... home, it is at the mercy of any rafcal, to whom I have given an opportunity of cheating me of ten pounds, to fwear a debt againft me, and carry me to the abodes of horror, where the malefa&or groans in irons, the debtor languishes in dcfpair. The Young Philosopher: A Novel ... - Page 394by Charlotte Smith - 1798Full view - About this book
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...direftly home, it is at the mercy of any rafcal, to whom I have given an opportunity of cheating me of ten pounds, to fwear a debt againft me, and carry me to the abodes of horror, where the malefa&or groans in irons, the debtor languishes in dcfpair. Is or is not this pifture true ? and if... | |
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