Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
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... heart , and on whom he doated with the fondest affection . The generous captor indulged him in these conversations , and , being a husband himself , knew how to allow for all the tenderness of his sensations . " Ah , sir , ' cried Don ...
... heart , and on whom he doated with the fondest affection . The generous captor indulged him in these conversations , and , being a husband himself , knew how to allow for all the tenderness of his sensations . " Ah , sir , ' cried Don ...
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... heart animated with joy and gratitude . - The captain raising him by the hand , forbade him as he prized his friendship , ever to address him in that posture any more ; " thank me , if you will , " added he , " but thank me as one man ...
... heart animated with joy and gratitude . - The captain raising him by the hand , forbade him as he prized his friendship , ever to address him in that posture any more ; " thank me , if you will , " added he , " but thank me as one man ...
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... heart than that of the Inquisidor's ; 66 66 to my beloved Leonora he had ever shewn the ten- " derness of a paternal affection from her very child- " hood ; by him our hands were joined ; his lips pro- " nounced the nuptial benediction ...
... heart than that of the Inquisidor's ; 66 66 to my beloved Leonora he had ever shewn the ten- " derness of a paternal affection from her very child- " hood ; by him our hands were joined ; his lips pro- " nounced the nuptial benediction ...
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... heart of Don Man- uel , it could not more effectually have stopt its mo- tions , than the perusal of this fatal writing : He drop- ped lifeless on the couch , and but for the care and as- sistance of the Captain and Pedrosa in that ...
... heart of Don Man- uel , it could not more effectually have stopt its mo- tions , than the perusal of this fatal writing : He drop- ped lifeless on the couch , and but for the care and as- sistance of the Captain and Pedrosa in that ...
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... heart is at rest , save only when with fire in his eyes and vengeance on his tongue he anathematizes the Inquisition , and struts into the synagogue every sabbath with as bold a step and as erect a look , as if he was himself High ...
... heart is at rest , save only when with fire in his eyes and vengeance on his tongue he anathematizes the Inquisition , and struts into the synagogue every sabbath with as bold a step and as erect a look , as if he was himself High ...
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