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Page 47
... young heiress , whom I begin to look upon as marriageable , and who has looked upon herself as such for above these six years . She is now in the eighteenth year of her age . The fortune - hunters have already cast their eyes upon her ...
... young heiress , whom I begin to look upon as marriageable , and who has looked upon herself as such for above these six years . She is now in the eighteenth year of her age . The fortune - hunters have already cast their eyes upon her ...
Page 125
... young fellow's first discovering his passion to his mistress . The young lady was one , it seems , who had long before conceived a favourable opinion of him , and was still in hopes that he would some time or other make his advances ...
... young fellow's first discovering his passion to his mistress . The young lady was one , it seems , who had long before conceived a favourable opinion of him , and was still in hopes that he would some time or other make his advances ...
Page 191
... young giddy - headed fellows ; you have not yet had expe- rience of the world . " Thus we young folks find our ambition cramped , and our laziness indulged ; since , while young , we have little room to display ourselves ; and , when ...
... young giddy - headed fellows ; you have not yet had expe- rience of the world . " Thus we young folks find our ambition cramped , and our laziness indulged ; since , while young , we have little room to display ourselves ; and , when ...
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