Rosanne: Or, A Father's Labour Lost, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... situation that admits of being misunderstood whereas , within proper limits , we may do what we please ; and to me , it is particularly necessary to be always sure I am within my own fence . I may , in my igno- rance , inake mistakes ...
... situation that admits of being misunderstood whereas , within proper limits , we may do what we please ; and to me , it is particularly necessary to be always sure I am within my own fence . I may , in my igno- rance , inake mistakes ...
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... situation in a part of the town towards which he could have no calls . From this seminary the lad had been . removed , through the medium of the master of it , into the counting - house of a speculating trader ; and a sum of money had ...
... situation in a part of the town towards which he could have no calls . From this seminary the lad had been . removed , through the medium of the master of it , into the counting - house of a speculating trader ; and a sum of money had ...
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... situations equally suited to the balancing purposes of getting money and spending it . He went up to a door , which he expected a brass parallelogram to tell him , was that which he was seeking , nor was he baulked ; for he could not ...
... situations equally suited to the balancing purposes of getting money and spending it . He went up to a door , which he expected a brass parallelogram to tell him , was that which he was seeking , nor was he baulked ; for he could not ...
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... situation ; the elaborate gilding of a very conspicuous harp , did not in- dicate that the imputed parsimony of Mr. Gass's father had been fatal to his comforts , or con- demned him to pine in obscure industry . Bellarmine endeavoured ...
... situation ; the elaborate gilding of a very conspicuous harp , did not in- dicate that the imputed parsimony of Mr. Gass's father had been fatal to his comforts , or con- demned him to pine in obscure industry . Bellarmine endeavoured ...
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... situation -I suppose , sixty pounds a year for such a house as that - that makes perhaps eighty all to- gether , rent and taxes . ' 6 . Treble it , my dear Sir , ' was the reply on the tongue of the merchant ; but he considered for one ...
... situation -I suppose , sixty pounds a year for such a house as that - that makes perhaps eighty all to- gether , rent and taxes . ' 6 . Treble it , my dear Sir , ' was the reply on the tongue of the merchant ; but he considered for one ...
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