Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 - English literature |
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... Lord Amherst having persisted in expressing the inadmis- sibility of the proposition , and in transmitting through the Koong - yay a humb e re- quest to his imperial majesty that he would be graciously pleased to wait till to- morrow ...
... Lord Amherst having persisted in expressing the inadmis- sibility of the proposition , and in transmitting through the Koong - yay a humb e re- quest to his imperial majesty that he would be graciously pleased to wait till to- morrow ...
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... lord , a fancy fair in Guildhall ; its object so benevolent , and more than that , so respectable . LORD SKINDEEP . Benevolence and respectability ! Of course I'm with you . Well , the precise object ? SIR P. It is to remove a stain - a ...
... lord , a fancy fair in Guildhall ; its object so benevolent , and more than that , so respectable . LORD SKINDEEP . Benevolence and respectability ! Of course I'm with you . Well , the precise object ? SIR P. It is to remove a stain - a ...
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... lord mysteriously , and said , sotto voce , but im- pressively : This is low enough , my lord . ' Then glided back , and ushered in , with polite disdain , two lovelier women than he had ever opened a door to in the whole course of his ...
... lord mysteriously , and said , sotto voce , but im- pressively : This is low enough , my lord . ' Then glided back , and ushered in , with polite disdain , two lovelier women than he had ever opened a door to in the whole course of his ...
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