Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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... Bertram , if he ever possessed it . A good- humoured listlessness of countenance formed the only remarkable expression of his features , although they were rather handsome than otherwise . In fact , his physiognomy expressed the inanity ...
... Bertram , if he ever possessed it . A good- humoured listlessness of countenance formed the only remarkable expression of his features , although they were rather handsome than otherwise . In fact , his physiognomy expressed the inanity ...
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... Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeated , beheaded , and hanged , as became a family of importance , for many centuries . But they had gradually lost ground in the world , and from being themselves the heads of ...
... Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeated , beheaded , and hanged , as became a family of importance , for many centuries . But they had gradually lost ground in the world , and from being themselves the heads of ...
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... Bertram , married a daughter of an eminent fanatic , who had a seat in the council of state , and saved by that union the remainder of the family property . But , as ill chance would have it , he became ena- moured of the lady's ...
... Bertram , married a daughter of an eminent fanatic , who had a seat in the council of state , and saved by that union the remainder of the family property . But , as ill chance would have it , he became ena- moured of the lady's ...
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... Bertram retreated , full of projects for re - establishing the prosperity of his family . He took some land into his own hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to ...
... Bertram retreated , full of projects for re - establishing the prosperity of his family . He took some land into his own hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to ...
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... Bertram ; he got his commissionership in the great contest for the county , that ye must have heard of , for it was appealed to the House of Commons - now I should have voted there for the Laird of Balruddery ; hut ye see my father was ...
... Bertram ; he got his commissionership in the great contest for the county , that ye must have heard of , for it was appealed to the House of Commons - now I should have voted there for the Laird of Balruddery ; hut ye see my father was ...
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