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... She is enabled to fee the dependent , frail , and wretched state of man as the child of nature , and incited by her discovery to implore grace and protection from the Lord of the universe . They , indeed , who fly from folitude , can ...
... She is enabled to fee the dependent , frail , and wretched state of man as the child of nature , and incited by her discovery to implore grace and protection from the Lord of the universe . They , indeed , who fly from folitude , can ...
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... she was afked by a friend of her deceased mother to admit of the courtship of her fon , fhe answered , That the had a great refpect and gratitude to her for the overture in behalf of one so dear to her , but that during her father's ...
... she was afked by a friend of her deceased mother to admit of the courtship of her fon , fhe answered , That the had a great refpect and gratitude to her for the overture in behalf of one so dear to her , but that during her father's ...
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... she is doing fo , you would think her formed only for gallantry ) to intimate to him the pleasures she defpises for his fake . Those who think themselves the pattern of good breeding and gallantry , would be aftonished to hear . that ...
... she is doing fo , you would think her formed only for gallantry ) to intimate to him the pleasures she defpises for his fake . Those who think themselves the pattern of good breeding and gallantry , would be aftonished to hear . that ...
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... She then repented her temerity , and with all her force endeavoured to retreat ; but the draught of the gulph was generally too strong to be overcome ; and the pafenger , having danced in circles with a pleafing and giddy velocity , was ...
... She then repented her temerity , and with all her force endeavoured to retreat ; but the draught of the gulph was generally too strong to be overcome ; and the pafenger , having danced in circles with a pleafing and giddy velocity , was ...
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... she could not force them to a- bandon , the perfuaded them to delay . Her touch had a power like that of the torpedo , which withered the ftrength of those who came within its influence . Her unhappy captives ftill turned their faces ...
... she could not force them to a- bandon , the perfuaded them to delay . Her touch had a power like that of the torpedo , which withered the ftrength of those who came within its influence . Her unhappy captives ftill turned their faces ...
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