The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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Page 33
... dress , which , though not elegant , was neat , added con- siderably to the drollery of his appear- ance , and seemed to supply his natural gaiety with new materials . He threw his old clothes into the thorn bushes , and then desired us ...
... dress , which , though not elegant , was neat , added con- siderably to the drollery of his appear- ance , and seemed to supply his natural gaiety with new materials . He threw his old clothes into the thorn bushes , and then desired us ...
Page 34
... dresses . Fore- seeing that in effect our adventure with the troopers could not fail to be produc- tive of serious consequences , and that no means would be left unattempted to se- cure our persons , we felt the justice of that ...
... dresses . Fore- seeing that in effect our adventure with the troopers could not fail to be produc- tive of serious consequences , and that no means would be left unattempted to se- cure our persons , we felt the justice of that ...
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... dress , we should hardly have been discovered by our pa- rents . Linval , who had been appointed our cashier , drawing forth his purse , de- sired the taylor to present his bill that he might pay him ; but our worthy innkeeper told him ...
... dress , we should hardly have been discovered by our pa- rents . Linval , who had been appointed our cashier , drawing forth his purse , de- sired the taylor to present his bill that he might pay him ; but our worthy innkeeper told him ...
Page 53
... dress and costume --- and in a word , in general , in ( c 66 your figure and face , a certain some- " thing --- a kind of cathartic expression " that " --- Here he was interrupted by the attorney , who in a tone of peevishness and anger ...
... dress and costume --- and in a word , in general , in ( c 66 your figure and face , a certain some- " thing --- a kind of cathartic expression " that " --- Here he was interrupted by the attorney , who in a tone of peevishness and anger ...
Page 84
... dresses more befitting this city . Hasten " then , my young friends to your toilet , " and endeavour to be ready dressed for " dinner . I go , and will wait for you in " the saloon where we breakfasted this " morning . " He went out ...
... dresses more befitting this city . Hasten " then , my young friends to your toilet , " and endeavour to be ready dressed for " dinner . I go , and will wait for you in " the saloon where we breakfasted this " morning . " He went out ...
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