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... figure I made , after having done all this mischief . I dispatched my dinner as soon as I could with my usual taciturnity ; when , to my utter confusion , the lady seeing me quitting my knife and fork , and laying them across one ...
... figure I made , after having done all this mischief . I dispatched my dinner as soon as I could with my usual taciturnity ; when , to my utter confusion , the lady seeing me quitting my knife and fork , and laying them across one ...
Page 135
... figure of the fish that is her name - sake . Mr. Bell has likewise distinguished himself by a device of the same nature : and here , Sir , I must beg leave to observe to you , that this particular figure of a bell has given occasion to ...
... figure of the fish that is her name - sake . Mr. Bell has likewise distinguished himself by a device of the same nature : and here , Sir , I must beg leave to observe to you , that this particular figure of a bell has given occasion to ...
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... figure , that is violent in a party ; but a woman is too sincere to mitigate the fury of her principles with temper and discretion , and to act with that temper and reservedness which are requisite in When this unnatural zeal gets into ...
... figure , that is violent in a party ; but a woman is too sincere to mitigate the fury of her principles with temper and discretion , and to act with that temper and reservedness which are requisite in When this unnatural zeal gets into ...
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