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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... 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 heaps of things that ...
... 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 heaps of things that ...
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... sure , at the bounty of a man that had but a little while ago been my terror , and had torn the goods out of my house like a fury : but I considered that my distresses had mollified his temper , and that he had after- wards been so ...
... sure , at the bounty of a man that had but a little while ago been my terror , and had torn the goods out of my house like a fury : but I considered that my distresses had mollified his temper , and that he had after- wards been so ...
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... , hussy ? said I ; no , I'd starve first . I hope not , madam , I hope you would be wiser ; I'm sure if he will set you up , as he talks of , you ought to deny him nothing ; and you will starve if you do not GENEROSITY OF MY LANDLORD. ...
... , hussy ? said I ; no , I'd starve first . I hope not , madam , I hope you would be wiser ; I'm sure if he will set you up , as he talks of , you ought to deny him nothing ; and you will starve if you do not GENEROSITY OF MY LANDLORD. ...
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... sure . Ay , says I , but if he would give me an estate to live on , he should not lie with me , I assure you . Why , look you , madam ; if he would but give you enough to live easy upon , he should lie with me for it with all my heart ...
... sure . Ay , says I , but if he would give me an estate to live on , he should not lie with me , I assure you . Why , look you , madam ; if he would but give you enough to live easy upon , he should lie with me for it with all my heart ...
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... , and such cheerful things , that it was a cordial to my very soul to hear him speak . Well , we went to dinner : I'm sure I had not eat a good meal hardly in a twelvemonth ; at least not of MY LANDLORD DINES WITH ME. ...
... , and such cheerful things , that it was a cordial to my very soul to hear him speak . Well , we went to dinner : I'm sure I had not eat a good meal hardly in a twelvemonth ; at least not of MY LANDLORD DINES WITH ME. ...
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