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" Madam, (says he, to the first of them) you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing ! (says she) really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given me to recollect. "
New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and epistolary ... - Page 247
by New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...was surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, what they had been doing? Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly,...to the first of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ? Doing, says she ; really, I do...
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...question, namely, what they had been doing! Upon this question being proposed to the whole aitembly they stared one upon another, as not knowing what...to the first of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years: what have you been doing there all this while? Doing? says she, really I don't know...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 15-16

British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, ' What they had been doing ?' Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly,...answer. He then interrogated each of them separately. ' MaQ2 dam,' says he to the first of them, ' you have been upon the earth above fifty years : what...
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant ...

1824 - 348 pages
...namely. What they had been doing ? Upon this being proposed to the whole assembly, they stared upon one another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated...to the first of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years ; what have you been doing there all this while? Doing, says she, really I do not...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...was4Erpriaed to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing ?" ome time in the contemplation «nswor. He then interrogated »ach of them separately. Madam, says he to the firet of them, you have...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...the judges of the dead, seated on his tribunal. On his left hand stood ths keeper of Erebus, on his right the keeper of Elysium I was told he sat upon...to the first of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ? Doing, says she ; really, I do...
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The Guardian: With a Biographical, Historical, and Critical ..., Volume 2

1826 - 316 pages
...surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing?" Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly,...them, " you have been upon the earth above fifty years : whathave you been doing there all this while?" — " Doing!" says she, " really I do not know what...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ..., Volume 1

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 pages
...surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing?" Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly,...years; what have you been doing there all this while 1" " Doing !" says she, " really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing ?" Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly,...years ; what have you been doing there all this while 1" " Doing !" says she, " really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ..., Volume 1

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing !" Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly,...years ; what have you been doing there all this while t" " Doing !" says she, " really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given...
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