The Beauties of English Writers: In Prose and VerseR. Scott, 1799 - 308 страници |
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... house , when the Outagami ravaged our land , and ⚫ carried terror to the gates of Albany ? My pa- • rents perished . I was yet a child ; but I re- member the bloody carnage . My brother , of · riper years , was rescued ; but I became ...
... house , when the Outagami ravaged our land , and ⚫ carried terror to the gates of Albany ? My pa- • rents perished . I was yet a child ; but I re- member the bloody carnage . My brother , of · riper years , was rescued ; but I became ...
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... house , and declared he would take the fame care of me as if I had been his own child . When the first transports of my grief were abated , I found myfelf in an eafy fituation , and from the natural cheerfulness of my temper , I was ...
... house , and declared he would take the fame care of me as if I had been his own child . When the first transports of my grief were abated , I found myfelf in an eafy fituation , and from the natural cheerfulness of my temper , I was ...
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... house , and fee his face no more .. I bowed in fign of obedience ; and collecting all my dignity and refolution , I arose , thanked him for his paft benefits , and with a low curt'fy left the room . In lefs than an hour I departed with ...
... house , and fee his face no more .. I bowed in fign of obedience ; and collecting all my dignity and refolution , I arose , thanked him for his paft benefits , and with a low curt'fy left the room . In lefs than an hour I departed with ...
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In Prose and Verse. little wardrobe to the house of a person who had formerly been my father's fervant , and who now kept a fhop , and let lodgings . From hence I went the next day to vifit my father's nephew , who was in poffeflion of ...
In Prose and Verse. little wardrobe to the house of a person who had formerly been my father's fervant , and who now kept a fhop , and let lodgings . From hence I went the next day to vifit my father's nephew , who was in poffeflion of ...
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... house was the feat of plenty , mirth , and delight , whofe face was ever covered with fmiles , and whofe heart feemed free from forrow and care . Is not this man , faid I , happier than I am ? And if fo , where is the worth of virtue ...
... house was the feat of plenty , mirth , and delight , whofe face was ever covered with fmiles , and whofe heart feemed free from forrow and care . Is not this man , faid I , happier than I am ? And if fo , where is the worth of virtue ...
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