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Page 154
... took the razor , and so by her audacity she changed her kind : but when she took the lamp and came to the bedside , she saw the most meek and sweetest beast of all beasts , even fair Cupid couched fairly , at whose sight the very lamp ...
... took the razor , and so by her audacity she changed her kind : but when she took the lamp and came to the bedside , she saw the most meek and sweetest beast of all beasts , even fair Cupid couched fairly , at whose sight the very lamp ...
Page 342
... took out and fastened as strongly as I could upon my Nose , and thus armed went on boldly with my Work in spite of the Enemy's Arrows , many of which struck against the Glasses of my Spectacles , but without any other Effect , further ...
... took out and fastened as strongly as I could upon my Nose , and thus armed went on boldly with my Work in spite of the Enemy's Arrows , many of which struck against the Glasses of my Spectacles , but without any other Effect , further ...
Page 385
... took the removed chair , and drew it so near mine , squatting in it with his ugly weight , that he press'd upon my hoop . - I was so offended ( all I had heard , as I said , in my head ) , that I removed to another chair . I own I had ...
... took the removed chair , and drew it so near mine , squatting in it with his ugly weight , that he press'd upon my hoop . - I was so offended ( all I had heard , as I said , in my head ) , that I removed to another chair . I own I had ...
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