Zadig, and Other Tales (1746-1767)G. Bell, 1910 - 475 pages |
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... princes whom you saw has got me into the family way , and I shall soon be brought to bed ; I am in want of money , and one cannot lie in without that . " Babouc gave her a hundred gold darics , saying to himself : " If there were ...
... princes whom you saw has got me into the family way , and I shall soon be brought to bed ; I am in want of money , and one cannot lie in without that . " Babouc gave her a hundred gold darics , saying to himself : " If there were ...
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... princess , and , what is more , with a princess in possession of two eyes . I admit that one in such a situation has good grounds for distrusting his capacity to please ; however , since there can be no love without hope , and our ...
... princess , and , what is more , with a princess in possession of two eyes . I admit that one in such a situation has good grounds for distrusting his capacity to please ; however , since there can be no love without hope , and our ...
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... princess and himself ; he scarcely remembered even that he was a lover , for he The French league was about two and a half English miles in length . lacked that delicacy which is said to be inseparable from 32 VOLTAIRE'S TALES .
... princess and himself ; he scarcely remembered even that he was a lover , for he The French league was about two and a half English miles in length . lacked that delicacy which is said to be inseparable from 32 VOLTAIRE'S TALES .
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... princess no doubt fainted , or at least bewailed her lot ; but as she was just , she assuredly blessed the kind fate which provides that every misfortune carries with it its own consolation . Night had spread her veil over the horizon ...
... princess no doubt fainted , or at least bewailed her lot ; but as she was just , she assuredly blessed the kind fate which provides that every misfortune carries with it its own consolation . Night had spread her veil over the horizon ...
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... princess more beautiful than the concubines of the caliph ; and at being at the beck and call of all the shopkeepers in Bagdad , after having lorded it over all the genii ; but Mesrour had not the eye which looks at things on the seamy ...
... princess more beautiful than the concubines of the caliph ; and at being at the beck and call of all the shopkeepers in Bagdad , after having lorded it over all the genii ; but Mesrour had not the eye which looks at things on the seamy ...
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