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 if the tranquillity of my house shall be restored."

"In short, the secretary was married to the girl, and the ghost appeared no more."

"This beneficial fraud, for so may I justly call it, the honor, and perhaps the life of the father and daughter, having been saved by it, and the young man, who was sober and industrious, proving a very tender and affectionate husband: This beneficial fraud was the first step, which afterwards led me to ruin and disgrace."

"Possessed of a large stock of knowledge of the human heart, of experience, and art, I was no longer satisfied with confining myself to trifling juggling tricks, but I soon began to act after a more extensive plan: In spite of all the precaution I had taken to keep the above mentioned transaction from the knowledge of the public, it soon transpired with the usual additions, and every body thought me