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... wish to be supplied with this Work every Month as published , may have it sent to them , free of Postage , to New - York , Halifax , Quebec , and to any part of the West Indies , at £ 4 12s . per Annum , by Mr. THORNHILL , of the ...
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... wish- ed the fellow to have been half smo- thered at least . He hastened away Vol . III . No. XIII . directly afterwards , no doubt to spend the money which he had ob- tained from the unfortunate wicked girl . Four o'clock . - How is ...
... wish- ed the fellow to have been half smo- thered at least . He hastened away Vol . III . No. XIII . directly afterwards , no doubt to spend the money which he had ob- tained from the unfortunate wicked girl . Four o'clock . - How is ...
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... wish that some dreadful catastrophe might overtake her if she was ever guilty of a second such folly : it was much better to be out of the world , than suffer dissension , from which we could not free ourselves , to embitter and destroy ...
... wish that some dreadful catastrophe might overtake her if she was ever guilty of a second such folly : it was much better to be out of the world , than suffer dissension , from which we could not free ourselves , to embitter and destroy ...
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... wish to free yourself from the attachment I hear towards you . " The words of a mistress are always sacred to a lover's ear : to Beaufort then how much more dear was this gift than any thing he possessed on earth ! Delessert pretended ...
... wish to free yourself from the attachment I hear towards you . " The words of a mistress are always sacred to a lover's ear : to Beaufort then how much more dear was this gift than any thing he possessed on earth ! Delessert pretended ...
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... wish was to have spared a sacrifice minated in a few words . Have you any pretensions to the lady from whom you received the ring I saw on your finger ? If so , I will not beg you to renounce her ; I have too high an opinion of your ...
... wish was to have spared a sacrifice minated in a few words . Have you any pretensions to the lady from whom you received the ring I saw on your finger ? If so , I will not beg you to renounce her ; I have too high an opinion of your ...
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Page 234 - ... management or precaution, to the shoulders of the too merciful executioner. The scene immediately became more interesting. The beadle could by no means be prevailed upon to strike hard, which provoked the constable to strike harder ; and this double flogging continued, till a lass of...
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