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money, for which ſervice he received no other recompence but the ſurplice: Jane cauſed this badge of eccleſiaſtical pomp to be made ſo rich and ſumptuous, that no archbiſhop need have been aſhamed to wear it.
The affectionate mother, in her old age, had great joy from her children. Number-Nip’s favourite became a brave fellow, and practiſed the virtuous leſſons ſhe dictated, in the unlettered integrity of her heart.
LEGEND V.
AFTER the Gnome had beſtowed his liberal dower on mother Joan, he appeared no more for a long time. The common people amuſed themſelves with abſurd ſtories, which the fancy of old houſewives, in winter evenings, ſpun out as long
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