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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... taken to keep clear of indecencies and immodest expressions ; and it is hoped you will find nothing to prompt a vicious mind , but every- where much to discourage and expose it . Scenes of crime can scarce be represented in such a ...
... taken to keep clear of indecencies and immodest expressions ; and it is hoped you will find nothing to prompt a vicious mind , but every- where much to discourage and expose it . Scenes of crime can scarce be represented in such a ...
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... taken , and that forth- with ; pray where were these children born ? I told her the parish where we lived before , that four of them were born there , and one in the house where I now was , where the landlord , after having seized my ...
... taken , and that forth- with ; pray where were these children born ? I told her the parish where we lived before , that four of them were born there , and one in the house where I now was , where the landlord , after having seized my ...
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... taken care of ; and , because his wife was so furious . that she would not suffer one of them to be kept at home , they agreed to keep them all together for awhile ; so they committed them to the poor woman that had managed the affair ...
... taken care of ; and , because his wife was so furious . that she would not suffer one of them to be kept at home , they agreed to keep them all together for awhile ; so they committed them to the poor woman that had managed the affair ...
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... taken such measures as shall make an equality still ; and with that he showed me a contract in writing , wherein he engaged himself to me to cohabit constantly with me , to provide for me in all respects as a wife ; and repeating in the ...
... taken such measures as shall make an equality still ; and with that he showed me a contract in writing , wherein he engaged himself to me to cohabit constantly with me , to provide for me in all respects as a wife ; and repeating in the ...
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... taken to my maid Amy , and used my utmost skill to get it altered ; for though he had , indeed , debauched the wench , I knew that I was the principal occasion of it ; and as he was the best - humoured man in the world , I never gave ...
... taken to my maid Amy , and used my utmost skill to get it altered ; for though he had , indeed , debauched the wench , I knew that I was the principal occasion of it ; and as he was the best - humoured man in the world , I never gave ...
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