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Page 28
It was never known that Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill usage , or
made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by
the most secret paths he could discover , and plunged himself into his miserable
...
It was never known that Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill usage , or
made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by
the most secret paths he could discover , and plunged himself into his miserable
...
Page 122
Some means of reformation ought at least to have been tried , before sending
seven families at once upon the wide world , and depriving them of a degree of
countenance , which withheld them at least from atrocious guilt . There was also ...
Some means of reformation ought at least to have been tried , before sending
seven families at once upon the wide world , and depriving them of a degree of
countenance , which withheld them at least from atrocious guilt . There was also ...
Page 166
A young woman , who had been gathering nuts in Warroch wood upon the fatal
day , was also strongly of opinion , though she declined to make positive oath ,
that she had seen Meg Merrilies , at least a woman of her remarkable size and ...
A young woman , who had been gathering nuts in Warroch wood upon the fatal
day , was also strongly of opinion , though she declined to make positive oath ,
that she had seen Meg Merrilies , at least a woman of her remarkable size and ...
Page 271
I am happy too , in finding at least one object upon which my father can share my
enthusiasm . An admirer of nature , both as an artist and a poet , I have
experienced the utmost pleasure from the observations by which he ex . plains
the ...
I am happy too , in finding at least one object upon which my father can share my
enthusiasm . An admirer of nature , both as an artist and a poet , I have
experienced the utmost pleasure from the observations by which he ex . plains
the ...
Page 273
... even in this paradise of romance , tenanted as it is by a pair assorting so ill with
the scenes around them , were it not for your fidelity in replying to my
uninteresting details ? Pray do not fail to write three times a - week at least - you
can be at ...
... even in this paradise of romance , tenanted as it is by a pair assorting so ill with
the scenes around them , were it not for your fidelity in replying to my
uninteresting details ? Pray do not fail to write three times a - week at least - you
can be at ...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Contributors | James Ballantyne and Co, Archibald Constable & Co, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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