The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 109
... Sir John Hawkins is inclined to attri- bute to stateliness and bad temper , but for which Mrs. Barbauld finds a better reason in his bad nerves . His principal foreman also was deaf , as the knight himself acknowledges . Richardson ...
... Sir John Hawkins is inclined to attri- bute to stateliness and bad temper , but for which Mrs. Barbauld finds a better reason in his bad nerves . His principal foreman also was deaf , as the knight himself acknowledges . Richardson ...
Page 443
... SIR JOHN AYRES 443 passed betwixt us ; though I confess I think no man was welcomer to her when I came , for which I shall allege this passage : - ' Coming one day into her chamber , I saw her through the curtains lying upon her bed ...
... SIR JOHN AYRES 443 passed betwixt us ; though I confess I think no man was welcomer to her when I came , for which I shall allege this passage : - ' Coming one day into her chamber , I saw her through the curtains lying upon her bed ...
Page 445
... SIR JOHN AYRES 445 I could strike rather than thrust , which I no sooner perceived but I put a home thrust to the middle of his breast , that I threw him down with so much force , that his head fell first to the ground and his heels ...
... SIR JOHN AYRES 445 I could strike rather than thrust , which I no sooner perceived but I put a home thrust to the middle of his breast , that I threw him down with so much force , that his head fell first to the ground and his heels ...
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