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... myself in the warmest moments of hope and ambition . I can yet congratulate myself that fortune has feen her golden cup once tafted without inebriation . Neither my modefty nor pro- dence were overwhelmed by affluence ; my elevation was ...
... myself in the warmest moments of hope and ambition . I can yet congratulate myself that fortune has feen her golden cup once tafted without inebriation . Neither my modefty nor pro- dence were overwhelmed by affluence ; my elevation was ...
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... myself no longer to be infulted , but affume the place which he always intended me to hold in the family . He affured me , that his wife's pre ference of her own daughters fhould never hurt me ; and , accompanying his profeffions with a ...
... myself no longer to be infulted , but affume the place which he always intended me to hold in the family . He affured me , that his wife's pre ference of her own daughters fhould never hurt me ; and , accompanying his profeffions with a ...
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... myself by my needle , and by my landlady's recommendation , obtained a little work from a fhop , and for three weeks lived without repining ; but when my punctuality had gain- ed me fo much reputation , that I was trufted to make up a ...
... myself by my needle , and by my landlady's recommendation , obtained a little work from a fhop , and for three weeks lived without repining ; but when my punctuality had gain- ed me fo much reputation , that I was trufted to make up a ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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