Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 95
... Brown , joined our regiment as a volunteer , and finding the military duty more to his fancy than commerce , in which he had been engaged , remained with us as a cadet . Let me do my unhappy 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 engaged , remained with us as a cadet . Let me do my unhappy victim justice - he behaved with such ...
Page 96
... Brown , paid his attentions in my despite , and in defiance of me . He perhaps considered me , on his part , as an ... Brown's safety , had he escaped . I almost wish he had , though at my own expense ; but he fell by the first fire . We ...
... Brown , paid his attentions in my despite , and in defiance of me . He perhaps considered me , on his part , as an ... Brown's safety , had he escaped . I almost wish he had , though at my own expense ; but he fell by the first fire . We ...
Page 120
... Brown . I will not say his memory . I am convinced he lives , and is faithful . His addresses to me were countenanced by my deceased parent ; imprudently countenanced perhaps , con- sidering the prejudices of my father , in favour of ...
... Brown . I will not say his memory . I am convinced he lives , and is faithful . His addresses to me were countenanced by my deceased parent ; imprudently countenanced perhaps , con- sidering the prejudices of my father , in favour of ...
Page 121
... Brown's attentions were directed towards herself , rather than permit him to discover their real object ; and , oh , Matilda , what- ever respect I owe to the memory of a deceased parent , let me do justice to a living one . I cannot ...
... Brown's attentions were directed towards herself , rather than permit him to discover their real object ; and , oh , Matilda , what- ever respect I owe to the memory of a deceased parent , let me do justice to a living one . I cannot ...
Page 123
... Brown's favourite instrument . Who could touch it in a night which , though still and serene , was too cold , and too late in the year , to invite forth any wanderer for mere pleasure ? I drew yet nearer the window , and hearkened with ...
... Brown's favourite instrument . Who could touch it in a night which , though still and serene , was too cold , and too late in the year , to invite forth any wanderer for mere pleasure ? I drew yet nearer the window , and hearkened with ...
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