The gleaner; or, Entertainment for the fire-side [compiled by J. Watson].1804 |
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... length reached the ears of justice , and a commission was sent to Montremos to make enquiry into the case . The supposed crimi- nal made no attempt to escape , but readily attended the summons of the commissioners . Upon the trial it ...
... length reached the ears of justice , and a commission was sent to Montremos to make enquiry into the case . The supposed crimi- nal made no attempt to escape , but readily attended the summons of the commissioners . Upon the trial it ...
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... length the father of Don Juan died , and by will , bequeathed his for- tune to me , in failure of his son and heirs . I had already advanced so far in guilt , that the temptation of this contingency met with no resist- ance in my mind ...
... length the father of Don Juan died , and by will , bequeathed his for- tune to me , in failure of his son and heirs . I had already advanced so far in guilt , that the temptation of this contingency met with no resist- ance in my mind ...
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... length he discovered near the sea coast , a castle , surrounded with ramparts , recently constructed , with a tower of prodigious strength , of which the walls were thirty feet thick , and about a bow shot in heighth . The lord of the ...
... length he discovered near the sea coast , a castle , surrounded with ramparts , recently constructed , with a tower of prodigious strength , of which the walls were thirty feet thick , and about a bow shot in heighth . The lord of the ...
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... length however chance threw in their way the three Turkish bro- thers who were the chief persecutors of these unfortunate labourers . Having amassed the sum of 18000 sequins arising from exactions called the Arai , that is to say , the ...
... length however chance threw in their way the three Turkish bro- thers who were the chief persecutors of these unfortunate labourers . Having amassed the sum of 18000 sequins arising from exactions called the Arai , that is to say , the ...
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... length , having narrowly watched that not one of them remained to lay wait for him , he ventured from his hiding place , and made the best of his way to Imoschi . This double perfidy of the Probatim made such an impression upon his mind ...
... length , having narrowly watched that not one of them remained to lay wait for him , he ventured from his hiding place , and made the best of his way to Imoschi . This double perfidy of the Probatim made such an impression upon his mind ...
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