The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... observation every thing be- longing to my mother , that surrounded me . Tormented with an irresistible de- sire to know my father , and anxious to meet with the person on whom I might without apprehension bestow that endear- ing title ...
... observation every thing be- longing to my mother , that surrounded me . Tormented with an irresistible de- sire to know my father , and anxious to meet with the person on whom I might without apprehension bestow that endear- ing title ...
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... had come through , ( where the horsemen appeared to us , ) it was never- theless not so much frequented . This last observation determined Linval to take the present route in preference . We then rose to THIRTY - SIX FATHERS . 15.
... had come through , ( where the horsemen appeared to us , ) it was never- theless not so much frequented . This last observation determined Linval to take the present route in preference . We then rose to THIRTY - SIX FATHERS . 15.
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... observations on the different places that we passed . Thus jogging onward , it was about three hours after having left our inn that we discovered a village at a distance of little more than a quarter CHAPTER III. ...
... observations on the different places that we passed . Thus jogging onward , it was about three hours after having left our inn that we discovered a village at a distance of little more than a quarter CHAPTER III. ...
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... But you have been a long time away , " said I to him . " It could not be helped , " he replied . " On leaving the inn , I took " several turns to baffle the observation 99 " and elude the pursuit of any one who 66 32 THE CHILD OF.
... But you have been a long time away , " said I to him . " It could not be helped , " he replied . " On leaving the inn , I took " several turns to baffle the observation 99 " and elude the pursuit of any one who 66 32 THE CHILD OF.
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... cure our persons , we felt the justice of that observation , and we followed Sans- Chagrin to the inn of which he spoke . As he had said , the host received him as an old friend , and served us up an excel- 34 THE CHILD OF.
... cure our persons , we felt the justice of that observation , and we followed Sans- Chagrin to the inn of which he spoke . As he had said , the host received him as an old friend , and served us up an excel- 34 THE CHILD OF.
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