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Page 145
... scarce older than himself — And what if I bring my last letter to the Gazetteer on the increase and pro- gress of earthquakes ? It will amuse us , I promise you . I there prove how the late earthquake is coming round to pay us another ...
... scarce older than himself — And what if I bring my last letter to the Gazetteer on the increase and pro- gress of earthquakes ? It will amuse us , I promise you . I there prove how the late earthquake is coming round to pay us another ...
Page 176
... scarce gotten out of one scrape , but he's running his head into another . Sir Will . How so ? Jarvis . The house has but just been cleared of the bailiffs , and now he's again engaging tooth and nail in assisting old Croaker's son to ...
... scarce gotten out of one scrape , but he's running his head into another . Sir Will . How so ? Jarvis . The house has but just been cleared of the bailiffs , and now he's again engaging tooth and nail in assisting old Croaker's son to ...
Page 244
... scarce looked in my face the whole time . Yet the fellow , but for his unaccountable bashfulness , is pretty well , too . He has good sense , but then so buried in his fears , that it fatigues one more than ignorance . If I could teach ...
... scarce looked in my face the whole time . Yet the fellow , but for his unaccountable bashfulness , is pretty well , too . He has good sense , but then so buried in his fears , that it fatigues one more than ignorance . If I could teach ...
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THE DESERTED VILLAGE | 16 |
Part of a Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius | 53 |
On Seeing Mrs perform in the Character of | 59 |
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