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Legends of Number Nip (1864)

Musäus, Johann Karl August, 1735-1787, Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870, Keene, Charles, 1823-1891, ill · London : Macmillan and co. · leaf 86

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pay for this temerity. Sir, repliedFranz, u necessity drives me to you, I have a smallfavour to ask, which you can easily grant. Praylend me a hundred dollars : as I am an honest man,Ill return them in three years, with lawful inte-rest. Am I an usurer, returned the spirit, that I should lend money… … See page 04. The Gnome and his Debtor* 65 upon he told his history at length, and the pictureof his wretchedness was so moving, that theGnome could not refuse his request. Had thepoor man been less deserving of compassion, thenotion of borrowing money of him appeared sonew and singular, that he was…

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