The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... gave me was short and peremptory --- a very dry No which she let off , turning her back upon me , was all that I obtained . But wonder , reader , what one word may sometimes do ! That NO , so terrible to me --- that No , which seemed as ...
... gave me was short and peremptory --- a very dry No which she let off , turning her back upon me , was all that I obtained . But wonder , reader , what one word may sometimes do ! That NO , so terrible to me --- that No , which seemed as ...
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... gave way to all the frightful indications of an- ger --- I quickly perceived it , and with- out waiting for the menaced explosion , made her my respects , and flew off to find one of my comrades , who as well as my- self had a strong ...
... gave way to all the frightful indications of an- ger --- I quickly perceived it , and with- out waiting for the menaced explosion , made her my respects , and flew off to find one of my comrades , who as well as my- self had a strong ...
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... gave them a proper threshing for daring " to attempt it ; and this horse which we 66 ( 6 now ride is the spoil of war , taken in " fair fight from our enemies . It yester- " C 66 day carried one of Monsieur Bonaparte's troopers , and ...
... gave them a proper threshing for daring " to attempt it ; and this horse which we 66 ( 6 now ride is the spoil of war , taken in " fair fight from our enemies . It yester- " C 66 day carried one of Monsieur Bonaparte's troopers , and ...
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... gave me a com- plete deliverance . Swift of foot , I soon 66 " ( gained the gate of the town ; with the " velocity of a deer I passed the guard .-- . " The first centinel , who had not been " able to stop me , called out to the second ...
... gave me a com- plete deliverance . Swift of foot , I soon 66 " ( gained the gate of the town ; with the " velocity of a deer I passed the guard .-- . " The first centinel , who had not been " able to stop me , called out to the second ...
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... gave me his curse . Bursting with this melancholy intelligence , I hastened to my uncle , who lived a considerable way from our house , and immediately told him my sad story , beseeching him to advise me what steps I ought to pursue in ...
... gave me his curse . Bursting with this melancholy intelligence , I hastened to my uncle , who lived a considerable way from our house , and immediately told him my sad story , beseeching him to advise me what steps I ought to pursue in ...
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