Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 125
... Brown urges , that he is personally hostile to him - And the obscurity of his birth- that would be indeed a stumbling - block . O Matilda , I hope none of your ancestors ever fought at Poictiers or Agincourt ! If it were not for the ...
... Brown urges , that he is personally hostile to him - And the obscurity of his birth- that would be indeed a stumbling - block . O Matilda , I hope none of your ancestors ever fought at Poictiers or Agincourt ! If it were not for the ...
Page 126
... Brown is by origin , that his descent should be so unpleasing to my father . His story is shortly told . He is of Scottish extraction , but , being left an orphan , his education was undertaken by a family of relations , settled in ...
... Brown is by origin , that his descent should be so unpleasing to my father . His story is shortly told . He is of Scottish extraction , but , being left an orphan , his education was undertaken by a family of relations , settled in ...
Page 127
... Brown were noticed from the house , he might pass for one of those admirers of nature , who was giving vent to his feelings through the medium of music . The sounds might also be my apology , should I be observed on the balcony . But ...
... Brown were noticed from the house , he might pass for one of those admirers of nature , who was giving vent to his feelings through the medium of music . The sounds might also be my apology , should I be observed on the balcony . But ...
Page 128
... Brown , who can guess the consequence ! He returned , however , apparently without having made any discovery . I under- stand , that in consequence of his late disappointment , he means now to hire a house in the neighbourhood of this ...
... Brown , who can guess the consequence ! He returned , however , apparently without having made any discovery . I under- stand , that in consequence of his late disappointment , he means now to hire a house in the neighbourhood of this ...
Page 131
... Brown alive , and free , and in England ! Embarrass- ment and anxiety I can and must endure . We leave this in two days for our new residence . I shall not fail to let you know what I think of these Scotch inmates , whom I have but too ...
... Brown alive , and free , and in England ! Embarrass- ment and anxiety I can and must endure . We leave this in two days for our new residence . I shall not fail to let you know what I think of these Scotch inmates , whom I have but too ...
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