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Page 114
... Brown , joined our regiment as a volunteer , and , finding the military duty more to his fancy than commerce , in which he had been enga- ged , remained with us as a cadet . Let me do my un- happy victim justice ; he behaved with such ...
... Brown , joined our regiment as a volunteer , and , finding the military duty more to his fancy than commerce , in which he had been enga- ged , remained with us as a cadet . Let me do my un- happy victim justice ; he behaved with such ...
Page 115
... Brown , paid his attentions in my despite , and in defiance of me . He , perhaps , considered me , on his part , as an oppressive aristo- cratic man , who made my rank in society , and in the army , the means of galling those whom ...
... Brown , paid his attentions in my despite , and in defiance of me . He , perhaps , considered me , on his part , as an oppressive aristo- cratic man , who made my rank in society , and in the army , the means of galling those whom ...
Page 116
... Brown's safety , had he escaped . I almost wish he had , though at my own expense ; but he fell by the first fire . We strove to assist him , but some of those Looties , a species of native banditti , who were always on the watch for ...
... Brown's safety , had he escaped . I almost wish he had , though at my own expense ; but he fell by the first fire . We strove to assist him , but some of those Looties , a species of native banditti , who were always on the watch for ...
Page 122
... brown , and his gaunt cheeks more lank , than when Mannering last saw him . On one side of the old man was a sylph- like form a young woman of about seventeen , whom the Colonel accounted to be his daughter . She was looking , from time ...
... brown , and his gaunt cheeks more lank , than when Mannering last saw him . On one side of the old man was a sylph- like form a young woman of about seventeen , whom the Colonel accounted to be his daughter . She was looking , from time ...
Page 143
... Brown were intended for Miss Mannering . But , however that were , it could not be supposed that in your situation his boldness should escape notice and chastisement . Wise men say , that we resign to civil society our natural rights of ...
... Brown were intended for Miss Mannering . But , however that were , it could not be supposed that in your situation his boldness should escape notice and chastisement . Wise men say , that we resign to civil society our natural rights of ...
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