Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volumen11R. Hunter, 1825 |
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... answers to some of their applica- tions , that he not only refused to pay a farthing for his son , but encouraged the creditors to threaten him in the strongest manner with the terrors of law and + arrest . Thus pressed and embarrassed ...
... answers to some of their applica- tions , that he not only refused to pay a farthing for his son , but encouraged the creditors to threaten him in the strongest manner with the terrors of law and + arrest . Thus pressed and embarrassed ...
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... answer about the church to - night - for he writes to the bishop , and will wait no longer . Oh ! hang it ! hang it , John ! what the devil shall I do ? My father won't pay a farthing for me , unless I go into the church ! " 66 ' Well ...
... answer about the church to - night - for he writes to the bishop , and will wait no longer . Oh ! hang it ! hang it , John ! what the devil shall I do ? My father won't pay a farthing for me , unless I go into the church ! " 66 ' Well ...
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... answer for it , he will never go through with it — and then he is to change his profession again ! —and all the expense and all the trouble is to fall on me ! —and I am to provide for him at last ! —In all probability , by the time ...
... answer for it , he will never go through with it — and then he is to change his profession again ! —and all the expense and all the trouble is to fall on me ! —and I am to provide for him at last ! —In all probability , by the time ...
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Maria Edgeworth. hearing this invitation , did not stay to learn Buck- hurst's answer , but went instantly into the room . No one , not even the gentleman whose whisper had occa- sioned it , had the least suspicion of the real cause of ...
Maria Edgeworth. hearing this invitation , did not stay to learn Buck- hurst's answer , but went instantly into the room . No one , not even the gentleman whose whisper had occa- sioned it , had the least suspicion of the real cause of ...
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... answering some one who has attacked miss Hauton whom are you contending with ? " " With himself , " said Mr. Percy . " His ... answer on a similar occasion , No , no - I will have nothing to do with any of the daughters of that mo- ther ...
... answering some one who has attacked miss Hauton whom are you contending with ? " " With himself , " said Mr. Percy . " His ... answer on a similar occasion , No , no - I will have nothing to do with any of the daughters of that mo- ther ...
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Página 213 - with all that should accompany old age," " As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends," was, as she often declared, with gratitude to Providence, happier in age than she had been even in youth.