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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... town should be remembered , and the facts traced back too plainly by the many people yet living , who would know the persons by the particulars . It is not always necessary that the names of persons should be discovered , though the ...
... town should be remembered , and the facts traced back too plainly by the many people yet living , who would know the persons by the particulars . It is not always necessary that the names of persons should be discovered , though the ...
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... town ; and happy I thought myself , all things considered , that I was got off clear , upon so good terms ; and had my handsome fellow had but one capful of wit , I had been still well enough . I proposed to him either to buy some place ...
... town ; and happy I thought myself , all things considered , that I was got off clear , upon so good terms ; and had my handsome fellow had but one capful of wit , I had been still well enough . I proposed to him either to buy some place ...
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... town where we lived , at which the maid offered to go back . Here , child , says Amy , take one of ' em in your hand , and I'll bring the rest ; so she gives her the least , and the wench goes in mighty innocently , with the little one ...
... town where we lived , at which the maid offered to go back . Here , child , says Amy , take one of ' em in your hand , and I'll bring the rest ; so she gives her the least , and the wench goes in mighty innocently , with the little one ...
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... town - house of Paris , and settling those sums , to be received for the maintenance of such expense as they see cause . Thus , in the case of this child of mine , while he and I conversed , there was no need to make any appointment as ...
... town - house of Paris , and settling those sums , to be received for the maintenance of such expense as they see cause . Thus , in the case of this child of mine , while he and I conversed , there was no need to make any appointment as ...
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... town - house of Paris , for four thousand pistoles , at three per cent . interest , attested , and a procuration for receiving the interest half - yearly ; but the original I kept myself . I could have trusted all I had with him , for ...
... town - house of Paris , for four thousand pistoles , at three per cent . interest , attested , and a procuration for receiving the interest half - yearly ; but the original I kept myself . I could have trusted all I had with him , for ...
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