The Vicar of WakefieldMilner and Sowerby, 1869 - 224 pages |
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... knew one of them find fault with it . Our cousins too , even to the fortieth remove all remembered their affinity , without any help from the herald's office ; and came very frequently to see us . of them did us no great honour by these ...
... knew one of them find fault with it . Our cousins too , even to the fortieth remove all remembered their affinity , without any help from the herald's office ; and came very frequently to see us . of them did us no great honour by these ...
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... knew that I could make a very handsome settlement on my son , he was not averse to the match ; so both families lived together in all that harmony which generally precedes an expected al- liance . Being convinced by experience that the ...
... knew that I could make a very handsome settlement on my son , he was not averse to the match ; so both families lived together in all that harmony which generally precedes an expected al- liance . Being convinced by experience that the ...
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... knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself . A MIGRATION . - THE FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR LIVES ARE GENERALLY FOUND AT LAST TO BE OF OUR OWN PROCURING . A PROOF THAT EVEN THE HUMBLEST FORTUNE MAY GRANT HAPPINESS. CHAPTER III ...
... knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself . A MIGRATION . - THE FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR LIVES ARE GENERALLY FOUND AT LAST TO BE OF OUR OWN PROCURING . A PROOF THAT EVEN THE HUMBLEST FORTUNE MAY GRANT HAPPINESS. CHAPTER III ...
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Oliver Goldsmith. I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself . " You cannot be ignorant , my children , " cried I , " that no prudence of ours could have pre- vented our late misfortune ; but prudence may do much in ...
Oliver Goldsmith. I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself . " You cannot be ignorant , my children , " cried I , " that no prudence of ours could have pre- vented our late misfortune ; but prudence may do much in ...
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... knew he would act a good part whether vanquished or victorious . His departure only prepared the way for our own , which arrived a few days afterwards . The leaving a neighbourhood in which we had enjoyed so many hours of tranquillity ...
... knew he would act a good part whether vanquished or victorious . His departure only prepared the way for our own , which arrived a few days afterwards . The leaving a neighbourhood in which we had enjoyed so many hours of tranquillity ...
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