The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... Bontems . He says that he " has resided for some time in your coun- 66 try . Your name seemed to strike him very singularly ; and , briefly , he desires " to see you . " 66 The desire to appear advantageously . before this stranger ...
... Bontems . He says that he " has resided for some time in your coun- 66 try . Your name seemed to strike him very singularly ; and , briefly , he desires " to see you . " 66 The desire to appear advantageously . before this stranger ...
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... BoNTEMS . Franville had scarcely informed him that I was the young Laurentini of whom he had spoken , than that man , whom I could not recollect to have ever seen be- fore , struck at first with an astonishment which held him in a state ...
... BoNTEMS . Franville had scarcely informed him that I was the young Laurentini of whom he had spoken , than that man , whom I could not recollect to have ever seen be- fore , struck at first with an astonishment which held him in a state ...
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... Bontems was --- what he imagined himself to be --- and what he really was not . M 2 CHAPTER XI . What Monsieur Bontems was - First recogni- THIRTY - SIX FATHERS . 137 not. ...
... Bontems was --- what he imagined himself to be --- and what he really was not . M 2 CHAPTER XI . What Monsieur Bontems was - First recogni- THIRTY - SIX FATHERS . 137 not. ...
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A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance. CHAPTER XI . What Monsieur Bontems was - First recogni- sance - Laurentini writes to his mother . " YOU ask me , " said Mr. Bontems , in answer to my question , " why I gave you such strong marks of my ...
A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance. CHAPTER XI . What Monsieur Bontems was - First recogni- sance - Laurentini writes to his mother . " YOU ask me , " said Mr. Bontems , in answer to my question , " why I gave you such strong marks of my ...
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... Bontems . Franville , who was the first to speak , ask- ed him if it was true that such a hand- some youth as Laurentini was really his son . " Yes , my dear Franville ; that " Angelina whom I was to espouse . on my return from Brest ...
... Bontems . Franville , who was the first to speak , ask- ed him if it was true that such a hand- some youth as Laurentini was really his son . " Yes , my dear Franville ; that " Angelina whom I was to espouse . on my return from Brest ...
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Page 126 - I could not have believed, if I had " not witnessed it, that a philosopher- --a " sage, such as Monsieur Laurentini, " could have displayed so much earnest" ness to answer the questions of a co