The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, Volumes 1-3A.K. Newman, 1821 |
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... poor countrymen bled - for what ? why for nothing at all , boys . Is not that the meaning of the picture ? " " I believe so , " cried one . " The post- boy must know best , " responded another ; while Tom Pigeon cantered away , whist ...
... poor countrymen bled - for what ? why for nothing at all , boys . Is not that the meaning of the picture ? " " I believe so , " cried one . " The post- boy must know best , " responded another ; while Tom Pigeon cantered away , whist ...
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... poor ; why she would as soon venture to the very gates of hell , with which she is continually threatening us , as near a sick person that might want her assistance . I remember well , Jerry , when captain Plunket was last here , and ...
... poor ; why she would as soon venture to the very gates of hell , with which she is continually threatening us , as near a sick person that might want her assistance . I remember well , Jerry , when captain Plunket was last here , and ...
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... poor woman , in the height of a fever , had quitted her bed to cool herself at this little stream . My lady , as soon as she saw her , ran away with Miss Geral- dine and the child , as she would from a mad dog , while captain Plunket ...
... poor woman , in the height of a fever , had quitted her bed to cool herself at this little stream . My lady , as soon as she saw her , ran away with Miss Geral- dine and the child , as she would from a mad dog , while captain Plunket ...
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... poor devils ! whose support is often precarious and uncertain , may well be prodigal of our lives on an occasion . That however was not the case with captain Plunket ; he never considered self where he could serve a fellow - creature ...
... poor devils ! whose support is often precarious and uncertain , may well be prodigal of our lives on an occasion . That however was not the case with captain Plunket ; he never considered self where he could serve a fellow - creature ...
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... poor , and gave an air of mild graciousness to her demeanour in her trans- actions with the comfortable , resist such an appeal to her pious zealousness , inspir- ing , at the same time , the hope of major Blandford's conversion , and ...
... poor , and gave an air of mild graciousness to her demeanour in her trans- actions with the comfortable , resist such an appeal to her pious zealousness , inspir- ing , at the same time , the hope of major Blandford's conversion , and ...
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