The gleaner; or, Entertainment for the fire-side [compiled by J. Watson].1804 |
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... lived , that although he laid out the greatest part of a considerable income in acts of charity , no one ever entered his gates to thank him for his boun- ty , or solicit relief , except one poor father of the Jeronymite convent in ...
... lived , that although he laid out the greatest part of a considerable income in acts of charity , no one ever entered his gates to thank him for his boun- ty , or solicit relief , except one poor father of the Jeronymite convent in ...
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... lived , nor allied to the deceased Josepha any otherwise than by the ties of mutual affection , and a promise of marriage ; which , however , he acknowledged had never been solemnized : that he was the son of a gentleman of considerable ...
... lived , nor allied to the deceased Josepha any otherwise than by the ties of mutual affection , and a promise of marriage ; which , however , he acknowledged had never been solemnized : that he was the son of a gentleman of considerable ...
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... lived . They now took this peremptory recusant , and stripping him of his upper garments , laid him on the rack ; a surgeon was called in , who kept his fingers on his pulse ; and the executioners were directed to begin their tortures ...
... lived . They now took this peremptory recusant , and stripping him of his upper garments , laid him on the rack ; a surgeon was called in , who kept his fingers on his pulse ; and the executioners were directed to begin their tortures ...
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... lived , there was a vacancy in the silent Academy . Immediately he departed for Amadan , and arriving , pre- sented himself at the door of the hall where the academicians were as- sembled , and sent in the following billet to the ...
... lived , there was a vacancy in the silent Academy . Immediately he departed for Amadan , and arriving , pre- sented himself at the door of the hall where the academicians were as- sembled , and sent in the following billet to the ...
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... lived in Drury - lane , London , and , like his professional and military ancestor , Sir John Hawkwood , a tailor . Whether the valiant deeds of this Knight of the Thimble , whose fame had erst resounded from pole to pole , had ever ...
... lived in Drury - lane , London , and , like his professional and military ancestor , Sir John Hawkwood , a tailor . Whether the valiant deeds of this Knight of the Thimble , whose fame had erst resounded from pole to pole , had ever ...
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