The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... considered , than has been attempted in any previous selection of extracts . The works of popular authors of the present time have not been particularly resorted to , because Mr M'Diarmid , by his tasteful and judicious selection in ...
... considered , than has been attempted in any previous selection of extracts . The works of popular authors of the present time have not been particularly resorted to , because Mr M'Diarmid , by his tasteful and judicious selection in ...
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... considered as an engine for swaying the minds of men , not only independent of the moral character of the speaker , but of the truth or falsehood of the propositions he endeavours to inculcate ; and which may , with equal facility , be ...
... considered as an engine for swaying the minds of men , not only independent of the moral character of the speaker , but of the truth or falsehood of the propositions he endeavours to inculcate ; and which may , with equal facility , be ...
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... considered and felt to be sublime . Let me read it to you . " A MASSACRE . " Here it is that I must make a most painful recital . The frankness , I will venture to say the candour , which may be observed in these memoirs , make it a ...
... considered and felt to be sublime . Let me read it to you . " A MASSACRE . " Here it is that I must make a most painful recital . The frankness , I will venture to say the candour , which may be observed in these memoirs , make it a ...
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... considered as almost the only appendages to a Grecian apartment . The principal room ( or what with us would be the drawing - room ) was large , lofty , and decorated with much richness . Its height was sufficient for a double row of ...
... considered as almost the only appendages to a Grecian apartment . The principal room ( or what with us would be the drawing - room ) was large , lofty , and decorated with much richness . Its height was sufficient for a double row of ...
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... considered necessary . After passing an hour or two on the couches of the apartment , some visitors generally arrived , and the family moved to the larger room before described . These visitors were Greeks of the city , some of them ...
... considered necessary . After passing an hour or two on the couches of the apartment , some visitors generally arrived , and the family moved to the larger room before described . These visitors were Greeks of the city , some of them ...
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