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Page 9
... turned back . In this dilemma , he was recom- mended to apply to the eminent house to which I have alluded ; his papers were in a foreign language which I alone in the office under- stood ; and hence he was handed over to my care . When ...
... turned back . In this dilemma , he was recom- mended to apply to the eminent house to which I have alluded ; his papers were in a foreign language which I alone in the office under- stood ; and hence he was handed over to my care . When ...
Page 19
... turned back , assuring " Laura " that the carri- age must have gone the other way . I pursued my own ; and never have seen her since , though I hear she is again in the same quagmire in which I first found her : and there she may remain ...
... turned back , assuring " Laura " that the carri- age must have gone the other way . I pursued my own ; and never have seen her since , though I hear she is again in the same quagmire in which I first found her : and there she may remain ...
Page 27
... turning over a common place book with nothing in it , " at page 551 of Quotem's Reports , vol . 15. " But there was no joking in the matter : he returned to me the next day to tell me that he had been to the Temple and Lincoln's Inn ...
... turning over a common place book with nothing in it , " at page 551 of Quotem's Reports , vol . 15. " But there was no joking in the matter : he returned to me the next day to tell me that he had been to the Temple and Lincoln's Inn ...
Page 30
... turned over in an attorney's office , without up- setting a title . My scruples might have re- stricted my curiosity for a twelvemonth , but for the seasonable visit of a fair damsel , who carried on the mystery of bonnet - making . She ...
... turned over in an attorney's office , without up- setting a title . My scruples might have re- stricted my curiosity for a twelvemonth , but for the seasonable visit of a fair damsel , who carried on the mystery of bonnet - making . She ...
Page 33
... turned over the papers with a vengeance , but I could make nothing of them . I had lost sight of Fairfax for above seven years , and never knew more of him , than as a casual companion to take wine with . In short , I resolved to leave ...
... turned over the papers with a vengeance , but I could make nothing of them . I had lost sight of Fairfax for above seven years , and never knew more of him , than as a casual companion to take wine with . In short , I resolved to leave ...
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