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... young ladies . In 1752 he began to publish " The Adventurer , " which was continued to the one hundred and fortieth number , and then collected into four volumes 12mo . Of these , one half , or seventy numbers , were of his own ...
... young ladies . In 1752 he began to publish " The Adventurer , " which was continued to the one hundred and fortieth number , and then collected into four volumes 12mo . Of these , one half , or seventy numbers , were of his own ...
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... than promoted her mental improvement , dying when she was young , she was left to follow her own inclination in that respect , and stored her mind with the best writings in different modern lan- She was X HISTORICAL AND.
... than promoted her mental improvement , dying when she was young , she was left to follow her own inclination in that respect , and stored her mind with the best writings in different modern lan- She was X HISTORICAL AND.
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... young practitioner of the law , and a mutual attach- ment was the result . formed an acquaintance with Miss Carter , to whom she addressed a poem on her translation of Epictetus , which , with an ode to Peace , and the story of Fidelia ...
... young practitioner of the law , and a mutual attach- ment was the result . formed an acquaintance with Miss Carter , to whom she addressed a poem on her translation of Epictetus , which , with an ode to Peace , and the story of Fidelia ...
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... young lady who was extremely beautiful , and in the eighteenth year of her age . 66 My captivity now began to lose its terrors ; I no longer dreaded the rude gripe of a boisterous VOL . I. D 5 . urchin , whose fondness was scarce less ...
... young lady who was extremely beautiful , and in the eighteenth year of her age . 66 My captivity now began to lose its terrors ; I no longer dreaded the rude gripe of a boisterous VOL . I. D 5 . urchin , whose fondness was scarce less ...
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... young lady from London made an afternoon's visit to my mis- tress : she took an opportunity to caress me among her other favourites , which were a parrot , a mon- key , and a lapdog ; she chirped , and holding out her finger to me , I ...
... young lady from London made an afternoon's visit to my mis- tress : she took an opportunity to caress me among her other favourites , which were a parrot , a mon- key , and a lapdog ; she chirped , and holding out her finger to me , I ...
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