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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... neighbour , when the orator resumed the dis- course in the following manner : -Talk , sir ! no faith , we are come to that pass , that we don't dare talk ; things are come to such a pass that we don't dare open our mouths . - Sir , said ...
... neighbour , when the orator resumed the dis- course in the following manner : -Talk , sir ! no faith , we are come to that pass , that we don't dare talk ; things are come to such a pass that we don't dare open our mouths . - Sir , said ...
Page 113
... neighbours , he was here so plainly described , that it was hardly possible for him to be mistaken . Aurora saw this , and resolving to com- plete his confusion - Count , said she , I have had it in contemplation some time to ask you a ...
... neighbours , he was here so plainly described , that it was hardly possible for him to be mistaken . Aurora saw this , and resolving to com- plete his confusion - Count , said she , I have had it in contemplation some time to ask you a ...
Page 117
... neighbours that he had been very intimate with Lord Oxford , and very deep in the transactions of those times . The same ridiculous vanity pursued him through every circumstance of his life ; and though his estate was known hardly to ...
... neighbours that he had been very intimate with Lord Oxford , and very deep in the transactions of those times . The same ridiculous vanity pursued him through every circumstance of his life ; and though his estate was known hardly to ...
Page 118
... neighbours dined with him , whose ignorance he thought he could impose on , he would give them elder - wine , and swear it was ber- mitage , call a gammon of bacon a Bayoune ham , and put off the commonest home - made cheese for the ...
... neighbours dined with him , whose ignorance he thought he could impose on , he would give them elder - wine , and swear it was ber- mitage , call a gammon of bacon a Bayoune ham , and put off the commonest home - made cheese for the ...
Page 132
... neighbour in the country ; a very handsome woman , under the tyranny of an ill - natured husband . This his lordship knew ; and concluding that her aversion to her husband would make her an easy prey , watched every opportunity of being ...
... neighbour in the country ; a very handsome woman , under the tyranny of an ill - natured husband . This his lordship knew ; and concluding that her aversion to her husband would make her an easy prey , watched every opportunity of being ...
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