The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 20G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... occasions , in doing justice to merit . She was ever the advocate for the absent , and extenuated where she could not excuse . If compelled to reprove ... occasion , she sold с a piece of plate to relieve an exigency for which WOMAN . 61.
... occasions , in doing justice to merit . She was ever the advocate for the absent , and extenuated where she could not excuse . If compelled to reprove ... occasion , she sold с a piece of plate to relieve an exigency for which WOMAN . 61.
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... occasion , a party of friends to his house , who had never had the pleasure of feasting at his table before . It was in- tended to be a sort of bachelor's party ; but in the midst of the dinner , his wife , angry probably at her ...
... occasion , a party of friends to his house , who had never had the pleasure of feasting at his table before . It was in- tended to be a sort of bachelor's party ; but in the midst of the dinner , his wife , angry probably at her ...
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... occasion , that I think may be prevented , for I will take care you shall never want occasion . " The conditions being thus ad- justed , they proceeded to the altar , and the cere- mony was performed . OLD HABITS . The Duke de Nivernois ...
... occasion , that I think may be prevented , for I will take care you shall never want occasion . " The conditions being thus ad- justed , they proceeded to the altar , and the cere- mony was performed . OLD HABITS . The Duke de Nivernois ...
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