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History of Stirlingshire. Corrected and brought down to the present time by ... - Page 567
by William Nimmo (minister of Bothkennar.) - 1817
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7

1788 - 588 pages
...ะป pretty large company with bei, and was herfelf playing at cards. He was announced by the lervant under another name : She thought the cards would have dropped from her hands on feeing him ; but me had prefence enough of mind to call him by the name he a/Turned, to afk him when...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...preparatory information ; and entered the room where she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed.' JH Burton's Hume, ii. 462. Mr. Croker (Croker's Boswcll, p. 331) prints an autograph letter from Flora...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed, to ask him when he came to England, and how long he intended to stay there. After he and all the company...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 572 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...thought the cards would have dropped from her hands on seemg him; but she had presence enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed, to ask him when...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing ..., Volume 9

John Nichols - 1815 - 872 pages
...entered the room when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. Ha was announced by the servant under another name ;...cards would have dropped 'from her hands on seeing him j but she had presence enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed, to ask him when he came to...
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History of the transactions in Scotland, in the years 1715-16, and ..., Volume 2

George Charles (bookseller.) - 1817 - 490 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room, when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed, to ask him when he came to England, and how long he intended to stay there. After he and all the company...
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History of the Transactions in Scotland, in the Years 1715-16, and ..., Volume 2

George Charles - 1817 - 492 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room, when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed, to ask him when he came to England, and how long he intended to stay there. After he and all the company...
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History of the Transactions in Scotland in the Years 1715-16 and ..., Volume 2

George Charles - 1817 - 496 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room, when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...she had presence enough of mind to call him by the riame he assumed, to ask him when he came to England, and how long he intended to stay there. After...
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The Year Book, of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...

William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room where she had a Eretty large company with her, and was erself \J H ] n b U\5 X that the cards would have dropped from her hands on seeing him ; but she had presence of mind enough...
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Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart: (count of Albany) Commonly ..., Volume 2

Karl Ludwig Klose - 1845 - 416 pages
...preparatory information, and entered the room when she had a pretty large company with her, and was herself playing at cards. He was announced by the servant...enough of mind to call him by the name he assumed, to ask him when he came to England, and how long he intended to stay there. After he and all the company...
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