Rosanne: Or, A Father's Labour Lost, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... poor father . The person whose office it was to close the doors , stood waiting their exit ; and Rosanne felt as if turned out . But she dared not give way to her regret : her duty was claimed too imperiously by her father's hu ...
... poor father . The person whose office it was to close the doors , stood waiting their exit ; and Rosanne felt as if turned out . But she dared not give way to her regret : her duty was claimed too imperiously by her father's hu ...
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... poor Miss Pathos having sat up late to conduct two lovers over some very rough ground into the temple of Hymen , could not make her appearance at breakfast . She was , as her maid said , ' extremely indisposed . ' 6 Indisposed , indeed ...
... poor Miss Pathos having sat up late to conduct two lovers over some very rough ground into the temple of Hymen , could not make her appearance at breakfast . She was , as her maid said , ' extremely indisposed . ' 6 Indisposed , indeed ...
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... poor Rosanne vexed and distressed ; for Mrs. Ductile , who had so kindly taken compassion on her , was of the modern school of extreme philanthropy ; and though she related of the subjects of her biographical lecture , things which ...
... poor Rosanne vexed and distressed ; for Mrs. Ductile , who had so kindly taken compassion on her , was of the modern school of extreme philanthropy ; and though she related of the subjects of her biographical lecture , things which ...
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... poor father striving to be what a child of a month old is accounted by baptism , you will not cavil at ceremonies which supply such helps , and which , by presuming that every man in his senses , would wish to be saved , put him ...
... poor father striving to be what a child of a month old is accounted by baptism , you will not cavil at ceremonies which supply such helps , and which , by presuming that every man in his senses , would wish to be saved , put him ...
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... poor little oppressed thing Lucy Varnish , to whom they behaved - as they did indeed to every body , so shamefully . ' Rosanne held up her hands to beg for silence ; but Mrs. Firmly would not stop . The money which Rosanne had given the ...
... poor little oppressed thing Lucy Varnish , to whom they behaved - as they did indeed to every body , so shamefully . ' Rosanne held up her hands to beg for silence ; but Mrs. Firmly would not stop . The money which Rosanne had given the ...
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