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Page 82
... the proffered draught , and again laid himself down , sinking soon after into a
doze which , though at first perturbed , and broken by sighs and exclamations ,
eventually subsided into a heavy continued sleep , that lasted through the night .
... the proffered draught , and again laid himself down , sinking soon after into a
doze which , though at first perturbed , and broken by sighs and exclamations ,
eventually subsided into a heavy continued sleep , that lasted through the night .
Page 105
Nay the Queen herself will sometimes talk to the people , in her pretty broken
English , of the pleasant party they had together the night before , and quite forget
to pay what she lost to them ; they do say the same thing of the Lady Anne , and ...
Nay the Queen herself will sometimes talk to the people , in her pretty broken
English , of the pleasant party they had together the night before , and quite forget
to pay what she lost to them ; they do say the same thing of the Lady Anne , and ...
Page 117
I owe you an apology , ” said the Peer , after having cordially welcomed his
visitant , “ for disappointing you last night ; but my business at Powis House
detained me later than I had expected , and when I returned to Or- monde - street
, I found ...
I owe you an apology , ” said the Peer , after having cordially welcomed his
visitant , “ for disappointing you last night ; but my business at Powis House
detained me later than I had expected , and when I returned to Or- monde - street
, I found ...
Page 123
See what it is to be a Minister ! to have an overwrought brain , to have been
sleepless all night , and to be suffering at the same time from an attack of nervous
fever . Go , go ! send me Seagrave instantly , and mention nothing of what you
have ...
See what it is to be a Minister ! to have an overwrought brain , to have been
sleepless all night , and to be suffering at the same time from an attack of nervous
fever . Go , go ! send me Seagrave instantly , and mention nothing of what you
have ...
Page 138
Voluntarily recurring to the of subject the night attack made by the bravoes , he
declared that his Lordship had been quite irritated out of his customary
selfpossession by the relation of that daring outrage , believing it to have sprung
from a ...
Voluntarily recurring to the of subject the night attack made by the bravoes , he
declared that his Lordship had been quite irritated out of his customary
selfpossession by the relation of that daring outrage , believing it to have sprung
from a ...
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