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Page 53
... sometimes born out of a discarded statesman's head , and thence delivered to be nursed and dandled by the rabble . Sometimes it is produced a monster , and licked into shape : at other times it comes into the world completely formed ...
... sometimes born out of a discarded statesman's head , and thence delivered to be nursed and dandled by the rabble . Sometimes it is produced a monster , and licked into shape : at other times it comes into the world completely formed ...
Page 199
... sometimes ) , rather than not have him again , and was as uneasy without him , as he their poor uncle must have been ... sometimes , sometimes in despair , yet persisting ever , I courted the fair Alice W - n ; and , as much as children ...
... sometimes ) , rather than not have him again , and was as uneasy without him , as he their poor uncle must have been ... sometimes , sometimes in despair , yet persisting ever , I courted the fair Alice W - n ; and , as much as children ...
Page 445
... Sometimes his vague ' West Indian business ' ( that is , his first wife's property ) hurries him suddenly into the City ; sometimes he is borne off to the Gentleman Ushers ' table at St. James's . Sometimes , even , he stays out all ...
... Sometimes his vague ' West Indian business ' ( that is , his first wife's property ) hurries him suddenly into the City ; sometimes he is borne off to the Gentleman Ushers ' table at St. James's . Sometimes , even , he stays out all ...
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