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" A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. "
The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature - Page 13
1796
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...ladies , fhe earned a hard fubfiftence for herfelf and her mother ; but in her loweft diftrefs fhe maintained a fpotlefs reputation, and a dignified...had the good fortune and good fenfe to difcover and poffefs this ineftimable treafure ; and in the c'api. tal of tafte and luxury fhe refifted the temptations...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 99

1796 - 502 pages
...young ladies, flie earned a hard fubfiftence for herfelf and her mother ; but in her loweft diftrefs me maintained a fpotlefs reputation, and a dignified...of Geneva, had the good fortune and good fenfe to diicover and poflèfs this ineftimable treafure ; and in the capital of talle and luxury ihe refilled...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1796 - 616 pages
...ladies, (he earned я hard fubfîiîence for herfelf and her mother; but in her lowed diftrefs file maintained a fpotlefs reputation, and a dignified...a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good feufe to 'difcover and poíléfs this ineftimable treafure : and in the capital of tafte and luxury...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 520 pages
...fubfiftence for herfclf and her mother \ but in her lo.wtft difttefs fhe maintained a fpotlefs Deputation, and a dignified behaviour. A rich banker of Paris,...Geneva, had the good fortune and good fenfe to difcover aud poffefe this incffinable treafure; and in the capital of tafte and luxury fh« refiflcd the temptations...
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The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History ..., Volume 58

1796 - 982 pages
...be' This aa feoff which is neither dilated by та !rim of moderation cor Ly that of true h haviour. A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good fenfe to difcover and polled this incftimable treafure; and in the capital of tafle and luxury (he refilled the temptations...
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Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution, Volume 2

John Adolphus - 1799 - 532 pages
...ladies, fhe earned a hard fub" filtence for herfelf and her mother ; but in her " loweft diftrefs (be maintained a fpotlefs reputation «« and a dignified...fortune and " good fenfe to difcover and poflefs this ineftimable " treafure ; and in the capital of tafte and luxury " fhe refifted the temptations of wealth...
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Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution, Volume 2

John Adolphus - 1799 - 538 pages
...herfelf and her mother ; but in her *' lowefl diftrefs {he maintained a fpotlefs reputation " and " and a dignified behaviour. A rich banker of Paris,...the good fortune and " good fenfe to difcover and poffefs this ineftimable " treafure ; and in the capital of tafte and luxury " fhe refilled the temptations...
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Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution, Volume 2

John Adolphus - 1799 - 534 pages
...daughter retired to Geneva, where, " by teaching young ladies, me earned a hard fub" Mence for herfelf and her mother ; but in her •' loweft diftrefs {he...reputation " and a dignified behaviour. A rich banker of Pari " a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune an *' good fenfe to difcover and poflefs this ineftimabi...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 8

1797 - 512 pages
...young ladies, (he earned a hard fubflftence for herfelf and her mother; but in her lowed diflrefs fhe maintained a fpotlefs reputation, and a dignified...a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good fcnfe to difcovtr and poflcfs this ineftimable tirafbre ; and in the capital of tarte and luxury ihe...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...a hard subsistence for herself and her mother; but in her lowest distress she maintained a spodess reputation, and a dignified behaviour. A rich banker...a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she...
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