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... shew my regard — my respect - my devoted tenderness— the danger would be dearer to me than ever was pleasure . " " You have said such things often , " said Alice , " and they are such as I ought not to hear , and do not desire to hear ...
... shew my regard — my respect - my devoted tenderness— the danger would be dearer to me than ever was pleasure . " " You have said such things often , " said Alice , " and they are such as I ought not to hear , and do not desire to hear ...
Page 8
... shews herself unfit for the trust reposed in her , and must needs ex- pose me to persecutions of this nature , I will write to my father , that he may fix me another place of residence ; and in the meanwhile I will take shelter with my ...
... shews herself unfit for the trust reposed in her , and must needs ex- pose me to persecutions of this nature , I will write to my father , that he may fix me another place of residence ; and in the meanwhile I will take shelter with my ...
Page 12
... shew . You dared not mention the subject to your own father - how should you venture to mention it to mine ? " you " That I will soon enable to decide upon . Major Bridgenorth , by my mother's account , is a worthy and an estimable man ...
... shew . You dared not mention the subject to your own father - how should you venture to mention it to mine ? " you " That I will soon enable to decide upon . Major Bridgenorth , by my mother's account , is a worthy and an estimable man ...
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... shew you the amount of what you offer me in exchange for a boon , which , what- ever may be its intrinsic value , is earnestly desi- red by you , and comprehends all that is valuable on earth which I have it in my power to bestow You ...
... shew you the amount of what you offer me in exchange for a boon , which , what- ever may be its intrinsic value , is earnestly desi- red by you , and comprehends all that is valuable on earth which I have it in my power to bestow You ...
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... shew myself such . Well , the tables are turned - the times are changed . A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour , now powerful in his turn , such protection when walking in the paths of the law , as all men ...
... shew myself such . Well , the tables are turned - the times are changed . A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour , now powerful in his turn , such protection when walking in the paths of the law , as all men ...
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