , he began to find his trade sunk , his stock declined , and that , in short , he could not carry on his business , and once or twice his brewing utensils were extented for the excise ...
... short a dull story , which ought not to be long , he began to find his trade sunk , his stock declined , and that , in short , he could not carry on his business , and once or twice his brewing utensils were extented for the excise ...
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... short and surly answers ; nor did any one of them offer to come to see me , or to see the children , or so much as to inquire after them , well perceiving that I was in a condition that was likely to be soon troublesome to them ; but it ...
... short and surly answers ; nor did any one of them offer to come to see me , or to see the children , or so much as to inquire after them , well perceiving that I was in a condition that was likely to be soon troublesome to them ; but it ...
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... short I could not speak to them again for a great while longer . During my being in such an agony , they went to my maid Amy at another part of the same room , and talked with her . Amy told them all my circumstances , and set them ...
... short I could not speak to them again for a great while longer . During my being in such an agony , they went to my maid Amy at another part of the same room , and talked with her . Amy told them all my circumstances , and set them ...
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... short , my spirits were lifted up to a degree I had not been used to , and I was not only cheeeful , but merry ; and so he pressed me to be . I told him I had a great deal of reason to be merry , seeing he had been so kind to me , and ...
... short , my spirits were lifted up to a degree I had not been used to , and I was not only cheeeful , but merry ; and so he pressed me to be . I told him I had a great deal of reason to be merry , seeing he had been so kind to me , and ...
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... short , I was so overcome with the comfort of it , that I sat down and cried for joy a good while , as I had formerly cried for sorrow . Amy and I went to bed that night ( for Amy lay with me ) pretty early , but lay chatting almost all ...
... short , I was so overcome with the comfort of it , that I sat down and cried for joy a good while , as I had formerly cried for sorrow . Amy and I went to bed that night ( for Amy lay with me ) pretty early , but lay chatting almost all ...
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