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... - morrow , and to - morrow , Creeps in this petty space from day to day , To the last fyllable of recorded time , And all our yesterdays have lighted fool The The way to dusky death . Out , out , CHAP . IX . 17 SELECT SENTENCES .
... - morrow , and to - morrow , Creeps in this petty space from day to day , To the last fyllable of recorded time , And all our yesterdays have lighted fool The The way to dusky death . Out , out , CHAP . IX . 17 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... through towns and villages , till at last they arrived at the capital of the kingdom . At their entrance into the great city , the Mo- с ther ther conjured her daughters never to lofe fight of her CHAP . V. NARRATIVE PIECES .
... through towns and villages , till at last they arrived at the capital of the kingdom . At their entrance into the great city , the Mo- с ther ther conjured her daughters never to lofe fight of her CHAP . V. NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... last died in child - birth of Difeafe . Content- ment , in the absence of her fifter , gave herself up to the en- ticements of Sloth , and was never heard of after : while Labour , who could have no enjoyment without her daugh- ters ...
... last died in child - birth of Difeafe . Content- ment , in the absence of her fifter , gave herself up to the en- ticements of Sloth , and was never heard of after : while Labour , who could have no enjoyment without her daugh- ters ...
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... last from Spain , where he had been from the furtheft borders of Franconia ; and had got fo far on his return home , when his afs died . Every one seemed defirous to know what business could have taken fo old and poor a man fo far a ...
... last from Spain , where he had been from the furtheft borders of Franconia ; and had got fo far on his return home , when his afs died . Every one seemed defirous to know what business could have taken fo old and poor a man fo far a ...
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... last will restore her to herself , but her parents , who know her beft , are hopeless upon that score , and think her fenfes are loft for ever . As As the poftillion fpoke this , Maria made a cadence CHAP . XI . NARRATIVE PIECES . 37.
... last will restore her to herself , but her parents , who know her beft , are hopeless upon that score , and think her fenfes are loft for ever . As As the poftillion fpoke this , Maria made a cadence CHAP . XI . NARRATIVE PIECES . 37.
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