Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains “of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)”: In 2 Volumes, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 375 pages |
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... took him in as what we call a broomstick clerk , to sweep the yard , & c . Edmund Halsey behaved so well he was soon preferred to be a house - clerk , and then , having free access to his master's table , married his only daughter , and ...
... took him in as what we call a broomstick clerk , to sweep the yard , & c . Edmund Halsey behaved so well he was soon preferred to be a house - clerk , and then , having free access to his master's table , married his only daughter , and ...
Page 14
... took up his abode with them from before Midsummer till after Michaelmas in that year . During the next sixteen years a room in each of their houses was set apart for him . The principal difficulty at first was to induce him to live ...
... took up his abode with them from before Midsummer till after Michaelmas in that year . During the next sixteen years a room in each of their houses was set apart for him . The principal difficulty at first was to induce him to live ...
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... took all that was offered him by way of fee , including meat and drink , he demanded nothing from the poor , nor was known in any instance to have enforced the payment of even what was justly his due . Hawkins adds that he ( Levet ) had ...
... took all that was offered him by way of fee , including meat and drink , he demanded nothing from the poor , nor was known in any instance to have enforced the payment of even what was justly his due . Hawkins adds that he ( Levet ) had ...
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... took to Poll very well at first , but she won't do upon a nearer examination . " Mrs. T. - How came she among you , Sir ? " Dr. J. - Why I don't rightly remember , but we could spare her very well from us . Poll is a stupid slut ; I had ...
... took to Poll very well at first , but she won't do upon a nearer examination . " Mrs. T. - How came she among you , Sir ? " Dr. J. - Why I don't rightly remember , but we could spare her very well from us . Poll is a stupid slut ; I had ...
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... took one of them upon his knee , and fondled her for half an hour together . " * Women almost always like men who like women ; or as the phenomenon is explained by Pope- • " Lust , through some certain strainers well refined , Is gentle ...
... took one of them upon his knee , and fondled her for half an hour together . " * Women almost always like men who like women ; or as the phenomenon is explained by Pope- • " Lust , through some certain strainers well refined , Is gentle ...
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