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Page viii
This Durham ballad is one of the longest , and quite the most pedestrian , of its
kind . Two or three stanzas are enough to declare its quality . The " astrologer " is
, in this case , a “ worthy lord ” who was" learned and wise To know the Planets in
...
This Durham ballad is one of the longest , and quite the most pedestrian , of its
kind . Two or three stanzas are enough to declare its quality . The " astrologer " is
, in this case , a “ worthy lord ” who was" learned and wise To know the Planets in
...
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For some time , however , these endeavours were frustrated , principally through
the gallantry of a brave and kind - hearted butcher , named Purcel , who , having
compassion upon the boy ' s destitute state , took him into his house and ...
For some time , however , these endeavours were frustrated , principally through
the gallantry of a brave and kind - hearted butcher , named Purcel , who , having
compassion upon the boy ' s destitute state , took him into his house and ...
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Sir , " replied the parent , still more alarmed than before , “ your words are so kind
, your advice so serious , that I will pay the deepest attention to your behests ; but
can you not aid me further in this most important concern ? Believe me , I will ...
Sir , " replied the parent , still more alarmed than before , “ your words are so kind
, your advice so serious , that I will pay the deepest attention to your behests ; but
can you not aid me further in this most important concern ? Believe me , I will ...
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But her sons ( nine in number ) had not , it seems , the same delicacy , and stole
a brood - sow from their kind entertainer . Jean was mortified at this ungrateful
conduct , and so much ashamed of it , that she absented herself from Lochside
for ...
But her sons ( nine in number ) had not , it seems , the same delicacy , and stole
a brood - sow from their kind entertainer . Jean was mortified at this ungrateful
conduct , and so much ashamed of it , that she absented herself from Lochside
for ...
Page 27
Those of the higher rank , with some malignity , accounted him already a
degraded brother . The lower classes , seeing nothing enviable in his situation ,
marked his embarrassments with more compassion . He was even a kind of
favourite ...
Those of the higher rank , with some malignity , accounted him already a
degraded brother . The lower classes , seeing nothing enviable in his situation ,
marked his embarrassments with more compassion . He was even a kind of
favourite ...
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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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