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... are completed , we shall have persuaded all our fair and gentle readers to emulate the fascinating intelligence of the faultless , the ever- placent , ever - pleasant companion , Egeria . A CHAP . I. ELOQUENCE . ONE evening , soon after.
... are completed , we shall have persuaded all our fair and gentle readers to emulate the fascinating intelligence of the faultless , the ever- placent , ever - pleasant companion , Egeria . A CHAP . I. ELOQUENCE . ONE evening , soon after.
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... soon after the marriage of our old chum Benedict , during the honey - moon , as his dear Egeria and he were sitting enjoying the beatitude of his lonely chambers in the Paper buildings , the con- versation happened to turn on public ...
... soon after the marriage of our old chum Benedict , during the honey - moon , as his dear Egeria and he were sitting enjoying the beatitude of his lonely chambers in the Paper buildings , the con- versation happened to turn on public ...
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... soon be read , were any such things extant . My ser- vants and friends are ready to be sifted . Of my cousin Desmond they may lie loudly ; for no man here can contradict them . But as to myself , I never saw in them integrity enough to ...
... soon be read , were any such things extant . My ser- vants and friends are ready to be sifted . Of my cousin Desmond they may lie loudly ; for no man here can contradict them . But as to myself , I never saw in them integrity enough to ...
Page 9
... soon be too late to call for justice . If you will have our service to effect , you must not bind us always to judicial proceedings , such as you are bless- ed with here in England . As to my kingdom , my lord cardinal , I know not what ...
... soon be too late to call for justice . If you will have our service to effect , you must not bind us always to judicial proceedings , such as you are bless- ed with here in England . As to my kingdom , my lord cardinal , I know not what ...
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... soon abated of their ferocity , because they made the conquer- ed country their own . They rose or fell with the rise or fall of the territory they lived in . Fathers there de- posited the hopes of their posterity ; and children there ...
... soon abated of their ferocity , because they made the conquer- ed country their own . They rose or fell with the rise or fall of the territory they lived in . Fathers there de- posited the hopes of their posterity ; and children there ...
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