Letters of Miss Riversdale: A Novel, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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againſt almoft anſwer becauſe beſt better brother Colonel Malcolm confequences confiderable converfation Dean dear defire diftrefs Engliſh excufe expreffed eyes fafe faid fame fave fear fecure feel feemed feen felf fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhort fifter fince fincerity finging firft firſt fituation fmiling fofa fome fomething foon ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fuppofe fure give happineſs heart Henry herſelf himſelf honour hope impoffible inftant inftantly intereft Javotte judge juft juſt Lady Barbara Lady Belfont Lady Mary Lady Riverfdale laſt leaſt look Lord Grantin Louifa Madame D'Urtife Melvile Mifs Riverfdale mind moft morning moſt mother mufic muft muſt myſelf never obferved occafion opinion paffed perfon pleaſed Plombières poffible Prince propofal reaſon reft requeſted ſaid ſay ſeemed ſhall ſhe ſhould ſtep theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion truft underſtanding uſed wifhed wiſh yourſelf
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