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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... young , I learnt the English tongue perfectly well , with all the customs of the English young women ; so that I retained nothing of the French but the speech ; nor did I so much as keep any remains of the French language tagged to my ...
... young , I learnt the English tongue perfectly well , with all the customs of the English young women ; so that I retained nothing of the French but the speech ; nor did I so much as keep any remains of the French language tagged to my ...
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... young people of our sex , I chose him for being a handsome jolly fellow , as I have said ; for he was otherwise a weak , empty - headed , untaught creature , as any woman could ever desire to be coupled with . And here I must take the ...
... young people of our sex , I chose him for being a handsome jolly fellow , as I have said ; for he was otherwise a weak , empty - headed , untaught creature , as any woman could ever desire to be coupled with . And here I must take the ...
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... young too , and none of them big enough to help one anothг . It was all one ; I received not one farthing of assistance from anybody , was hardly asked to sit down at the two sisters ' houses , nor offered to eat or drink at two more ...
... young too , and none of them big enough to help one anothг . It was all one ; I received not one farthing of assistance from anybody , was hardly asked to sit down at the two sisters ' houses , nor offered to eat or drink at two more ...
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... young and handsome , and he has the surest bait in the world to take you with . Well , Amy , said I , but he may find himself mistaken , too , in such a thing as that . Why , madam , says Amy , I hope you won't deny him if he should ...
... young and handsome , and he has the surest bait in the world to take you with . Well , Amy , said I , but he may find himself mistaken , too , in such a thing as that . Why , madam , says Amy , I hope you won't deny him if he should ...
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... young , handsome , and , with all the mortifications I had met with , was vain , and that not a little ; and , as it was a new thing , so it was a pleasant thing to be courted , caressed , embraced , and high professions of affec.ion ...
... young , handsome , and , with all the mortifications I had met with , was vain , and that not a little ; and , as it was a new thing , so it was a pleasant thing to be courted , caressed , embraced , and high professions of affec.ion ...
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