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Page 16
To pass to a character of a very different description , Dominie Sampson , the
reader may easily suppose that a poor modest humble scholar , who has won his
way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no ...
To pass to a character of a very different description , Dominie Sampson , the
reader may easily suppose that a poor modest humble scholar , who has won his
way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no ...
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He addressed her nearly in the words which Dominie Sampson uses to Miss
Bertram , and professed his determination not to leave her . Accordingly , roused
to the exercise of talents which had long slumbered , he opened a little school ,
and ...
He addressed her nearly in the words which Dominie Sampson uses to Miss
Bertram , and professed his determination not to leave her . Accordingly , roused
to the exercise of talents which had long slumbered , he opened a little school ,
and ...
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This was Abel Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue
, Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his
cradle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were ...
This was Abel Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue
, Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his
cradle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were ...
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In progress of time , Abel Sampson , probationer of divinity , was admitted to the
privileges of a preacher . But , alas ! partly from his own bashfulness , partly
owing to a strong and obvious disposition to risibility which pervaded the
congregation ...
In progress of time , Abel Sampson , probationer of divinity , was admitted to the
privileges of a preacher . But , alas ! partly from his own bashfulness , partly
owing to a strong and obvious disposition to risibility which pervaded the
congregation ...
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Nor good neither , " answered Dominie Sampson , in a voice whose untuneable
harshness corresponded with the awkwardness of his figure . They were the first
words which Mannering had heard him speak ; and as he had been watching ...
Nor good neither , " answered Dominie Sampson , in a voice whose untuneable
harshness corresponded with the awkwardness of his figure . They were the first
words which Mannering had heard him speak ; and as he had been watching ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Guy Mannering Volume 2 of Waverley novels : Dryburgh Edition / Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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