Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2G. Bell and Sons, 1885 |
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... rest of his children , and that therefore he intended to do very well for me ; and that my eldest brother being already married and settled , he had designed the same for me , and proposed a very advantageous match for me with a young ...
... rest of his children , and that therefore he intended to do very well for me ; and that my eldest brother being already married and settled , he had designed the same for me , and proposed a very advantageous match for me with a young ...
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... away from Mr. Doctor , to see what the matter was . Among the rest we went to see ; and the case was plain and short enough . Two English gentlemen and a A FRENCH PICKPOCKET . Scotchman , travellers as we were 6 MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER .
... away from Mr. Doctor , to see what the matter was . Among the rest we went to see ; and the case was plain and short enough . Two English gentlemen and a A FRENCH PICKPOCKET . Scotchman , travellers as we were 6 MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER .
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... rest , he had come off with honour , and might have called it a victory ; but endeavouring to break the whole party , and carry off some cannon , the obstinate resistance of these few dragoons lost him his advantages , and held him in ...
... rest , he had come off with honour , and might have called it a victory ; but endeavouring to break the whole party , and carry off some cannon , the obstinate resistance of these few dragoons lost him his advantages , and held him in ...
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... rest of the winter , both for the recovery of my health , and also for supplies from England . Here it was I first heard the name of Gustavus Adolphus , the king of Sweden , who now began his war with the emperor ; and while the king of ...
... rest of the winter , both for the recovery of my health , and also for supplies from England . Here it was I first heard the name of Gustavus Adolphus , the king of Sweden , who now began his war with the emperor ; and while the king of ...
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... rest , I left it to others . I observed the people degenerated from the ancient glorious inhabitants , who were generous , brave , and the most valiant of all nations , to a vicious baseness of soul , barbarous , treacherous , jealous ...
... rest , I left it to others . I observed the people degenerated from the ancient glorious inhabitants , who were generous , brave , and the most valiant of all nations , to a vicious baseness of soul , barbarous , treacherous , jealous ...
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