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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... coming over , remitted considerable sums of money , or , as I remember , a considerable value in French brandy , paper , and other goods ; and these selling very much to advantage here , my father was in very good circumstances at his ...
... coming over , remitted considerable sums of money , or , as I remember , a considerable value in French brandy , paper , and other goods ; and these selling very much to advantage here , my father was in very good circumstances at his ...
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... coming , you may be sure , especially seeing the person I had but just before resolved to send for ; but when they saw me , how I looked , for my eyes were swelled with crying , and what a condition I was in as to the house , and the ...
... coming , you may be sure , especially seeing the person I had but just before resolved to send for ; but when they saw me , how I looked , for my eyes were swelled with crying , and what a condition I was in as to the house , and the ...
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... coming , for I came on purpose about this very business , and to have prevented this being put upon you , if I could , but I see I am come too late . How do you mean too late ? says the mistress ; what ! have you been concerned in this ...
... coming , for I came on purpose about this very business , and to have prevented this being put upon you , if I could , but I see I am come too late . How do you mean too late ? says the mistress ; what ! have you been concerned in this ...
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... coming to quit the house , and give them the key , there was no affinity between that and the case of their master who was newly killed . I got good advice at Paris from an eminent lawyer RUMOURS ABOUT MY GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY. ...
... coming to quit the house , and give them the key , there was no affinity between that and the case of their master who was newly killed . I got good advice at Paris from an eminent lawyer RUMOURS ABOUT MY GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY. ...
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... coming to give me a visit . I was indeed surprised at that , and perfectly at a loss how to behave . However , as there was no remedy , I prepared to receive him as well as I could . It was not many minutes after , but he was at the ...
... coming to give me a visit . I was indeed surprised at that , and perfectly at a loss how to behave . However , as there was no remedy , I prepared to receive him as well as I could . It was not many minutes after , but he was at the ...
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