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... young Nazarene could not have been bred up with more rigour . All that was evil was withheld from his observation - he only heard what was pure in precept - he only witnessed what was worthy in practice . ― But when the boy began to be ...
... young Nazarene could not have been bred up with more rigour . All that was evil was withheld from his observation - he only heard what was pure in precept - he only witnessed what was worthy in practice . ― But when the boy began to be ...
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... young man were so excellent , that he combated , by reason and religion , the fits of gloom which at times overcast his mind , and it was not till he attained the com- mencement of his twenty - first year , that they assumed a character ...
... young man were so excellent , that he combated , by reason and religion , the fits of gloom which at times overcast his mind , and it was not till he attained the com- mencement of his twenty - first year , that they assumed a character ...
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... 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 of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said ...
... 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 of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said ...
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... by the mother's side , and was married to a Young . She was a remarkable personage of a very commanding presence , and high stature , being nearly six feet high . She had a large - - - aquiline nose - penetrating eyes , even in 14.
... by the mother's side , and was married to a Young . She was a remarkable personage of a very commanding presence , and high stature , being nearly six feet high . She had a large - - - aquiline nose - penetrating eyes , even in 14.
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... young lads , his pupils , grew up and went out in the world , but the tutor continued to reside in the family , no uncommon circumstance in Scotland , ( in former days , ) where food and shelter were readily afforded to humble friends ...
... young lads , his pupils , grew up and went out in the world , but the tutor continued to reside in the family , no uncommon circumstance in Scotland , ( in former days , ) where food and shelter were readily afforded to humble friends ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door e'en Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker