Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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... circumstance offered too good a chance to be lost sight of by his uncle , who employed an attorney named Gifford , and with his Waverley 1 Vide " Green Breeks " in the General Introduction to the Novels . " Surely Yellow Waistcoat was ...
... circumstance offered too good a chance to be lost sight of by his uncle , who employed an attorney named Gifford , and with his Waverley 1 Vide " Green Breeks " in the General Introduction to the Novels . " Surely Yellow Waistcoat was ...
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... circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality . Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth ; and I hope to be able to put you in possession of some particulars ...
... circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality . Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth ; and I hope to be able to put you in possession of some particulars ...
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... circumstance in his Diary , and continued his exhibitions in various parts of the empire until the period was about ... circumstances of local situation gave the author , in his youth , an opportunity of seeing a little , and hearing a ...
... circumstance in his Diary , and continued his exhibitions in various parts of the empire until the period was about ... circumstances of local situation gave the author , in his youth , an opportunity of seeing a little , and hearing a ...
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... circumstances of brutal outrage , of which poor Jean was in many respects wholly un- deserving . She had , among other demerits , or merits , as the reader may choose to rank it , that of being a stanch Jacobite . She chanced to be at ...
... circumstances of brutal outrage , of which poor Jean was in many respects wholly un- deserving . She had , among other demerits , or merits , as the reader may choose to rank it , that of being a stanch Jacobite . She chanced to be at ...
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... circumstance in Scotland ( in former days ) , where food and shelter were readily afforded to humble friends and dependants . The Laird's predecessors had been im- prudent , he himself was passive and unfortunate . Death swept away his ...
... circumstance in Scotland ( in former days ) , where food and shelter were readily afforded to humble friends and dependants . The Laird's predecessors had been im- prudent , he himself was passive and unfortunate . Death swept away his ...
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