The gleaner; or, Entertainment for the fire-side [compiled by J. Watson].1804 |
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... answered , to his eternal sorrow he knew that she did die by poison . " Was the poison contained in the medicine she took ? " -- " It was . " Did he impute the crime of mixing the poison in the medicine to the apothecary , or did he ...
... answered , to his eternal sorrow he knew that she did die by poison . " Was the poison contained in the medicine she took ? " -- " It was . " Did he impute the crime of mixing the poison in the medicine to the apothecary , or did he ...
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... answered with- out hesitation , that he did know , but that no tortures should force him to declare it , and they might dispose of him as they saw fit : he could not die in greater tortures than he lived . They now took this peremptory ...
... answered with- out hesitation , that he did know , but that no tortures should force him to declare it , and they might dispose of him as they saw fit : he could not die in greater tortures than he lived . They now took this peremptory ...
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... answered the modest sage , by placing the figure 1 before the number 100 , and by writing under them thus : 1100 Their value is tenfold . THE ADVENTURES OF WILL BLAIR , THE TROOPER ; AND HIS HORSE , POCKET . to ISTORY scarcely furnishes ...
... answered the modest sage , by placing the figure 1 before the number 100 , and by writing under them thus : 1100 Their value is tenfold . THE ADVENTURES OF WILL BLAIR , THE TROOPER ; AND HIS HORSE , POCKET . to ISTORY scarcely furnishes ...
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... answer , he pretend- ed not to understand him , which cost him his life , for Socivizca took up a hatchet that lay by the chimney , and dispatched him . This so terri- fied the woman , that she instantly produced his arms , and he no ...
... answer , he pretend- ed not to understand him , which cost him his life , for Socivizca took up a hatchet that lay by the chimney , and dispatched him . This so terri- fied the woman , that she instantly produced his arms , and he no ...
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... answer the letters he wrote him , in which he remonstrated , that he had only followed the common law of nature in using every stratagem to recover that first of blessings , liberty . Instead of restoring his wife and son , he sent an ...
... answer the letters he wrote him , in which he remonstrated , that he had only followed the common law of nature in using every stratagem to recover that first of blessings , liberty . Instead of restoring his wife and son , he sent an ...
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