My old cousin; or, A peep into Cochin-China, by the author of Romantic factsA.K. Newman, 1819 |
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Page 70
... interest ; much valuable property was purchased by him at a low price , from the fortunate cir- cumstance of having money ready to advance to the needy or extravagant at a short notice ; his wife also brought him ten thousand pounds ...
... interest ; much valuable property was purchased by him at a low price , from the fortunate cir- cumstance of having money ready to advance to the needy or extravagant at a short notice ; his wife also brought him ten thousand pounds ...
Page 159
... interest which the attorney seemed to take in every thing which concerned the old squire's favourite ; he was perpetually inviting him to his house , presenting him with books , charts , quadrants , models of ships , & c .; and when he ...
... interest which the attorney seemed to take in every thing which concerned the old squire's favourite ; he was perpetually inviting him to his house , presenting him with books , charts , quadrants , models of ships , & c .; and when he ...
Page 164
Cochin China. succeeded by one quite as acceptable to those who had the interest of Rodney at heart , for it encouraged a confident hope that he was certainly designed to inherit Napperton . 6 66 % " When our admiral ' has struck his ...
Cochin China. succeeded by one quite as acceptable to those who had the interest of Rodney at heart , for it encouraged a confident hope that he was certainly designed to inherit Napperton . 6 66 % " When our admiral ' has struck his ...
Page 166
... interest that obtained his appoint- ment will easily procure his discharge . Remember , too , the chance , nay almost certainty ( if I do not totally misinter- pret my old cousin's ' insinuations and Sharkem's repeated hints ) of his ...
... interest that obtained his appoint- ment will easily procure his discharge . Remember , too , the chance , nay almost certainty ( if I do not totally misinter- pret my old cousin's ' insinuations and Sharkem's repeated hints ) of his ...
Page 166
... interest which the attorney seemed to take in every thing which concerned the old squire's favourite ; he was perpetually inviting him to his house , presenting him with books , charts , quadrants , models of ships , & c .; and when he ...
... interest which the attorney seemed to take in every thing which concerned the old squire's favourite ; he was perpetually inviting him to his house , presenting him with books , charts , quadrants , models of ships , & c .; and when he ...
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