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... friends for the information they have furnished , respecting The Sale and Disposal of Ladies in India . We have ... Friend - A Constant Reader - D . W. -r , and An- tiquarius , are all in our hands , and we will get them out of them as ...
... friends for the information they have furnished , respecting The Sale and Disposal of Ladies in India . We have ... Friend - A Constant Reader - D . W. -r , and An- tiquarius , are all in our hands , and we will get them out of them as ...
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... friend Mr. Plausible . Though I had no very sanguine reliance on his promise , yet as our situation was really desperate , and I looked upon it that we had no other chance , I agreed to do all in my power . My wife was now in her ...
... friend Mr. Plausible . Though I had no very sanguine reliance on his promise , yet as our situation was really desperate , and I looked upon it that we had no other chance , I agreed to do all in my power . My wife was now in her ...
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... friends , a small annuity was secured to me out of the wreck of my property , which is just suffici- ent to keep us from want . Scarcely were matters settled , when my indefatigable wife started a new plan . Somebody told her , that a ...
... friends , a small annuity was secured to me out of the wreck of my property , which is just suffici- ent to keep us from want . Scarcely were matters settled , when my indefatigable wife started a new plan . Somebody told her , that a ...
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... friends in this country , and only beauty and a good understanding to recommend her , was induced to go out in one of the fleets to the Indies . I apprehend that it gives but too true a picture of what was the real state of things , and ...
... friends in this country , and only beauty and a good understanding to recommend her , was induced to go out in one of the fleets to the Indies . I apprehend that it gives but too true a picture of what was the real state of things , and ...
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... friend Ackermann have been crowded with admirers of my compositions ; and in the event of his not being able to solve their questions , hun- dreds , I dare say , thronged towards Westminster , in hopes of hearing I must , however ...
... friend Ackermann have been crowded with admirers of my compositions ; and in the event of his not being able to solve their questions , hun- dreds , I dare say , thronged towards Westminster , in hopes of hearing I must , however ...
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