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  • “Young man,” continued the General, “were I to say that a thousand gold mohrs were yours in case my children live under your treatment, what have you to peril in exchange?”

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • He had bestowed a handsome gift upon the Chief, ten gold _mohrs_; and for Bootea there had been the gift of

    Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • "Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."

    Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1833

  • "Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."

    Sense and Sensibility 1833

  • “Perhaps,” said Willoughby, “his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins.”

    Sense and Sensibility 1811

  • "Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."

    Sense and Sensibility 1811

  • "Young man," continued the General, "were I to say that a thousand gold mohrs were yours in case my children live under your treatment, what have you to peril in exchange?"

    The Surgeon's Daughter Walter Scott 1801

  • "Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."

    Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 1796

  • "Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."

    Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 1796

  • You betted your reputation, which remains with you, increased by all the credit due to your eminent success, against a thousand gold mohrs, the value of which you will find in that pocketbook.”

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

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