The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 20G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... letter addressed by Mrs. Roper to her father . to have assembled at Chelsea . " What think you , my mest dear father ... letters passed between him and this beloved daughter ; and when deprived of pen and ink , he contrived to write to ...
... letter addressed by Mrs. Roper to her father . to have assembled at Chelsea . " What think you , my mest dear father ... letters passed between him and this beloved daughter ; and when deprived of pen and ink , he contrived to write to ...
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... letters of advice by other ships , to his friend , announcing that by such a ship he should send a young woman ... letter , endorsed , " The bearer of this is the spouse you ordered me to send you . " A few days were devoted to ...
... letters of advice by other ships , to his friend , announcing that by such a ship he should send a young woman ... letter , endorsed , " The bearer of this is the spouse you ordered me to send you . " A few days were devoted to ...
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... letters , and which few ladies will suppose she could be liable to in so elevated a situation ; but , as Voltaire says , if any thing could show the vanity of ambition , it would be this letter . On the death of the king , in 1715 ...
... letters , and which few ladies will suppose she could be liable to in so elevated a situation ; but , as Voltaire says , if any thing could show the vanity of ambition , it would be this letter . On the death of the king , in 1715 ...
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