The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... body . And here , sir , before I enter into the spirit of their interior government , permit me to observe to you , upon a few of the many lines of dif- ference which are to be found between the vices of the Company's government , and ...
... body . And here , sir , before I enter into the spirit of their interior government , permit me to observe to you , upon a few of the many lines of dif- ference which are to be found between the vices of the Company's government , and ...
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... bodies in the streets , or on the glacis of Tanjore , and expired of famine in the granary of India . I was going to awake your justice towards this unhappy part of our fellow - citizens , by bringing before you some of the ...
... bodies in the streets , or on the glacis of Tanjore , and expired of famine in the granary of India . I was going to awake your justice towards this unhappy part of our fellow - citizens , by bringing before you some of the ...
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... bodies ; and for this purpose funeral piles were erected between the heaps of ruins . This ceremony lasted several days . Amid so many public calamities , the people devoted themselves to those religious duties , which they thought were ...
... bodies ; and for this purpose funeral piles were erected between the heaps of ruins . This ceremony lasted several days . Amid so many public calamities , the people devoted themselves to those religious duties , which they thought were ...
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... bodies ; and these being led to many different parts , were there fusilladed . This horrible operation required much time , notwithstanding the number of troops employed in this dreadful sacrifice : I owe it to these troops to declare ...
... bodies ; and these being led to many different parts , were there fusilladed . This horrible operation required much time , notwithstanding the number of troops employed in this dreadful sacrifice : I owe it to these troops to declare ...
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... bodies of those who had already expired , in order to finish the wretches who , under cover of this frightful and shock- ing rampart , had not yet been reached . This picture is exact and faithful ; and the recollection makes my hand ...
... bodies of those who had already expired , in order to finish the wretches who , under cover of this frightful and shock- ing rampart , had not yet been reached . This picture is exact and faithful ; and the recollection makes my hand ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole