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... fortune to her second sister . " I hung my head ; the younger sister threatened to be married , and every thing was disappointment and discontent . I was in danger of losing irrepara- bly one third of my hopes , and was condemned still ...
... fortune to her second sister . " I hung my head ; the younger sister threatened to be married , and every thing was disappointment and discontent . I was in danger of losing irrepara- bly one third of my hopes , and was condemned still ...
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... fortune , and offered settlements ; these had undoubtedly a right to retire without censure , since they had openly treated for money , as necessary to their happiness , and who can tell how little they wanted any other portion ? I have ...
... fortune , and offered settlements ; these had undoubtedly a right to retire without censure , since they had openly treated for money , as necessary to their happiness , and who can tell how little they wanted any other portion ? I have ...
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... fortune exposes to the storm . In It is not easy to imagine a more unhappy condi- tion than that of dependence on a peevish man . every other state of inferiority the certainty of pleas- ing is perpetually increased by a fuller ...
... fortune exposes to the storm . In It is not easy to imagine a more unhappy condi- tion than that of dependence on a peevish man . every other state of inferiority the certainty of pleas- ing is perpetually increased by a fuller ...
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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