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Page 101
... continued to expect the happy moment , at which Caprice should beckon them to approach ; and endeavoured to propitiate her , not with Home- rical harmony , the representation of great actions , or the recital of noble sentiments , but ...
... continued to expect the happy moment , at which Caprice should beckon them to approach ; and endeavoured to propitiate her , not with Home- rical harmony , the representation of great actions , or the recital of noble sentiments , but ...
Page 199
... continued or dismissed at her discretion . " She therefore thought herself entitled to the su- perintendance of her son's education : and when my father , at the instigation of the parson , faintly pro- posed that I should be sent to ...
... continued or dismissed at her discretion . " She therefore thought herself entitled to the su- perintendance of her son's education : and when my father , at the instigation of the parson , faintly pro- posed that I should be sent to ...
Page 280
... continued to come and go with the rest , till a lady whom I endeavoured to protect in a crowded passage , as she was about to step into her chariot , thanked me for my civility , and told me that , as she had often distinguished me for ...
... continued to come and go with the rest , till a lady whom I endeavoured to protect in a crowded passage , as she was about to step into her chariot , thanked me for my civility , and told me that , as she had often distinguished me for ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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