Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4G. Bell and Sons, 1724 |
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... believe I heard this with the same pleasure which I now feel at the relating it again ; for I was terribly af- frighted at the apprehensions of my children being brought to misery and distress , as those must be who have no friends ...
... believe I heard this with the same pleasure which I now feel at the relating it again ; for I was terribly af- frighted at the apprehensions of my children being brought to misery and distress , as those must be who have no friends ...
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... believe that what he had said to me was like life from the dead ; that it was like recovering one sick from the brink of the grave ; how I should ever make him a return any way suitable , was what I had not yet had time to think of ; I ...
... believe that what he had said to me was like life from the dead ; that it was like recovering one sick from the brink of the grave ; how I should ever make him a return any way suitable , was what I had not yet had time to think of ; I ...
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... believe him , that he was full master of the whole house and of me , as far as was within the bounds we had spoken of , which I believed he would not break , and asked him if he would not lodge there that night . He said he could not ...
... believe him , that he was full master of the whole house and of me , as far as was within the bounds we had spoken of , which I believed he would not break , and asked him if he would not lodge there that night . He said he could not ...
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... believe that he did nothing but what he thought was lawful ; and I must do that justice upon myself as to say , I did what my own conscience convinced me , at the very time I did it , was horribly unlawful , scandalous , and abominable ...
... believe that he did nothing but what he thought was lawful ; and I must do that justice upon myself as to say , I did what my own conscience convinced me , at the very time I did it , was horribly unlawful , scandalous , and abominable ...
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... my scruples will be ; but if I let it alone , the necessity of my present circum- stances is such , that I believe I shall yield to him , if he should RESOLVE TO BECOME MY LANDLORD'S BEDFELLOW 33 importune me much 32 ROXANA .
... my scruples will be ; but if I let it alone , the necessity of my present circum- stances is such , that I believe I shall yield to him , if he should RESOLVE TO BECOME MY LANDLORD'S BEDFELLOW 33 importune me much 32 ROXANA .
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