The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Mrs. Barbauld, Volume 23F. C. and J. Rivington, 1810 - English fiction |
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... marry a suit of velvet , nobody better than Hillario ! How should you like him for a hus- band , Cleora ? -Faith , said Cleora , smiling , I never once thought seriously upon the subject ; but sure- ly , my dear , there is such a thing ...
... marry a suit of velvet , nobody better than Hillario ! How should you like him for a hus- band , Cleora ? -Faith , said Cleora , smiling , I never once thought seriously upon the subject ; but sure- ly , my dear , there is such a thing ...
Page 21
... married woman to give one counte- nance . Cleora rallied the expression of we girls , which again had like to have caused a quarrel be- tween them ; and soon afterwards , happening to say she should like to dance with Hillario at the ...
... married woman to give one counte- nance . Cleora rallied the expression of we girls , which again had like to have caused a quarrel be- tween them ; and soon afterwards , happening to say she should like to dance with Hillario at the ...
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... her many admirers . At length she was solicited in marriage by a young lord , famous only for his great estate . The advantage of the match soon prevailed with her parents to give their consent , and the D2 POMPEY THE LITTLE . 27.
... her many admirers . At length she was solicited in marriage by a young lord , famous only for his great estate . The advantage of the match soon prevailed with her parents to give their consent , and the D2 POMPEY THE LITTLE . 27.
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... married for the sake of getting an heir to his estate ; and married her in particular because he heard her toasted as a beauty . She , on the contrary , married because she wanted a husband : and married him because he could give her a ...
... married for the sake of getting an heir to his estate ; and married her in particular because he heard her toasted as a beauty . She , on the contrary , married because she wanted a husband : and married him because he could give her a ...
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... to listen to their quarrels , and then detail them through the town . But this could not continue long ; for indifference may sometimes be borne in a married state , but indignation and hatred never , D3 POMPEY THE LITTLE . 29.
... to listen to their quarrels , and then detail them through the town . But this could not continue long ; for indifference may sometimes be borne in a married state , but indignation and hatred never , D3 POMPEY THE LITTLE . 29.
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