The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... , I rigidly scrutinized the figures of those who most frequently visited my mother ; but not perceiving in any one of them , the least indication of being any thing more to her than sincere and re- spectful friends THIRTY - SIX FATHERS .
... , I rigidly scrutinized the figures of those who most frequently visited my mother ; but not perceiving in any one of them , the least indication of being any thing more to her than sincere and re- spectful friends THIRTY - SIX FATHERS .
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... least alarmed at the danger I was in , ran up with the quickness of lightning , snatched one of the legs of pork from the table , and struck it with such force and good will against the nape of my adversary's neck , that he was stunned ...
... least alarmed at the danger I was in , ran up with the quickness of lightning , snatched one of the legs of pork from the table , and struck it with such force and good will against the nape of my adversary's neck , that he was stunned ...
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... least inquietude respecting his return ; but I could not help giving way to occasional apprehensions that he had met with some misadventure , which I was sorry I was not along with him to take my share in . Sans - Chagrin , who read in ...
... least inquietude respecting his return ; but I could not help giving way to occasional apprehensions that he had met with some misadventure , which I was sorry I was not along with him to take my share in . Sans - Chagrin , who read in ...
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A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance. " the least of my cares , let us talk upon " another subject . You recollect what I " was speaking to you about yesterday , 66 my dear Francœur .-- it respected my " situation , and that of my young ...
A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance. " the least of my cares , let us talk upon " another subject . You recollect what I " was speaking to you about yesterday , 66 my dear Francœur .-- it respected my " situation , and that of my young ...
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... who could not have been paired with a more perfect contrast than his handsome neigh- bour . He then started the game by ask ing the attorney if he was not an apothe- cary . The lawyer , who had not the least 52 THE CHILD OF.
... who could not have been paired with a more perfect contrast than his handsome neigh- bour . He then started the game by ask ing the attorney if he was not an apothe- cary . The lawyer , who had not the least 52 THE CHILD OF.
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