Baldwin; or, A miser's heir, by an old bachelor [signed G.H.E.]. |
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... assistance from his gentle helpmate ; well knowing , perhaps , that any requisition of the kind would have been treated with the most consum- mate disdain , that tender - hearted matron having , not unfrequently , on similar oc- casions ...
... assistance from his gentle helpmate ; well knowing , perhaps , that any requisition of the kind would have been treated with the most consum- mate disdain , that tender - hearted matron having , not unfrequently , on similar oc- casions ...
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... assistance might be useful , he prepared to examine the patient ; and after the custo- mary application to the wrist , and a cri- tical survey of the body , pronounced , with a solemnity of visage which an owl might have envied , " the ...
... assistance might be useful , he prepared to examine the patient ; and after the custo- mary application to the wrist , and a cri- tical survey of the body , pronounced , with a solemnity of visage which an owl might have envied , " the ...
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... - clared the poor gentleman to be " as dead as Harry the Eighth , " were indeed too fa- tally founded in fact . Breathing therefore a sigh to the fate of the the unfortunate sufferer , he proceeded , with the assistance 80 BALDWIN .
... - clared the poor gentleman to be " as dead as Harry the Eighth , " were indeed too fa- tally founded in fact . Breathing therefore a sigh to the fate of the the unfortunate sufferer , he proceeded , with the assistance 80 BALDWIN .
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Richard Harris Barham. the unfortunate sufferer , he proceeded , with the assistance of Clincher , to scruti- nize the pockets of the deceased — a cere- mony which that conscientious innkeeper asseverated was still to be performed . The ...
Richard Harris Barham. the unfortunate sufferer , he proceeded , with the assistance of Clincher , to scruti- nize the pockets of the deceased — a cere- mony which that conscientious innkeeper asseverated was still to be performed . The ...
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... assistance on this melancholy occasion , as I know you have been in the habit of act- ing as an adviser to my poor friend , Mr. Baldwin , more than once , and the rather , as I should wish to have some gentleman of the profession to aid ...
... assistance on this melancholy occasion , as I know you have been in the habit of act- ing as an adviser to my poor friend , Mr. Baldwin , more than once , and the rather , as I should wish to have some gentleman of the profession to aid ...
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agitation Andrew Robinson appearance Appleton arrival attention Bagshaw baronet Belton Beresford bosom Charles Baldwin Charles Delaval cing circumstances Clincher cold companion consequence conveyed countenance daughter dear death deceased deed degree dispatched doctor Drybone door doubt Duddle Duddle's eager effect endeavour entertained fair brow fatal father favour feel felt gave gentleman Grange Gruby habit hand heart honour hope idea immediately induced Ironside jobation Jordan jury kinson lady Delaval late lence length less Magdalen Bridge maître d'hôtel manner Mary master means melancholy ment mind Miss morning murder nature never occasion occupied once parietal bone party perceived person poor possessed postchaise prisoner proceeded received recollection replied retired Royal Oak scarcely scene secured sensations sir Charles situation soon suance suppose tained taken thing thought tion town treache Trevanion ture turned unfortunate Watkinson whole window wish witnessed young youth
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