The Child of Thirty-six Fathers: A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance, Volume 1Isaac Riley, 1809 - French fiction |
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... obtained . But wonder , reader , what one word may sometimes do ! That NO , so terrible to me --- that No , which seemed as if it would destroy all hopes of the journey I had been so long con- certing -- that very NO produced in my ...
... obtained . But wonder , reader , what one word may sometimes do ! That NO , so terrible to me --- that No , which seemed as if it would destroy all hopes of the journey I had been so long con- certing -- that very NO produced in my ...
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... our apartment , where we went to rest , reflecting upon the innumerable miseries brought upon the people by the tyranny of the accursed revolutionists , and after having obtained from our Mentor a THIRTY - SIX FATHERS . 47 .
... our apartment , where we went to rest , reflecting upon the innumerable miseries brought upon the people by the tyranny of the accursed revolutionists , and after having obtained from our Mentor a THIRTY - SIX FATHERS . 47 .
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A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance. revolutionists , and after having obtained from our Mentor a promise that he would recommence his history the next morn- ing , we fell asleep . CHAPTER V. Conversation with our host - We change our 48 THE ...
A Serious, Comic and Moral Romance. revolutionists , and after having obtained from our Mentor a promise that he would recommence his history the next morn- ing , we fell asleep . CHAPTER V. Conversation with our host - We change our 48 THE ...
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... obtain her . As she " has not yet declared in favour of any 66 one , I this day give a dinner to all those " competitors who have asked her from me , in order to discover on which of " them she fixes her choice . You will " be of our ...
... obtain her . As she " has not yet declared in favour of any 66 one , I this day give a dinner to all those " competitors who have asked her from me , in order to discover on which of " them she fixes her choice . You will " be of our ...
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... obtain her , seemed to be insurmountable obstacles to my success , and I determined at first to struggle with the strange passion that tormented me . But that was useless --- my hour for loving was come . I there- fore settled in my own ...
... obtain her , seemed to be insurmountable obstacles to my success , and I determined at first to struggle with the strange passion that tormented me . But that was useless --- my hour for loving was come . I there- fore settled in my own ...
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