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... late revolution , a gentleman walking over the Pont Neuf at Paris , was accofted by a beg- gar , who implored his charity . the name of God , fir , ' faid the beg- gar , do beftow your charity - in the name of the bleffed Virgin , do ...
... late revolution , a gentleman walking over the Pont Neuf at Paris , was accofted by a beg- gar , who implored his charity . the name of God , fir , ' faid the beg- gar , do beftow your charity - in the name of the bleffed Virgin , do ...
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... late revolution , the fpectators of fuch an accident would have be- held it with an equal fang froid . They would juft have looked on- and paffed on . In this , England , a man of any fortune would have thought of nothing lefs than a ...
... late revolution , the fpectators of fuch an accident would have be- held it with an equal fang froid . They would juft have looked on- and paffed on . In this , England , a man of any fortune would have thought of nothing lefs than a ...
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... late as the beginning of the feventeenth century , and who was perhaps one of the moft inquifitive men in the world , in respect to natural history ( though perhaps with more credulity than be- longs to this fceptic age ) fays , that ...
... late as the beginning of the feventeenth century , and who was perhaps one of the moft inquifitive men in the world , in respect to natural history ( though perhaps with more credulity than be- longs to this fceptic age ) fays , that ...
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... late . He upbraided his fon with great bitterness , and began alfo to upbraid Madelaine : but there was fomething in her looks , her filence , and her tears , which stifled the terms of haughty reproach in which he was prepared to ...
... late . He upbraided his fon with great bitterness , and began alfo to upbraid Madelaine : but there was fomething in her looks , her filence , and her tears , which stifled the terms of haughty reproach in which he was prepared to ...
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... late ! ' - At this idea Madelaine took up the veil for her novitiate , which lay upon her table , and bathed it with a Hood of tears . - The next morning , Auguste and Madelaine were married in the parish- church of and immediately ...
... late ! ' - At this idea Madelaine took up the veil for her novitiate , which lay upon her table , and bathed it with a Hood of tears . - The next morning , Auguste and Madelaine were married in the parish- church of and immediately ...
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