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Annual Register of World Events - Page 21
1793
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 32

History - 1793 - 532 pages
...and though matter of above an hundred houfes, he never wimed to reft his head long in any he chofe to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs, a taH,-, and an old woman, were all 'his furniture; and he moved them them about at a minute's warning....
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The Life of the Late John Elwes: Esquire; Member in Three Successive ...

Edward Topham - 1791 - 140 pages
...and though mafter of above an hundred houfes, he never wifhed to reft his head long in any he chofe to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...old woman, were all his furniture; and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all thefe moveables, the old woman was the only one that D 3 gave gave...
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The Life of the Late John Elwes, Esquire: Member in Three Successive ...

Edward Topham - Legislators - 1791 - 144 pages
...and though mafter of above an hundred houfes, he never wifhed to reft his head long in any he chofe to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...old woman, were all his furniture; and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all thefe moveables, the old woman was the only one that D 3 gave gave...
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Annual Register, Volume 32

Edmund Burke - History - 1793 - 544 pages
...wilhed to reft his head long in any he chofe to call his own. A couple of beds, a coujple of chain, a table, and an old woman, were all his furniture;...which terminated the life of this old woman, is not die lead fmgular among the anecdotes that are recorded of Mr. Elwes. But it is too well authenticated...
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The Remarkable Life of John Elwes, Etc

Edward TOPHAM (Major.) - 1802 - 38 pages
...night's lodging ; arid though mafter of above an hundred houfes, he never wimed to reft hb head long in any he chole to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs, a table, and an old woman, comprifed all his furniture; and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all thefe moveables,...
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The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine:: Being a Complete ...

William Granger - Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 688 pages
...and though matter of above an hundred houfes, he never wifhed to reft his head long in any he chofe to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...woman, were all his furniture ; and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all thefe moveables, the old woman was the only one that gave him trouble,...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ...

English literature - 1790 - 820 pages
....though maf» tcr of above a hundred houfes, he never witr.cd to reft his head long in any he chofe to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...old woman, were all his furniture, and he moved them ahout at a minute's warning. Of all thefe move-able?, the old woman waii the only one that gave him...
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The Lives and Portraits of Remarkable Characters, Drawn from the Most ...

Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 280 pages
...and, though master of above a hundred houses, he never wished to rest his head long in any he chose to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...old woman, were all his furniture, and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all these moveables, the old woman was the only one that gave him trouble,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...and though master of above a hundred houses, he never wished to rest his head long in any he chose to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...woman, were all his furniture ; and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all these moveables, the old woman was the only one that gave him trouble,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...and though master of above a hundred houses, he never wished to rest his head long. in any he chose to call his own. A couple of beds, a couple of chairs,...old woman, were all his furniture; and he moved them about at a minute's warning. Of all these moveables, the old woman was the only one that gave him trouble,...
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