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... wife and husband Moore 143. Advantages of labour 144. Distresses of a ruined wife and mother 145. Story of a perfidious lover • 146. Advice to the ladies on their return to the country • 147. Various classes of scribblers glass • 148 ...
... wife and husband Moore 143. Advantages of labour 144. Distresses of a ruined wife and mother 145. Story of a perfidious lover • 146. Advice to the ladies on their return to the country • 147. Various classes of scribblers glass • 148 ...
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... wife- Efficacy of medicines in destroying rats .. .... Unknown- Canto on the birth - day of Shakspeare 180. Petition of all the letters in the alpha- bet except E and O . Berenger · 181. Letter on the advantages of gaming 182. General ...
... wife- Efficacy of medicines in destroying rats .. .... Unknown- Canto on the birth - day of Shakspeare 180. Petition of all the letters in the alpha- bet except E and O . Berenger · 181. Letter on the advantages of gaming 182. General ...
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... wife . She has always been , for any thing that I know to the contrary , what is called a virtuous woman : a notable one I am sure she is : but though chastity and notable- ness may be very valuable qualities in a woman , 6 142 . THE ...
... wife . She has always been , for any thing that I know to the contrary , what is called a virtuous woman : a notable one I am sure she is : but though chastity and notable- ness may be very valuable qualities in a woman , 6 142 . THE ...
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... wife . I wish with all my heart that he had given us a definition of that character , as also of a good woman , which , according to some alehouse signs in the country , is a woman without a head . I have long been of opinion , that as ...
... wife . I wish with all my heart that he had given us a definition of that character , as also of a good woman , which , according to some alehouse signs in the country , is a woman without a head . I have long been of opinion , that as ...
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... wife ) by dreaming of them in the night ; so that in almost all my hours of retire- ment , in my slumbers , and even in my devotions , I am constantly tormented with noises , and thorough- ly convinced that there is no peace for me but ...
... wife ) by dreaming of them in the night ; so that in almost all my hours of retire- ment , in my slumbers , and even in my devotions , I am constantly tormented with noises , and thorough- ly convinced that there is no peace for me but ...
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