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Page 457
... once more . Mr. Burchell , who was of the party , was always fond of seeing some innocent amusement going forward , and set the boys and girls to blind man's buff . My wife too was perswaded to join in the diversion , and it gave me ...
... once more . Mr. Burchell , who was of the party , was always fond of seeing some innocent amusement going forward , and set the boys and girls to blind man's buff . My wife too was perswaded to join in the diversion , and it gave me ...
Page 478
... once more , that your kindness in promising us a visit has charmed us both . I shall see you again . I shall hear your voice . We shall take walks together . I will show you my prospects , the hovel , the alcove , the Ouse , and its ...
... once more , that your kindness in promising us a visit has charmed us both . I shall see you again . I shall hear your voice . We shall take walks together . I will show you my prospects , the hovel , the alcove , the Ouse , and its ...
Page 522
... once such a change in his conduct towards them ? Some means of reformation ought at least to have been tried , before sending seven families at once upon the wide world , and depriving them of a degree of countenance which withheld them ...
... once such a change in his conduct towards them ? Some means of reformation ought at least to have been tried , before sending seven families at once upon the wide world , and depriving them of a degree of countenance which withheld them ...
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