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Page 179
She insists on my remaining till Wednesday not knowing what I suffer . " A wife more sure of her position and less intent on style , ' that idol of Edinburgh society , might have developed the less worldly side of Scott's ...
She insists on my remaining till Wednesday not knowing what I suffer . " A wife more sure of her position and less intent on style , ' that idol of Edinburgh society , might have developed the less worldly side of Scott's ...
Page 184
We found ourselves in a yard surrounded by high mud walls , and on one side was a small one - storeyed building . Into this I was led , and invited to sit upon a brick stove - bed which occupied one end of the room .
We found ourselves in a yard surrounded by high mud walls , and on one side was a small one - storeyed building . Into this I was led , and invited to sit upon a brick stove - bed which occupied one end of the room .
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Though I shouldn't speak of sloping sides , " he said , " the sides are sharply stepped like a giant's staircase . We can't sink an ordinary caisson through the sand - it would simply catch on one of the gigantic treads of the staircase ...
Though I shouldn't speak of sloping sides , " he said , " the sides are sharply stepped like a giant's staircase . We can't sink an ordinary caisson through the sand - it would simply catch on one of the gigantic treads of the staircase ...
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