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Page 153
... I was determined to have you , dead or alive . ' Nor did Rose ever for a moment regret that she had married the amiable Curate of St Mark's . 13 * THE EMIGRANTS : OR ASPASIA DE NEMOURS . FOUNDED UPON ROSE BRADSHAW . 153.
... I was determined to have you , dead or alive . ' Nor did Rose ever for a moment regret that she had married the amiable Curate of St Mark's . 13 * THE EMIGRANTS : OR ASPASIA DE NEMOURS . FOUNDED UPON ROSE BRADSHAW . 153.
Page 155
... Nemours , a French gentle- man of some consequence and a native of Paris , with his wife and only child , the lovely Aspasia , made their escape from the impending horrors of the French revolution , and embarked with a number of ...
... Nemours , a French gentle- man of some consequence and a native of Paris , with his wife and only child , the lovely Aspasia , made their escape from the impending horrors of the French revolution , and embarked with a number of ...
Page 156
... Nemours about the time of Aspasia's birth . After a short and prosperous voyage , the little household arrived in safety at their destined port , which was Philadelphia . But imagine their conster- nation when they found that the wretch ...
... Nemours about the time of Aspasia's birth . After a short and prosperous voyage , the little household arrived in safety at their destined port , which was Philadelphia . But imagine their conster- nation when they found that the wretch ...
Page 157
... Nemours and her daughter immediately opened a boardingschool for young ladies . Their letters of introduction from Paris and Bordeaux , were addressed to some of the most respectable merchants of Philadelphia , and they soon had a large ...
... Nemours and her daughter immediately opened a boardingschool for young ladies . Their letters of introduction from Paris and Bordeaux , were addressed to some of the most respectable merchants of Philadelphia , and they soon had a large ...
Page 158
... Nemours , after which the joyous little party repaired to their rural retreat on the banks of the Schuylkill . Here , in the vicinity of the beautiful and romantic falls of this celebrated river , used Edward and Aspa- sia to ramble ...
... Nemours , after which the joyous little party repaired to their rural retreat on the banks of the Schuylkill . Here , in the vicinity of the beautiful and romantic falls of this celebrated river , used Edward and Aspa- sia to ramble ...
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