Mephistophiles [!] in England, Or, The Confessions of a Prime Minister, Volume 1Harper, 1835 - Devil |
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... scarcely say what the consequence was , -I became early initiated into every fashionable vice . Yet these vicious propensities did not prevent me from eagerly applying to the pursuit of knowledge . I learned with extraordinary avidity ...
... scarcely say what the consequence was , -I became early initiated into every fashionable vice . Yet these vicious propensities did not prevent me from eagerly applying to the pursuit of knowledge . I learned with extraordinary avidity ...
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... scarcely believe this , because Dora's looks were full of kindness and gentleness : still there was one thing which I thought inexplicable in her conduct - she never spoke to me . Since I had first seen her , I had never heard her utter ...
... scarcely believe this , because Dora's looks were full of kindness and gentleness : still there was one thing which I thought inexplicable in her conduct - she never spoke to me . Since I had first seen her , I had never heard her utter ...
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... scarcely ever thought of by either . The desolate situation of my young relative filled me with pity . I thought of nothing else . I was her senior by three or four years , and I deter- mined to act as if I were her elder brother . I ...
... scarcely ever thought of by either . The desolate situation of my young relative filled me with pity . I thought of nothing else . I was her senior by three or four years , and I deter- mined to act as if I were her elder brother . I ...
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... scarcely less interested in the game , and we both appeared so exhausted by the great exertions we had made , that I felt convinced , although I had now some prospect of success , that want of sufficient strength to continue our ...
... scarcely less interested in the game , and we both appeared so exhausted by the great exertions we had made , that I felt convinced , although I had now some prospect of success , that want of sufficient strength to continue our ...
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... scarcely knowing what I was about , up a filthy narrow staircase , into a room scarcely more inviting , furnished only with a bed of the humblest kind , two or three broken chairs , and a dilapidated table . As she placed the candle on ...
... scarcely knowing what I was about , up a filthy narrow staircase , into a room scarcely more inviting , furnished only with a bed of the humblest kind , two or three broken chairs , and a dilapidated table . As she placed the candle on ...
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