Rosanne: Or, A Father's Labour Lost, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... nature , I doubt , is not to be trusted . I will not object to the church of the least gay resort ; but let me begin properly . ' * No first play - no approaching ball - no pro- mised pleasure by water - no journey by land , ever made ...
... nature , I doubt , is not to be trusted . I will not object to the church of the least gay resort ; but let me begin properly . ' * No first play - no approaching ball - no pro- mised pleasure by water - no journey by land , ever made ...
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... nature which he had too much delicacy , and too much respect for his daughter , to divulge . He had , but she did not know it , a son some years older than herself ; but where this young man was , or how situated , he knew not . In the ...
... nature which he had too much delicacy , and too much respect for his daughter , to divulge . He had , but she did not know it , a son some years older than herself ; but where this young man was , or how situated , he knew not . In the ...
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... natural habit of mind . He could not chide : he could only inquire - and with a smile too , he inquired , when the first emotions had sub- sided why his present name , a name with which there could be no existing connexion , should ...
... natural habit of mind . He could not chide : he could only inquire - and with a smile too , he inquired , when the first emotions had sub- sided why his present name , a name with which there could be no existing connexion , should ...
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... nature moderate in its demands , you must first allow it its right . - The river , my dear Sir , never overflows its banks , till it is straitened in its channel , or provoked by im- pediment . I would not , by all that's sacred , I ...
... nature moderate in its demands , you must first allow it its right . - The river , my dear Sir , never overflows its banks , till it is straitened in its channel , or provoked by im- pediment . I would not , by all that's sacred , I ...
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... the real state of human nature , Lady Winselina is astonished and disgusted when she sees the smallest preference of any thing which she can ' denominate selfish , to that which falls in with her notions . She loves to walk in ROSANNE . 45.
... the real state of human nature , Lady Winselina is astonished and disgusted when she sees the smallest preference of any thing which she can ' denominate selfish , to that which falls in with her notions . She loves to walk in ROSANNE . 45.
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