Human Life, with variations; or, the Chapter of Accidents, etcLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; and Lake, Uxbridge, 1817 - 188 pages |
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... soon grows familiar to the lover , Fades in his eye , and palls upon the sense . The virtuous Laura tow'rs above her sex : True she is fair , ( Oh , how divinely fair ! ) But still the lovely maid improves her charms , With inward ...
... soon grows familiar to the lover , Fades in his eye , and palls upon the sense . The virtuous Laura tow'rs above her sex : True she is fair , ( Oh , how divinely fair ! ) But still the lovely maid improves her charms , With inward ...
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... soon as he had sufficiently recovered himself . " Follow me , " said Edmund snatching up his sabre , " and you will shortly know . " So saying he rushed wildly out of the house , without leav- ing d'Alembert time to prevent his rash ...
... soon as he had sufficiently recovered himself . " Follow me , " said Edmund snatching up his sabre , " and you will shortly know . " So saying he rushed wildly out of the house , without leav- ing d'Alembert time to prevent his rash ...
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... soon fell a victim to a severe cold , followed by consump- tion , and left the fair Laura ( who was formed for moving in a higher sphere ) with a very small income . " " But you surely could not be totally unprovided for , " interrupted ...
... soon fell a victim to a severe cold , followed by consump- tion , and left the fair Laura ( who was formed for moving in a higher sphere ) with a very small income . " " But you surely could not be totally unprovided for , " interrupted ...
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... soon discovered Laura in her new abode , and continued to trouble her with his impertinent ad- dresses . Having escaped one snare which he had plotted for her ruin , wea- ried with his persecutions , she has now retired to a convent ...
... soon discovered Laura in her new abode , and continued to trouble her with his impertinent ad- dresses . Having escaped one snare which he had plotted for her ruin , wea- ried with his persecutions , she has now retired to a convent ...
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... her health . Miss Montravers soon entered with a book , the moment I perceived her , I gave the determined signal , four of my menials rushed in and immediately seized her , notwithstanding her touching 20 HUMAN LIFE .
... her health . Miss Montravers soon entered with a book , the moment I perceived her , I gave the determined signal , four of my menials rushed in and immediately seized her , notwithstanding her touching 20 HUMAN LIFE .
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