The Devil Upon Two Sticks in England: Being a Continuation of Le Diable Boiteux of Le Sage. ...Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790 |
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affiftance alfo almoſt amuſe anfwered the Demon anſwered aſtoniſhed beſt Britiſh bufy buſineſs cauſe character circumſtances confiderable continued Afmodeus contrived courſe daugh defign defire Devil difcover Don Cleo dreffed encreaſe exclaimed Don Cleofas exerciſe faid Afmodeus faid Don Cleofas fame faſhion fcene fecret feen felf fenfibility fent fervice fhall fhort fhould fingular firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon fortune ftate fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport gentleman happineſs herſelf hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe induſtry intereft juft juſt lady laft leaſt mafter ment merchant mind modeus moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffion paſs perfon pleaſe pleaſures poffeffed poffeffion poffible prefent profeffion propofal purchaſed purpoſe purſue racter raphina reaſon replied the Demon reſpect reſt reſtored ſaid ſcene ſchool Seraphina ſhall ſhe ſome ſpirit ſtate Sticks ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfal uſed vifit virtue whofe whoſe young
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