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Page 160
... sense , great parts , has one of the most agreeable and and many fine qualities , lower them- placid countenances I ever saw.— selves down to these little - minded They love each other , and the hus creatures , in inveighing with warmth ...
... sense , great parts , has one of the most agreeable and and many fine qualities , lower them- placid countenances I ever saw.— selves down to these little - minded They love each other , and the hus creatures , in inveighing with warmth ...
Page 177
... sense , " as you once told to your ladyship's words- " you pro- me . Proud mortal ! and vain . - And voke me beyond my strength . " cannot he be content with the great- Just this moment came in my wife . er pride , as a man of sense ...
... sense , " as you once told to your ladyship's words- " you pro- me . Proud mortal ! and vain . - And voke me beyond my strength . " cannot he be content with the great- Just this moment came in my wife . er pride , as a man of sense ...
Page 233
... sense to discern that rea- * If I am proud in the latter part of my son and advantage ? I wish we could life , yourself and another * must chiefly be as sure of the other two . But I answer for it . Now I have mention- go to other ...
... sense to discern that rea- * If I am proud in the latter part of my son and advantage ? I wish we could life , yourself and another * must chiefly be as sure of the other two . But I answer for it . Now I have mention- go to other ...
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