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The pretext of an opera engagement was so much the more feasible, as there chanced to be on that very night a more than ordinary attraction at the Académie Royale. Levasseur, who had been suffering under severe illness, made his reappearance in the character of _Bertram_, and, as
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From this reading illness, made his reappearance in the character of _Bertram_, and, as
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From this reading illness, made his reappearance in the character of _Bertram_, and, as
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From this reading Levasseur, who had been suffering under severe
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From this reading illness, made his reappearance in the character of _Bertram_, and, as
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From this reading The pretext of an opera engagement was so much the more feasible, as
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From this reading The pretext of an opera engagement was so much the more feasible, as
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From this reading Levasseur, who had been suffering under severe
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From this reading The pretext of an opera engagement was so much the more feasible, as
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From this reading Levasseur, who had been suffering under severe
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From this reading there chanced to be on that very night a more than ordinary attraction
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