Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Henry Duncan. CONTENTS . PAGE PREFACE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF MAITLAND SMITH JANE MORTON V 9 71 MARY WILSON 94 , THE COTTER 113 THE APPRENTICE 138 THE BENEVOLENT ORPHAN 159 THE SPOILED CHILD 189 THE FRIENDLY FARMER 212 THE HONEST FARMER ...
Henry Duncan. CONTENTS . PAGE PREFACE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF MAITLAND SMITH JANE MORTON V 9 71 MARY WILSON 94 , THE COTTER 113 THE APPRENTICE 138 THE BENEVOLENT ORPHAN 159 THE SPOILED CHILD 189 THE FRIENDLY FARMER 212 THE HONEST FARMER ...
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... cross , there is one in- stance given of the efficacy of a death - bed re- pentance , that nobody might despair ; and there is but one , that nobody might presume . " BY JANE MORTON . JANE MORTON was the daughter of 70 MAITLAND SMITH .
... cross , there is one in- stance given of the efficacy of a death - bed re- pentance , that nobody might despair ; and there is but one , that nobody might presume . " BY JANE MORTON . JANE MORTON was the daughter of 70 MAITLAND SMITH .
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Henry Duncan. BY JANE MORTON . JANE MORTON was the daughter of a very graceless and wicked man , who , being led astray by bad company , had gone on , step by step , from occasional transgression to habitual sin , till at length he ...
Henry Duncan. BY JANE MORTON . JANE MORTON was the daughter of a very graceless and wicked man , who , being led astray by bad company , had gone on , step by step , from occasional transgression to habitual sin , till at length he ...
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... Jane was the only child of this unhappy pair . Fortunately for her , she was put , when very young , for some hours every day , to a good old woman in the neighbour- hood who taught a little school , and from whom she was to learn to ...
... Jane was the only child of this unhappy pair . Fortunately for her , she was put , when very young , for some hours every day , to a good old woman in the neighbour- hood who taught a little school , and from whom she was to learn to ...
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... Jane , though a great favourite of her father's , did not , at these seasons , escape the effects of his bad temper . He would often pour upon her a torrent of unprovoked abuse ; but she either bore it in silence , or , if called on to ...
... Jane , though a great favourite of her father's , did not , at these seasons , escape the effects of his bad temper . He would often pour upon her a torrent of unprovoked abuse ; but she either bore it in silence , or , if called on to ...
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