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... round her neck , that his weight had bent her into a hoop . Yet , thus deformed and aged , she was not without qualities that might have endeared her to a more generous boy . Her father had been schoolmaster in the village of Kittleston ...
... round her neck , that his weight had bent her into a hoop . Yet , thus deformed and aged , she was not without qualities that might have endeared her to a more generous boy . Her father had been schoolmaster in the village of Kittleston ...
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... the morn to hear that the Nechabudnezzar was a ' gane to pigs and whistles , and driven out wi ' the divors bill to the barren pastures of bankruptcy . " CHAPTER II . AFTER taking a stroll round the brow 6 THE ENTAIL . - CHAPTER I.
... the morn to hear that the Nechabudnezzar was a ' gane to pigs and whistles , and driven out wi ' the divors bill to the barren pastures of bankruptcy . " CHAPTER II . AFTER taking a stroll round the brow 6 THE ENTAIL . - CHAPTER I.
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John Galt. CHAPTER II . AFTER taking a stroll round the brow of the hill , Provost Gor- bals and his lady approached the ... round , and putting his hand in his pocket , said , — " An ' is this Kittlestonheugh's oe ? I'm sure it's a vera ...
John Galt. CHAPTER II . AFTER taking a stroll round the brow of the hill , Provost Gor- bals and his lady approached the ... round , and putting his hand in his pocket , said , — " An ' is this Kittlestonheugh's oe ? I'm sure it's a vera ...
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... round the neck of the dog . The horse , at the same moment , started forward into that pleasant speed at which the pilgrims of yore were wont to pass from London to the shrine of St Thomas à Becket at Canterbury , ( which , for bre ...
... round the neck of the dog . The horse , at the same moment , started forward into that pleasant speed at which the pilgrims of yore were wont to pass from London to the shrine of St Thomas à Becket at Canterbury , ( which , for bre ...
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... round bald head . His eyes were small and grey , quick in the glance , and sharp in the expression . He spoke thickly and hurriedly , and although his words were all very cogently strung together , there was still an unaccountable ...
... round bald head . His eyes were small and grey , quick in the glance , and sharp in the expression . He spoke thickly and hurriedly , and although his words were all very cogently strung together , there was still an unaccountable ...
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Page 68 - Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
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