Henry ... By the author of Arundel [i.e. R. Cumberland].P. Wogan, 1795 |
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affiftance againſt Alexander amongſt anſwer becauſe beſt beſtowed Blachford Bowfey Bridget buſineſs cafe caft Cawdle confcience cou'd courſe cried cried Alexander dame Doctor Doctor Zachary elſe eſcape eyes Ezekiel fafe faid fame favour fecond feemed fellow fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhort fhould fide fight filence firſt fome fomething foon fooner fpirit ftill fuch fuffer fuppofe fure give hand heart Henry's hero herſelf himſelf honour houſe intereft Jemima John Jenkins Juftice Kinloch Lady Crowbery laft lefs leſs mafter meaſures miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon pleaſe poor prefent prifoner puniſhment purpoſe queftion quoth reafon refolution replied Henry ſaid Sawney ſeemed ſhall ſhe ſhort ſmall ſtand ſtate ſtocks ſtrong Sufan tell thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion underſtand Weevil whilft whofe wiſh words worſhip wou'd young yourſelf youth Zachary
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