Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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... nature seemed remarkably to have endowed him , showed an ardent and aspiring mind , and strongly marked the general bent of his future character . The following summer , Maitland's father en- gaged him with a Captain at the farm of B ...
... nature seemed remarkably to have endowed him , showed an ardent and aspiring mind , and strongly marked the general bent of his future character . The following summer , Maitland's father en- gaged him with a Captain at the farm of B ...
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... nature still more ruinous . He liked the boy's daring spirit , and took a pleasure in tri- fling with his temper , which was naturally vio- lent and ungovernable : he found out the art of working on his youthful passions , till they ...
... nature still more ruinous . He liked the boy's daring spirit , and took a pleasure in tri- fling with his temper , which was naturally vio- lent and ungovernable : he found out the art of working on his youthful passions , till they ...
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... in its way to the treasury , or break into the treasury chamber , and carry it off after it is collected . The infamous nature of this practice will appear still more clearly , if we consider that it does 22 MAITLAND SMITH .
... in its way to the treasury , or break into the treasury chamber , and carry it off after it is collected . The infamous nature of this practice will appear still more clearly , if we consider that it does 22 MAITLAND SMITH .
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... natural consequence of this unhappy state of mind was , an inclination which he had never felt before , to drown reflection by the use of spirituous liquors . In the delirium of drunkenness he found a tem- porary relief from the ...
... natural consequence of this unhappy state of mind was , an inclination which he had never felt before , to drown reflection by the use of spirituous liquors . In the delirium of drunkenness he found a tem- porary relief from the ...
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... nature , awaking as it were from the sleep of winter , cheered and revived his heart . His wife perceived the favourable impression , and endeavoured to improve it . Looking there- fore earnestly and tenderly in his face , she said ...
... nature , awaking as it were from the sleep of winter , cheered and revived his heart . His wife perceived the favourable impression , and endeavoured to improve it . Looking there- fore earnestly and tenderly in his face , she said ...
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