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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... Madam , I'll come again another time , I see you are engaged . No , no , Mrs. says the mis- tress , I am not much engaged , sit down ; this senseless crea- ture here has brought in my fool of a brother's whole house of children upon me ...
... Madam , I'll come again another time , I see you are engaged . No , no , Mrs. says the mis- tress , I am not much engaged , sit down ; this senseless crea- ture here has brought in my fool of a brother's whole house of children upon me ...
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... madam , that is sending them to starve , indeed , for the parish has no obligation to take care of ' em , and so they will lie and perish in the street . Or be sent back again , says the husband , to our parish in a cripple - cart , by ...
... madam , that is sending them to starve , indeed , for the parish has no obligation to take care of ' em , and so they will lie and perish in the street . Or be sent back again , says the husband , to our parish in a cripple - cart , by ...
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... madam , before your maid , because both she and you shall know that I have no ill design , and that I have , in mere kindness , re- solved to do something for you , if I can ; and as I have been a witness of the uncommon honesty and ...
... madam , before your maid , because both she and you shall know that I have no ill design , and that I have , in mere kindness , re- solved to do something for you , if I can ; and as I have been a witness of the uncommon honesty and ...
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... madam , says she , what does this gentleman mean ? Nay , Amy , said I , he means to do us good , you see , don't he ? I know no other meaning he can have , for he can get nothing by me . I warrant you , madam , says she , he'll ask you ...
... madam , says she , what does this gentleman mean ? Nay , Amy , said I , he means to do us good , you see , don't he ? I know no other meaning he can have , for he can get nothing by me . I warrant you , madam , says she , he'll ask you ...
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... madam , says Amy , I don't think would for any . thing else ; it would not be lawful for anything else , but for bread , madam ; why nobody can starve , there's no bearing that , I'm sure . Ay , says I , but if he would give me an ...
... madam , says Amy , I don't think would for any . thing else ; it would not be lawful for anything else , but for bread , madam ; why nobody can starve , there's no bearing that , I'm sure . Ay , says I , but if he would give me an ...
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