The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... Child of Thirty - Six Fathers , a serious , eomic and " moral Romance . - Translated from the French . — In two " volumes . " 66 IN CONFORMITY to the act of the Congress of the United States , entitled , " An act for the encouragement ...
... Child of Thirty - Six Fathers , a serious , eomic and " moral Romance . - Translated from the French . — In two " volumes . " 66 IN CONFORMITY to the act of the Congress of the United States , entitled , " An act for the encouragement ...
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... birth , and , like most of the inhabitants of those lovely regions , was very handsome , had , when she brought me into the world , no other property than VOL . I. A thirty thousand livres , which she vested in a small THE CHILD ...
... birth , and , like most of the inhabitants of those lovely regions , was very handsome , had , when she brought me into the world , no other property than VOL . I. A thirty thousand livres , which she vested in a small THE CHILD ...
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... child ; which , faithful to the pre- cepts of Rousseau , she suckled herself ; not caring to confide to the hands of stran- gers the precious gift which Heaven had vouchsafed her . Protected by her incessant cares , and constantly ...
... child ; which , faithful to the pre- cepts of Rousseau , she suckled herself ; not caring to confide to the hands of stran- gers the precious gift which Heaven had vouchsafed her . Protected by her incessant cares , and constantly ...
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