The Amusing Companion, Or, Interesting Story Teller: Being a Collection of Marvellous, Wonderful, Moral, Sentimental, Humorous, and Instructive Tales ...Charles P. Fessenden., 1831 - 180 páginas |
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... cruel , by which he render- ed himself universally hated , was one day ordered by the government to- raise a considerable sum ; upon which , as an excuse for not complying with the demand , he pleaded extreme poverty , but fear- ing ...
... cruel , by which he render- ed himself universally hated , was one day ordered by the government to- raise a considerable sum ; upon which , as an excuse for not complying with the demand , he pleaded extreme poverty , but fear- ing ...
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... cruel and ignominious death , when the attention of the multitude was soon divided by another object . The robber who had been really guil- ty was apprehended selling his plunder , and struck with a panic , had confessed his crime . He ...
... cruel and ignominious death , when the attention of the multitude was soon divided by another object . The robber who had been really guil- ty was apprehended selling his plunder , and struck with a panic , had confessed his crime . He ...
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... This nephew was the identical Mr. Jones , the hero of our story , who now took possession of the house , title , and es- tate , and is the present earl of E !!! THE CRUEL OFFICER PUNISHED . In the reign of Queen 92 THE AMUSING COMPANION .
... This nephew was the identical Mr. Jones , the hero of our story , who now took possession of the house , title , and es- tate , and is the present earl of E !!! THE CRUEL OFFICER PUNISHED . In the reign of Queen 92 THE AMUSING COMPANION .
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... CRUEL OFFICER PUNISHED . In the reign of Queen Anne , a soldier belonging to a marching regiment , which was quartered in the city of Worcester , was taken up for desertion ; and being tried before a court martial was sentenc- ed to be ...
... CRUEL OFFICER PUNISHED . In the reign of Queen Anne , a soldier belonging to a marching regiment , which was quartered in the city of Worcester , was taken up for desertion ; and being tried before a court martial was sentenc- ed to be ...
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... cruel sentence , though intreated to do so by every inferior officer of the regiment , but on the contrary , he swore that he , and he only , should be the executioner , it was merely for example's sake , and to make justice appear more ...
... cruel sentence , though intreated to do so by every inferior officer of the regiment , but on the contrary , he swore that he , and he only , should be the executioner , it was merely for example's sake , and to make justice appear more ...
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