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The boy was the child of Lord and Lady Altham of Dunmain , Wexford . After his
birth , they separated , and the unlucky mother was driven from home , and
reduced by poverty and disease to “ extreme imbecility of body and mind . ”
Meanwhile ...
The boy was the child of Lord and Lady Altham of Dunmain , Wexford . After his
birth , they separated , and the unlucky mother was driven from home , and
reduced by poverty and disease to “ extreme imbecility of body and mind . ”
Meanwhile ...
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... 1806 ; Marmion : a Tale of Flodden Field , 1808 ; Life of Dryden ; The Lady of
the Lake , 1810 ; Vision of Don Roderick , 1811 ; Rokeby , 1813 ; The Bridal of
Triermain , 1813 ; Abstract of Eyrbiggia Saga , in Jamieson ' s " Northern
Antiquities ...
... 1806 ; Marmion : a Tale of Flodden Field , 1808 ; Life of Dryden ; The Lady of
the Lake , 1810 ; Vision of Don Roderick , 1811 ; Rokeby , 1813 ; The Bridal of
Triermain , 1813 ; Abstract of Eyrbiggia Saga , in Jamieson ' s " Northern
Antiquities ...
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The lady of the house was , he said , confined to her apartment , and on the point
of making her husband a father for the first time , though they had been ten years
married . At such an emergency , the Laird said , he feared his guest might meet ...
The lady of the house was , he said , confined to her apartment , and on the point
of making her husband a father for the first time , though they had been ten years
married . At such an emergency , the Laird said , he feared his guest might meet ...
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He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had been
predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his confidence , which , like most people of
the period , he had freely given to the science , was riveted and confirmed .
He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had been
predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his confidence , which , like most people of
the period , he had freely given to the science , was riveted and confirmed .
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... meal was placed on the table . As they sat down to the board , they were joined
by a young lady about eighteen years of age , and so lovely , that the sight of her
carried off the feelings of the young stranger from the peculiarity and mystery ...
... meal was placed on the table . As they sat down to the board , they were joined
by a young lady about eighteen years of age , and so lovely , that the sight of her
carried off the feelings of the young stranger from the peculiarity and mystery ...
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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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