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... Marry , madam . Mrs. Lov . What ! and have my fortune go to build churches and hospitals ? Betty . Why , let it go.- -If the colonel loves you , as he pretends , he'll marry you without a fortune , madam ; and I assure you a colonel's ...
... Marry , madam . Mrs. Lov . What ! and have my fortune go to build churches and hospitals ? Betty . Why , let it go.- -If the colonel loves you , as he pretends , he'll marry you without a fortune , madam ; and I assure you a colonel's ...
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... marry you with the consent of all your guardians ? Mrs. Lov . Or he must not marry me at all : and so I told him ; and he did not seem displeased with the He promised to set me free ; and I , on that condition , promised to make him ...
... marry you with the consent of all your guardians ? Mrs. Lov . Or he must not marry me at all : and so I told him ; and he did not seem displeased with the He promised to set me free ; and I , on that condition , promised to make him ...
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... marry Mrs. Lovely under your hand , Sir Philip . Sir Phil . I'll do't , if you'll step into St. James's Coffee - house , where we may have pen and ink ; - tho ' I cann't foresee what advantage my consent will be to you , without you ...
... marry Mrs. Lovely under your hand , Sir Philip . Sir Phil . I'll do't , if you'll step into St. James's Coffee - house , where we may have pen and ink ; - tho ' I cann't foresee what advantage my consent will be to you , without you ...
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... marry none such , Anne . Mrs. Lov . Wou'd you marry me to one of your own canting sect ? Ob . Pr . Yea , verily , no one else shall ever get my consent , I do assure thee , Anne . Mrs. Lov . And I do assure thee , Obadiah , that I will ...
... marry none such , Anne . Mrs. Lov . Wou'd you marry me to one of your own canting sect ? Ob . Pr . Yea , verily , no one else shall ever get my consent , I do assure thee , Anne . Mrs. Lov . And I do assure thee , Obadiah , that I will ...
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... marry her . - I have sent for our brother guar- dians to meet me here about this very thing - Madam , will you give me leave to recommend a husband to you -Here's a gentleman , whom , in my mind , you can have no objection to ...
... marry her . - I have sent for our brother guar- dians to meet me here about this very thing - Madam , will you give me leave to recommend a husband to you -Here's a gentleman , whom , in my mind , you can have no objection to ...
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