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... CXXIX . Letter from Simon Sapling , defcribing his own character , the incidents that befel him on the death of his father , his marriages , and the characters of both his wives A 2 31 CXXX , NUMBER . CXXX . Walter Wormwood , an envious de.
... CXXIX . Letter from Simon Sapling , defcribing his own character , the incidents that befel him on the death of his father , his marriages , and the characters of both his wives A 2 31 CXXX , NUMBER . CXXX . Walter Wormwood , an envious de.
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... marriage : He faw her now in a far different point of view , and comparing her with himself , her beauty , fortune and accomplishments with his own confcious deficiencies , he funk into despair . t t This was not unobserved by ...
... marriage : He faw her now in a far different point of view , and comparing her with himself , her beauty , fortune and accomplishments with his own confcious deficiencies , he funk into despair . t t This was not unobserved by ...
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... married ftate for a while , fhould the forefee advantages in our friend's undertaking a fecond tour with the fame inftructive affo- ciate , ( whether into foreign countries or nearer home ) let her be the judge of what is most likely 66 ...
... married ftate for a while , fhould the forefee advantages in our friend's undertaking a fecond tour with the fame inftructive affo- ciate , ( whether into foreign countries or nearer home ) let her be the judge of what is most likely 66 ...
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... the << good condition of my affairs , are employed in " perfecting the marriage fettlement , and the 66 period now between me and happiness would " by " by any other perfon but myself be termed a N ° 128. THE OBSERVER . 29.
... the << good condition of my affairs , are employed in " perfecting the marriage fettlement , and the 66 period now between me and happiness would " by " by any other perfon but myself be termed a N ° 128. THE OBSERVER . 29.
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... married again , having promised her on her death - bed not to bring a stepdame into his family , whilft I furvived : I had the misfortune to lose him when I was in my twenty - second year ; he got his death at a country canvas for Sir ...
... married again , having promised her on her death - bed not to bring a stepdame into his family , whilft I furvived : I had the misfortune to lose him when I was in my twenty - second year ; he got his death at a country canvas for Sir ...
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