Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page viii
... and reduced by poverty and disease to " extreme imbecility of body and mind . " Meanwhile Lord Altham put the child into the hands of a woman of doubtful character , Juggy Landy , who lived in a cabin on the viii Editor's Introduction.
... and reduced by poverty and disease to " extreme imbecility of body and mind . " Meanwhile Lord Altham put the child into the hands of a woman of doubtful character , Juggy Landy , who lived in a cabin on the viii Editor's Introduction.
Page 6
... character , and closely watched and looked after by the anxious father himself . The years of infancy , childhood , and boyhood , passed as the father could have wished . A young Nazarene could not have been bred up with more rigour ...
... character , and closely watched and looked after by the anxious father himself . The years of infancy , childhood , and boyhood , passed as the father could have wished . A young Nazarene could not have been bred up with more rigour ...
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... character of the narrative . In changing his plan , however , which was done in the course of printing , the early sheets retained the vestiges of the original tenor of the story , although they now hang upon it as an un- necessary and ...
... character of the narrative . In changing his plan , however , which was done in the course of printing , the early sheets retained the vestiges of the original tenor of the story , although they now hang upon it as an un- necessary and ...
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... characters in " Guy Mannering . " Some circumstances of local situation gave the author , in his youth , an opportunity of seeing a little , and hearing a great deal , about that degraded class who are called gipsies ; who are in most ...
... characters in " Guy Mannering . " Some circumstances of local situation gave the author , in his youth , an opportunity of seeing a little , and hearing a great deal , about that degraded class who are called gipsies ; who are in most ...
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... character of Meg Merrilies was founded , was well known about the middle of the last century , by the name of Jean Gordon , an inhabitant of the village of Kirk Yetholm , in the Cheviot hills , adjoining to the English Border . The ...
... character of Meg Merrilies was founded , was well known about the middle of the last century , by the name of Jean Gordon , an inhabitant of the village of Kirk Yetholm , in the Cheviot hills , adjoining to the English Border . The ...
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