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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Page 13
... given me leave to live for a whole year more without any rent , being moved with compassion ; but that this year was now almost expired . Upon hearing this account , they came to this resolution , that the children should be all carried ...
... given me leave to live for a whole year more without any rent , being moved with compassion ; but that this year was now almost expired . Upon hearing this account , they came to this resolution , that the children should be all carried ...
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... given him a more than ordinary respect for me , and made him very thoughtful for my good ; that he was resolved for the present to do something to relieve me , and to employ his thoughts in the mean time , to see if he could , for the ...
... given him a more than ordinary respect for me , and made him very thoughtful for my good ; that he was resolved for the present to do something to relieve me , and to employ his thoughts in the mean time , to see if he could , for the ...
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... given me hopes of recovering me from the worst circumstances that ever woman of any sort of fortune was sunk into ; that he could not but believe that what he had said to me was like life from the dead ; that it was like recovering one ...
... given me hopes of recovering me from the worst circumstances that ever woman of any sort of fortune was sunk into ; that he could not but believe that what he had said to me was like life from the dead ; that it was like recovering one ...
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... given you sufficient testimony of his affection to you ; your condi- tions are alike unhappy , and he is of opinion that he may take another woman , his first wife having broke her honour , and living from him ; and that though the laws ...
... given you sufficient testimony of his affection to you ; your condi- tions are alike unhappy , and he is of opinion that he may take another woman , his first wife having broke her honour , and living from him ; and that though the laws ...
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... given testimonies of his sincere affection to me by deeds , not by flattering trifles and the usual courtship of words , which were often found to have very little meaning ; that he took me not as a mistress , but as his wife , and ...
... given testimonies of his sincere affection to me by deeds , not by flattering trifles and the usual courtship of words , which were often found to have very little meaning ; that he took me not as a mistress , but as his wife , and ...
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