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... occafion young Blufter exhibited the firft tokens of his future eminence , by fhak- ing his purfe at an old gentleman , who had been the moft intimate friend of his father , and offering to wager a greater fum than he could afford to ...
... occafion young Blufter exhibited the firft tokens of his future eminence , by fhak- ing his purfe at an old gentleman , who had been the moft intimate friend of his father , and offering to wager a greater fum than he could afford to ...
Page 113
... occafion to enter the house ; and my aunt was forced to affert the dignity of her own children , while they were fculking in corners for fear of notice and hanging down their heads in filent confufion , by relating the indifcretion of ...
... occafion to enter the house ; and my aunt was forced to affert the dignity of her own children , while they were fculking in corners for fear of notice and hanging down their heads in filent confufion , by relating the indifcretion of ...
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... occafion when we were left to- gether in a room , to bid me fuffer 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 ...
... occafion when we were left to- gether in a room , to bid me fuffer 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 ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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