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In the end he reaches home , and the usurping Lord Anglesey was all but
persuaded to effect an arrangement with him , and give up the estates , when
again his consistent ill - luck intervenes . The story thus pictures the incident : "
After his ...
In the end he reaches home , and the usurping Lord Anglesey was all but
persuaded to effect an arrangement with him , and give up the estates , when
again his consistent ill - luck intervenes . The story thus pictures the incident : "
After his ...
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His features then assumed a pathetic solemnity , the tears stood in his eyes and
his voice faltered with emotion as he said , “ Dear child , at whose coming into the
world I foresaw this fatal trial , may God give thee grace to support it with ...
His features then assumed a pathetic solemnity , the tears stood in his eyes and
his voice faltered with emotion as he said , “ Dear child , at whose coming into the
world I foresaw this fatal trial , may God give thee grace to support it with ...
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... should hae hadden eassel to Kippletringan - ye maun gae back as far as the
Whaap , and haud the Whaap 1 till ye come to Ballenloan , and then " “ This will
never do , good dame ! my horse is almost quite knocked up - can you not give
me ...
... should hae hadden eassel to Kippletringan - ye maun gae back as far as the
Whaap , and haud the Whaap 1 till ye come to Ballenloan , and then " “ This will
never do , good dame ! my horse is almost quite knocked up - can you not give
me ...
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I will give the reader some insight into his state and conversation , before he has
finished a long lecture to Mannering , upon the propriety and cornfort of wrapping
his stirrup - irons round with a wisp of straw when he had occasion to ride in a ...
I will give the reader some insight into his state and conversation , before he has
finished a long lecture to Mannering , upon the propriety and cornfort of wrapping
his stirrup - irons round with a wisp of straw when he had occasion to ride in a ...
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But , as ill chance would have it , he became enamoured of the lady ' s principles
as well as of her charms , and my author gives him this character : “ He was a
man of eminent parts and resolution , for which reason he was chosen by the ...
But , as ill chance would have it , he became enamoured of the lady ' s principles
as well as of her charms , and my author gives him this character : “ He was a
man of eminent parts and resolution , for which reason he was chosen by the ...
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