Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 |
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Page 25
When he was gone , Well , Amy , said I , are you convinced now that he is an
honest as well as a true friend , and that there has been nothing , not the least
appearance of anything of what you imagined , in his behaviour ? Yes , says Amy
, I ...
When he was gone , Well , Amy , said I , are you convinced now that he is an
honest as well as a true friend , and that there has been nothing , not the least
appearance of anything of what you imagined , in his behaviour ? Yes , says Amy
, I ...
Page 61
He appeared surprised more than ever , and swore , which was the first time that I
had heard him swear from ту first knowing him , that he could not have believed
there was any such skin without paint in the world . Well , my lord , said I , your ...
He appeared surprised more than ever , and swore , which was the first time that I
had heard him swear from ту first knowing him , that he could not have believed
there was any such skin without paint in the world . Well , my lord , said I , your ...
Page 67
Since this , and when I have looked back upon these things with eyes
unpossessed with crime , when the wicked part has appeared in its clearer light ,
and I have seen it in its own natural colours , when no more blinded with the
glittering ...
Since this , and when I have looked back upon these things with eyes
unpossessed with crime , when the wicked part has appeared in its clearer light ,
and I have seen it in its own natural colours , when no more blinded with the
glittering ...
Page 147
... much to the same purpose as the former , to what degree I should increase my
estate if I would come into his method of contracting my expenses ; and by this
scheme of his , it appeared , that laying up a thousand pounds a year , and every
...
... much to the same purpose as the former , to what degree I should increase my
estate if I would come into his method of contracting my expenses ; and by this
scheme of his , it appeared , that laying up a thousand pounds a year , and every
...
Page 155
On Tuesday there came such an appearance of gentlemen and ladies , that my
apartments were by no means able to ... appeared as principals , gave order
below to let no more company come SECOND ENTERTAINMENT AT MY
HOUSE. ...
On Tuesday there came such an appearance of gentlemen and ladies , that my
apartments were by no means able to ... appeared as principals , gave order
below to let no more company come SECOND ENTERTAINMENT AT MY
HOUSE. ...
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