Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 61
... imagined , made her husband no less desirous of a separation than herself , and he prosecuted his design in the most effectual manner : for he applied , not to the ecclesiastical courts for a divorce , but to the Parliament for an Act ...
... imagined , made her husband no less desirous of a separation than herself , and he prosecuted his design in the most effectual manner : for he applied , not to the ecclesiastical courts for a divorce , but to the Parliament for an Act ...
Page 62
... imagined likely to treat with great tenderness the child that had contributed to so pleasing an event . It is not indeed easy to discover what motives could be found to overbalance that natural affection of a parent , or what interest ...
... imagined likely to treat with great tenderness the child that had contributed to so pleasing an event . It is not indeed easy to discover what motives could be found to overbalance that natural affection of a parent , or what interest ...
Page 65
... imagined , become his own : he therefore went to her house , opened her boxes , and examined her papers , among which he found some letters written to her by the Lady Mason , which informed him of his birth , and the reasons for which ...
... imagined , become his own : he therefore went to her house , opened her boxes , and examined her papers , among which he found some letters written to her by the Lady Mason , which informed him of his birth , and the reasons for which ...
Page 68
... imagined his task over , and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before ...
... imagined his task over , and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before ...
Page 82
... imagined that she intended no other use of her lie than to set herself free from his embraces and solici- tations , and was very far from suspecting that she would treasure it in her memory as an instrument of future wickedness , or ...
... imagined that she intended no other use of her lie than to set herself free from his embraces and solici- tations , and was very far from suspecting that she would treasure it in her memory as an instrument of future wickedness , or ...
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