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... and the unlucky mother was driven from home , 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 ...
... and the unlucky mother was driven from home , 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 ...
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At sunset the young man was made to take the bath ; and , having done so , he
was directed to attire himself in a robe , somewhat like that worn by Armenians ,
having his long hair combed down on his shoulders , and his neck , hands , and ...
At sunset the young man was made to take the bath ; and , having done so , he
was directed to attire himself in a robe , somewhat like that worn by Armenians ,
having his long hair combed down on his shoulders , and his neck , hands , and ...
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At last , while he was exhibiting to a numerous audience his usual tricks of
legerdemain , the hands , whose activity had so often baffled the closest observer
, suddenly lost their power , the cards dropped from them , and he sunk down a ...
At last , while he was exhibiting to a numerous audience his usual tricks of
legerdemain , the hands , whose activity had so often baffled the closest observer
, suddenly lost their power , the cards dropped from them , and he sunk down a ...
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He took some land into his own hand , rented some from neighbouring
proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs
and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff ' s end as well as
he might .
He took some land into his own hand , rented some from neighbouring
proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs
and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff ' s end as well as
he might .
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He wrote , however , a good hand , and added something to his pittance by
copying accounts and writing letters for Ellangowan . By degrees , the Laird , who
was much estranged from general society , became partial to that of Dominie ...
He wrote , however , a good hand , and added something to his pittance by
copying accounts and writing letters for Ellangowan . By degrees , the Laird , who
was much estranged from general society , became partial to that of Dominie ...
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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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