The novels of Tobias Smollett. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author [by sir W. Scott, Volume 2 |
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Page viii
... squire retires to take his nap ; Free- man , guessing the situation of my thoughts , withdraws likewise on pretence of business ; I declare my passion to Narcissa ; am well recei- ved ; charmed with her conversation ; the squire detains ...
... squire retires to take his nap ; Free- man , guessing the situation of my thoughts , withdraws likewise on pretence of business ; I declare my passion to Narcissa ; am well recei- ved ; charmed with her conversation ; the squire detains ...
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... squire refuses his consent ; my uncle comes to town ; approves of my choice ; I am married ; we meet the squire and his lady at the play ; our acquaintance is courted , LXIX . My father intends to revisit the place of his nativity ; we ...
... squire refuses his consent ; my uncle comes to town ; approves of my choice ; I am married ; we meet the squire and his lady at the play ; our acquaintance is courted , LXIX . My father intends to revisit the place of his nativity ; we ...
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... squire mis- interpreted my uncle's desire of peace , or was enraged at the fate of his hounds beyond his usual pitch of resolution , I know not ; but he snatched a flail from one of his followers , and came up with a show of assaulting ...
... squire mis- interpreted my uncle's desire of peace , or was enraged at the fate of his hounds beyond his usual pitch of resolution , I know not ; but he snatched a flail from one of his followers , and came up with a show of assaulting ...
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... squire sole heir of all his grandfather's estate personal and real . My uncle , who had listened with great attention , sucking the head of his cudgel all the while , accompanied these words of the attorney with a stare , and whew ...
... squire sole heir of all his grandfather's estate personal and real . My uncle , who had listened with great attention , sucking the head of his cudgel all the while , accompanied these words of the attorney with a stare , and whew ...
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... Squire Gaw- ky , whom his father had sent , some time ago , to town , for his improvement in writing , dan- cing , fencing , and other modish qualifications . As I had lived with him , since his arrival , on the footing of our old ...
... Squire Gaw- ky , whom his father had sent , some time ago , to town , for his improvement in writing , dan- cing , fencing , and other modish qualifications . As I had lived with him , since his arrival , on the footing of our old ...
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