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The mysterious stranger departed , but his words remained impressed upon the
mind of the anxious parent . He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy .
This calamity , I think , had been predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his ...
The mysterious stranger departed , but his words remained impressed upon the
mind of the anxious parent . He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy .
This calamity , I think , had been predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his ...
Page 132
The obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him ; in every other respect ,
With prospects bright upon the world he came , Pure love of virtue , strong desire
of fame ; Men watched the way his losty mind would take , And all foretold the ...
The obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him ; in every other respect ,
With prospects bright upon the world he came , Pure love of virtue , strong desire
of fame ; Men watched the way his losty mind would take , And all foretold the ...
Page 270
I am Dandie Dinmont , Sir , of the Charlies - hope — the Liddesdale lad - ye'll
mind me ? - it was for me ye won yon grand plea . ” “ What plea , you loggerhead
? ” said the lawyer , “ d'ye think I can remember all the fools that come to plague
me ...
I am Dandie Dinmont , Sir , of the Charlies - hope — the Liddesdale lad - ye'll
mind me ? - it was for me ye won yon grand plea . ” “ What plea , you loggerhead
? ” said the lawyer , “ d'ye think I can remember all the fools that come to plague
me ...
Page 386
The disappointed Dominie shut his ponderous tome , much marvelling in his
mind how a person , possessed of the lawyer's erudition , could give his mind to
these frivolous toys . But the counsellor , indifferent to the high character for
learning ...
The disappointed Dominie shut his ponderous tome , much marvelling in his
mind how a person , possessed of the lawyer's erudition , could give his mind to
these frivolous toys . But the counsellor , indifferent to the high character for
learning ...
Page 430
the deep tone of horror in which they were uttered , served to show what was
passing in his mind . When Meg Merrilies had also been removed from the
cavern , with all the care for her safety that circumstances admitted , they
consulted where ...
the deep tone of horror in which they were uttered , served to show what was
passing in his mind . When Meg Merrilies had also been removed from the
cavern , with all the care for her safety that circumstances admitted , they
consulted where ...
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