Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 - English literature |
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Page 14
... gave orders to bring in a criminal who was taken up as she went out of the puppet - show about three nights ago , and was now standing in the street with a great concourse of peo- ple about her . Word was brought me , that she had ...
... gave orders to bring in a criminal who was taken up as she went out of the puppet - show about three nights ago , and was now standing in the street with a great concourse of peo- ple about her . Word was brought me , that she had ...
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... gave him nothing else but the affectionate farewel of a sister : so that he had at once the two greatest satisfactions that could enter into the heart of man , in finding his friend alive , whom he thought dead ; and his mistress ...
... gave him nothing else but the affectionate farewel of a sister : so that he had at once the two greatest satisfactions that could enter into the heart of man , in finding his friend alive , whom he thought dead ; and his mistress ...
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... gave greater delight or perplexity to those who travelled in it . It was here that the lovers began to be eager in their pursuits . Some of their mistresses , who only seemed to retire for the sake of form and decency , led them into ...
... gave greater delight or perplexity to those who travelled in it . It was here that the lovers began to be eager in their pursuits . Some of their mistresses , who only seemed to retire for the sake of form and decency , led them into ...
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... gave their hands to those who pursued them . Others withdrew from their followers into lit- tle wildernesses , where there were so many paths in- terwoven with each other in so much confusion and irregularity , that several of the ...
... gave their hands to those who pursued them . Others withdrew from their followers into lit- tle wildernesses , where there were so many paths in- terwoven with each other in so much confusion and irregularity , that several of the ...
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... gave me time to view and consider her . Her cloaths were very rich , but tarnished ; and her words very fine , but ill applied . These distinctions made me , without hesitation , ( though I had never seen her before ) ask her , if her ...
... gave me time to view and consider her . Her cloaths were very rich , but tarnished ; and her words very fine , but ill applied . These distinctions made me , without hesitation , ( though I had never seen her before ) ask her , if her ...
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