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The Adventures of Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They are - Page 313
by William Godwin - 1830
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Things as They Are, Or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, Volume 3

William Godwin - Criminals - 1794 - 316 pages
...fpecies. I ftand now completely detected. My name will be coniecrated to infamy, while your heroifm, your patience and your virtues will be for ever admired. You have inflicted on me the moft fatal of all milchiefs, but I blefs the han'd that wounds me. And now,— turning to the mag-Hlrate...
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Things as They are: Or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, Volume 3

William Godwin - 1816 - 366 pages
...hearer. All my prospects are concluded. All that I most ardently desired, is for ever frustrated. I have spent a life of the basest cruelty, to cover...admired. You have inflicted on me the most fatal of ail mischiefs ; but I bless the hand that wounds me. And now, — turning to the magistrate — and...
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Things as They Are; Or, The Singular Adventures of Caleb Williams

William Godwin - English fiction - 1823 - 372 pages
...hearer. All my prospects are concluded. AH that I most ardently desired, is for ever frustrated. I have spent a life of the basest cruelty, to cover...me the most fatal of all mischiefs, but I bless the hand that wounds me. And now, — turning to the magistrate — and now, do with me as you please....
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Adventures of Caleb Williams, Volume 2

William Godwin - English fiction - 1831 - 246 pages
...my prospects are concluded. All that I most ardently desired is for ever frustrated. T -have- nycm a. life of the basest cruelty, to cover one act of...the most fatal of all mischiefs ; but I bless the hand that wounds me. And now," — turning to the magistrate, — " and now, do with me as you please....
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Adventures of Caleb Williams

William Godwin - Criminals - 1870 - 494 pages
...hearer. All my prospects are concluded. All that I most ardently desired is for ever frustrated. I have spent a life of the basest cruelty, to cover one act ot momentary vice, and to protect myself against the prejudices of my species. I stand now completely...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed. with notes ...

Casket - 1874 - 840 pages
...cruelty to cover one act of momcntaiy vice, and to protect myself against the prejudices of my species. 1 stand now completely detected. My name will be consecrated...me the most fatal of all mischiefs; but I bless the hand that wounds me. And now," — turning tothemagistrate — "and now, do with me as you please....
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...hearer. All my prospects are concluded. All that I most ardently desired is for ever frustrated. I have spent a life of the basest cruelty to cover one...me the most fatal of all mischiefs, but I bless the hand that wounds me. And now ' — turning to the magistrate — ' and now do with me as you please....
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Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...every hearer. All my prospects are concluded. All that I most ardently desire is forever frustrated. I el Austin virtue, will be forever admired. You have inflicted on me the most fatal of all mischiefs, but I bless...
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Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...every nearer. All my prospects are concluded. All that I most ardently desire is forever frustrated. I have spent a life of the basest cruelty to cover one act of momentary vice, and to protect mvself against the prejudices of my species. I stand now completely detected. My name will be consecrated...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 5-6

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 826 pages
...desired or ever frustrated. I have spent a life of the hasest cruelly to cover one act of aieutary vico, and to protect myself against the prejudices of my...species. I stand now completely detected. My name will l>e consecrated to infamy, while yonr ueroiflin, your patience, and your virtues will be for ".vur...
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