The History of Sir Charles Grandison: In a Series of Letters, Volume 2John Donaldson, 1776 |
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... living , ex- pect more . Unhappy temper of his wife , Sir Charles ! You are very mild in your account of one of the most abandoned of women . Well , but , Charlotte , I am only giving brief hints of Emily's ftory , to procure for her an ...
... living , ex- pect more . Unhappy temper of his wife , Sir Charles ! You are very mild in your account of one of the most abandoned of women . Well , but , Charlotte , I am only giving brief hints of Emily's ftory , to procure for her an ...
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... living ; and went deep into all the fafhionable diverfions , except gaming with cards and dice ; though he ran into one as expensive , but which he called a nobler vice ; valuing him- felf upon his breed of race - horses and hunters ...
... living ; and went deep into all the fafhionable diverfions , except gaming with cards and dice ; though he ran into one as expensive , but which he called a nobler vice ; valuing him- felf upon his breed of race - horses and hunters ...
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... living mother , as we had to remember affec tionately the departed . What I have written , and fhall farther write , to the disadvantage of Sir Thomas Grandifon , I ga- thered from what was dropt by one lady , and by the other , at ...
... living mother , as we had to remember affec tionately the departed . What I have written , and fhall farther write , to the disadvantage of Sir Thomas Grandifon , I ga- thered from what was dropt by one lady , and by the other , at ...
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... living . She has two chil- dren by Sir Thomas , who are also living ; and one by Mr Oldham . I fhall be told more of her hiftory , when the ladies come to give me some ac- count of their brother's . Sir Thomas went on in the fame gay ...
... living . She has two chil- dren by Sir Thomas , who are also living ; and one by Mr Oldham . I fhall be told more of her hiftory , when the ladies come to give me some ac- count of their brother's . Sir Thomas went on in the fame gay ...
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... living out of hand , and of fending for his fon ; which laft act was to be the forerunner of his refor- mation . It happened , that Mrs Farnborough , the woman he lived with when in town , was ftruck with the fmall - pox , in the height ...
... living out of hand , and of fending for his fon ; which laft act was to be the forerunner of his refor- mation . It happened , that Mrs Farnborough , the woman he lived with when in town , was ftruck with the fmall - pox , in the height ...
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Page 166 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 112 - Yet, with a sigh o'er all mankind, I grant, In this our day of proof, our land of hope, The good man has his clouds that intervene ; Clouds, that obscure his sublunary day, But never conquer : ev'n the best must own, Patience, and resignation, are the pillars Of human peace on earth.
Page 55 - That young men, in their warm blood, are often forward to think they have in vain learned to fence if they never show their skill in a duel.
Page 216 - Oldham's economy in several of his letters. He had a right to do what he would with his own fortune. It was not ours till now. Whatever he has left us, he might have still lessened it. That economy is all that concerns us in interest ; and that is in her favour.