Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia BoothbyWilliam Clark Russell H.S. King, 1872 - 322 стор. |
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... gave me leisure to prosecute my task . I undertook it with eagerness ; for I was never to know how much of my past my lady might come to discover . In this apprehension I determin'd to set down a plain and sincere narrative of my ...
... gave me leisure to prosecute my task . I undertook it with eagerness ; for I was never to know how much of my past my lady might come to discover . In this apprehension I determin'd to set down a plain and sincere narrative of my ...
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... gave him his blessing . With this narrow fortune , Mr. Boothby started for London , which he reached on the first day of April , in the year 1739 . Of his life at this period I know little , for the accounts are vague and the memorials ...
... gave him his blessing . With this narrow fortune , Mr. Boothby started for London , which he reached on the first day of April , in the year 1739 . Of his life at this period I know little , for the accounts are vague and the memorials ...
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... ale - house near the Strand , he fell to making oblique inquiries among certain of the players concerning her ; which being answered , gave him to know her name was Lavinia Modeley ; that she was an orphan ; that she.
... ale - house near the Strand , he fell to making oblique inquiries among certain of the players concerning her ; which being answered , gave him to know her name was Lavinia Modeley ; that she was an orphan ; that she.
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... her swain , she was unwilling her friends should know her shame , and so gave out she was married ; to carry out which beyond the dispute of proof , she caused a young female companion C to attire herself as a man , and taking her.
... her swain , she was unwilling her friends should know her shame , and so gave out she was married ; to carry out which beyond the dispute of proof , she caused a young female companion C to attire herself as a man , and taking her.
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... ( indeed , there were few houses in London where his face was not familiar ) , he led the gentleman to the parlour , and calling for some brandy , gave him a dram , D which speedily brought him to ; then tenderly removing his.
... ( indeed , there were few houses in London where his face was not familiar ) , he led the gentleman to the parlour , and calling for some brandy , gave him a dram , D which speedily brought him to ; then tenderly removing his.
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