The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... my mother full of satisfaction , and just as I entered , saw a person leaving her . He was very corpulent , low in stature , and dressed in black , his head being envelo ped in an enormous periwig , composed of a multitude 4 THE CHILD OF.
... my mother full of satisfaction , and just as I entered , saw a person leaving her . He was very corpulent , low in stature , and dressed in black , his head being envelo ped in an enormous periwig , composed of a multitude 4 THE CHILD OF.
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... entering into that course of life for which I should find the most decided propensity . The an- swer my mother gave me was short and peremptory --- a very dry No which she let off , turning her back upon me , was all that I obtained ...
... entering into that course of life for which I should find the most decided propensity . The an- swer my mother gave me was short and peremptory --- a very dry No which she let off , turning her back upon me , was all that I obtained ...
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... entered first , and with an assured air asked if we could be supplied with some refreshment on our paying for it . He at the same time made a compliment of his leg of pork to the mistress of the farm , a young country - woman of cheer ...
... entered first , and with an assured air asked if we could be supplied with some refreshment on our paying for it . He at the same time made a compliment of his leg of pork to the mistress of the farm , a young country - woman of cheer ...
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... the same to us ; and then continued his discourse in the following words : 66 " The alliance , offensive and defen- sive , which we have now entered into , 26 " L my young friends , of course suggests 28 THE CHILD OF.
... the same to us ; and then continued his discourse in the following words : 66 " The alliance , offensive and defen- sive , which we have now entered into , 26 " L my young friends , of course suggests 28 THE CHILD OF.
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... entered the first inn which presented it- self , and made a hearty breakfast , af- ter which we arranged the order of our march . Sans - Chagrin , whom we now considered as our Mentor , resolved that we should proceed on , and sleep in ...
... entered the first inn which presented it- self , and made a hearty breakfast , af- ter which we arranged the order of our march . Sans - Chagrin , whom we now considered as our Mentor , resolved that we should proceed on , and sleep in ...
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