"[H]e could not help gazing at her with desire, and forming the design of making a conquest of her heart"
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
33 entries in ESTC (1751, 1758, 1763, 1765, 1769, 1773, 1775, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1781, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1798, 1799, 1800).<br>
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Smollett, Tobias. <u>The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality.</u>, 4 vols. (London: Printed for the author, 1751). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T55344">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;