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... Tavistock , in the county of Devon . • Of my personal history I shall say little , having in truth but little to relate concerning myself that would be of any interest to the reader . I was , in childhood , left an orphan , with no very ...
... Tavistock , in the county of Devon . • Of my personal history I shall say little , having in truth but little to relate concerning myself that would be of any interest to the reader . I was , in childhood , left an orphan , with no very ...
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... Tavistock in the autumn of the year 1623 , when the disease raged so fearfully in that town , and ravaged it almost as much as did the plague two years after . Very young children can form no real notion of what death is ; at least , I ...
... Tavistock in the autumn of the year 1623 , when the disease raged so fearfully in that town , and ravaged it almost as much as did the plague two years after . Very young children can form no real notion of what death is ; at least , I ...
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... Tavistock , where she had a pew . Our meeting there , as it will appear in the sequel , was arranged to avoid my going direct to Walreddon after my secret mission , for fear of exciting suspicion . On my arrival at the church , I found ...
... Tavistock , where she had a pew . Our meeting there , as it will appear in the sequel , was arranged to avoid my going direct to Walreddon after my secret mission , for fear of exciting suspicion . On my arrival at the church , I found ...
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... Tavistock church . " " Indeed ! bless my heart ! well - a - day ! " exclaimed the magistrate all in a breath , with a comical expression of mingled wonder and fear in his countenance . " A gipsy child baptized in a Christian assembly ...
... Tavistock church . " " Indeed ! bless my heart ! well - a - day ! " exclaimed the magistrate all in a breath , with a comical expression of mingled wonder and fear in his countenance . " A gipsy child baptized in a Christian assembly ...
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... Tavistock . This arose from the plague having broken out in Exeter ; and , though it had not generally extended itself throughout the city , yet the very circumstance of its being there was sufficient to delay public business , and to ...
... Tavistock . This arose from the plague having broken out in Exeter ; and , though it had not generally extended itself throughout the city , yet the very circumstance of its being there was sufficient to delay public business , and to ...
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