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... never half so good or religious as she and yet I never saw the infants . Here John expanded all his eyebrows and tried to look courageous . Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren , having us to the great house in the ...
... never half so good or religious as she and yet I never saw the infants . Here John expanded all his eyebrows and tried to look courageous . Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren , having us to the great house in the ...
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... never thought to thank thee . Edward . What audacious insurgent pride ! what vil- lainous loftiness ! By all the saints of heaven ! every town in England shall have a fair sight of thee , more or less ; hand or foot , brisket or buttock ...
... never thought to thank thee . Edward . What audacious insurgent pride ! what vil- lainous loftiness ! By all the saints of heaven ! every town in England shall have a fair sight of thee , more or less ; hand or foot , brisket or buttock ...
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... never was there a drop of even Scotch blood in their veins . Indeed we have a clue to their bedchamber still hanging on the door , and I suspect that an Italian fiddler or French valet has more than once crossed the current . 3 Noble ...
... never was there a drop of even Scotch blood in their veins . Indeed we have a clue to their bedchamber still hanging on the door , and I suspect that an Italian fiddler or French valet has more than once crossed the current . 3 Noble ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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