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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... mistresses Coarse and low ; the character of Burchell , alias Sir William , is too romantic for a representation of real life , and even in his love there is a great want of delicacy , or he would not have insulted his mistress with ...
... mistresses Coarse and low ; the character of Burchell , alias Sir William , is too romantic for a representation of real life , and even in his love there is a great want of delicacy , or he would not have insulted his mistress with ...
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... mistress sat at her toilette , or presided at her tea - table . On these occasions her gallants never failed to play with him ; and many pretty dialogues often arose concerning him , which might make a figure in a modern comedy ...
... mistress sat at her toilette , or presided at her tea - table . On these occasions her gallants never failed to play with him ; and many pretty dialogues often arose concerning him , which might make a figure in a modern comedy ...
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... mistress of her trade , not to flatter this weakness . This so elated the spirits of Hillario , that he surveyed himself with increase of pleasure at his glass , and took a pride , on all occasions , to shew how much he was ...
... mistress of her trade , not to flatter this weakness . This so elated the spirits of Hillario , that he surveyed himself with increase of pleasure at his glass , and took a pride , on all occasions , to shew how much he was ...
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... He ate his breakfast that morning with more than usual tranquillity ; and though his mistress con- tinued to caress him , and lament his departure , he neither understood the meaning of her kisses , nor returned c 2 POMPEY THE LITTLE . 15.
... He ate his breakfast that morning with more than usual tranquillity ; and though his mistress con- tinued to caress him , and lament his departure , he neither understood the meaning of her kisses , nor returned c 2 POMPEY THE LITTLE . 15.
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... mistress , and taking up little Pompey in his arms , he went off humming an Italian tune , and , with an air of affected concern , threw himself carelessly into his chaise ; from whence looking up with a melancholy shrug to her window ...
... mistress , and taking up little Pompey in his arms , he went off humming an Italian tune , and , with an air of affected concern , threw himself carelessly into his chaise ; from whence looking up with a melancholy shrug to her window ...
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