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Page 52
... ladies withdrawing , the benches were torn up , the glafs luftres were broke and thrown upon the ftage , and a total confufion enfued , which prevented the play from going on ; and about nine the house was clear- ed , the money being ...
... ladies withdrawing , the benches were torn up , the glafs luftres were broke and thrown upon the ftage , and a total confufion enfued , which prevented the play from going on ; and about nine the house was clear- ed , the money being ...
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... lady's woman , broke it open , and flung it into the coal - hole , to induce the fervants to think that the murderer was a thief , who had broke into the house , with intent to rob it . He was but twenty years years old Being a very ...
... lady's woman , broke it open , and flung it into the coal - hole , to induce the fervants to think that the murderer was a thief , who had broke into the house , with intent to rob it . He was but twenty years years old Being a very ...
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... ladies of the firft dif- tinction , befides an uncommon number of gentlemen of family and fortune . The entertainment confifted of 1560 dishes , befides the deffert . The ball continued till near five next morning . A man , who stood on ...
... ladies of the firft dif- tinction , befides an uncommon number of gentlemen of family and fortune . The entertainment confifted of 1560 dishes , befides the deffert . The ball continued till near five next morning . A man , who stood on ...
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... lady in the country , amounting to feveral thousand pounds , under a forged letter of attorney , contrived to keep the fraud concealed from her , by conftantly remitting to her the intereft of her money till Christmas laft , when ...
... lady in the country , amounting to feveral thousand pounds , under a forged letter of attorney , contrived to keep the fraud concealed from her , by conftantly remitting to her the intereft of her money till Christmas laft , when ...
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... lady Molef- worth , in Upper Brook - ftreet Grofvenor - square , by a man go- ing by , who alarmed the family , and in less than a quarter of an hour the whole houfe was in a blaze , and in a short time entirely confumed , with all the ...
... lady Molef- worth , in Upper Brook - ftreet Grofvenor - square , by a man go- ing by , who alarmed the family , and in less than a quarter of an hour the whole houfe was in a blaze , and in a short time entirely confumed , with all the ...
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