The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... thousand pounds a year upon the exchange of London . I rejoiced heartily at this news , and took the first opportunity of paying my congratulations upon so happy an occasion . As I was dressed for this visit in very clean canonicals ...
... thousand pounds a year upon the exchange of London . I rejoiced heartily at this news , and took the first opportunity of paying my congratulations upon so happy an occasion . As I was dressed for this visit in very clean canonicals ...
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... thousand pounds in your pocket . Seventeen hundred , sir . And these seventeen hundred pounds , I think , lasted you about five years . True , sir . Five times three are fifteen . Ay , you lived at the rate of about three hundred and ...
... thousand pounds in your pocket . Seventeen hundred , sir . And these seventeen hundred pounds , I think , lasted you about five years . True , sir . Five times three are fifteen . Ay , you lived at the rate of about three hundred and ...
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... thousand a year , and I spend two thousand If you have but forty , I see no occasion for your spending more than forty . I have a sincere regard for you , and I think my actions have proved it ; but a gentleman , who knows you very well ...
... thousand a year , and I spend two thousand If you have but forty , I see no occasion for your spending more than forty . I have a sincere regard for you , and I think my actions have proved it ; but a gentleman , who knows you very well ...
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... thousand protestations of esteem and friendship ; conjuring her to tell him if his for- tune or services could contribute to her happiness , and vowing never to leave her , till she made him ac- quainted with the cause of her concern ...
... thousand protestations of esteem and friendship ; conjuring her to tell him if his for- tune or services could contribute to her happiness , and vowing never to leave her , till she made him ac- quainted with the cause of her concern ...
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... , they will allow that in a world near six thousand years old , one such instance of frailty , even in a young and beautiful widow , may possibly have happened . But 20 4 . THE WORLD . Uses of learning Coventrye Moore.
... , they will allow that in a world near six thousand years old , one such instance of frailty , even in a young and beautiful widow , may possibly have happened . But 20 4 . THE WORLD . Uses of learning Coventrye Moore.
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