Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4G. Bell and Sons, 1724 |
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Page 142
... Hague for 7,600 pistoles . I had received all the bills which the merchant had helped me to at Paris , and with the money I brought with me , they made up 13,900 pistoles more ; so that I had in ready money , and in account in the bank ...
... Hague for 7,600 pistoles . I had received all the bills which the merchant had helped me to at Paris , and with the money I brought with me , they made up 13,900 pistoles more ; so that I had in ready money , and in account in the bank ...
Page 230
... Hague ( where we lodged for a while ) was , that my spouse saluted me one morning with the title of countess , as he said he intended to do , by having the inheritance to which the honour was annexed , made over to him . It is true , it ...
... Hague ( where we lodged for a while ) was , that my spouse saluted me one morning with the title of countess , as he said he intended to do , by having the inheritance to which the honour was annexed , made over to him . It is true , it ...
Page 231
... Hague with his wife , and should reside there some time , and that he would have his two sons brought down to see him ; which accordingly was done , and where I entertained them with all the kindness and tender- ness that they could ...
... Hague with his wife , and should reside there some time , and that he would have his two sons brought down to see him ; which accordingly was done , and where I entertained them with all the kindness and tender- ness that they could ...
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... Hague , as we were to settle before we went from Paris . As my husband did not care to venture all our fortune in one bottom , so our goods , money , and plate , were consigned to several merchants , who had been his intimates many ...
... Hague , as we were to settle before we went from Paris . As my husband did not care to venture all our fortune in one bottom , so our goods , money , and plate , were consigned to several merchants , who had been his intimates many ...
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... Hague , and go from thence , to Amsterdam and Rotterdam , searching all the towns through which she passed in the United Provinces . This account pleased me very well , especially when I understood that she had been gone from Dover five ...
... Hague , and go from thence , to Amsterdam and Rotterdam , searching all the towns through which she passed in the United Provinces . This account pleased me very well , especially when I understood that she had been gone from Dover five ...
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