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... heard the gentleman with much attention , and asked him , ‹ Whether he would break bulk , and sell his goods by retail , or designed they should all go in a lump ? " He told me , That he should be very loth to part them , unless it was ...
... heard the gentleman with much attention , and asked him , ‹ Whether he would break bulk , and sell his goods by retail , or designed they should all go in a lump ? " He told me , That he should be very loth to part them , unless it was ...
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... heard me with great attention , bowing , smiling , and showing all other instances of that natural good breeding which ingenuous tem- pers pay to those who are elder and wiser than themselves . I entertained him to the following purpose ...
... heard me with great attention , bowing , smiling , and showing all other instances of that natural good breeding which ingenuous tem- pers pay to those who are elder and wiser than themselves . I entertained him to the following purpose ...
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... is often a suspicious circumstance : and there is no- thing so common as to have a lady say , I hope she has heard nothing of what I said of her , that she · grows so great with me ! But indeed my 20 NO . 109 . TATLER .
... is often a suspicious circumstance : and there is no- thing so common as to have a lady say , I hope she has heard nothing of what I said of her , that she · grows so great with me ! But indeed my 20 NO . 109 . TATLER .
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... to be heard before such their interment ; I have set apart Wednesday , the twenty - first instant , as an extraordinary court - day for the hearing both parties . If , therefore , any one can allege NO . 109 . 23 TATLER .
... to be heard before such their interment ; I have set apart Wednesday , the twenty - first instant , as an extraordinary court - day for the hearing both parties . If , therefore , any one can allege NO . 109 . 23 TATLER .
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... . THE watchman , who does me particular honours , as being the chief man in the lane , gave so very great a thump at my door last night , that I awakened at the knock , and heard myself complimented with the D3 NO . 111 . 29 TATLER .
... . THE watchman , who does me particular honours , as being the chief man in the lane , gave so very great a thump at my door last night , that I awakened at the knock , and heard myself complimented with the D3 NO . 111 . 29 TATLER .
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