The Lady of the Manor ...A Towar, 1833 |
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... entered the army , as an ensign in a marching regiment ; then he became a lieu- tenant by purchase ; and , as soon afterwards as possible , a captain of a company of foot . It was now that he was quartered for some time in a small town ...
... entered the army , as an ensign in a marching regiment ; then he became a lieu- tenant by purchase ; and , as soon afterwards as possible , a captain of a company of foot . It was now that he was quartered for some time in a small town ...
Page 9
... entered the military service , and ac- companied his regiment abroad , leaving his son and infant daughter under the care of the old lady , not sorry to be relieved by this excellent woman of the charge which he would have found ...
... entered the military service , and ac- companied his regiment abroad , leaving his son and infant daughter under the care of the old lady , not sorry to be relieved by this excellent woman of the charge which he would have found ...
Page 15
... entered the gar- den , his eye had been seeking his daughter ; and no sooner did it rest upon her , than his countenance lighted up.- Scarcely had he pronounced her name , than she flew to- wards him , and , throwing her arms round his ...
... entered the gar- den , his eye had been seeking his daughter ; and no sooner did it rest upon her , than his countenance lighted up.- Scarcely had he pronounced her name , than she flew to- wards him , and , throwing her arms round his ...
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... entered , the father ceased from a description into which he had entered on the subject of foreign and home- made wines , and addressed Christopher in a bitter strain of merriment on his long absence , expressing a hope that he was not ...
... entered , the father ceased from a description into which he had entered on the subject of foreign and home- made wines , and addressed Christopher in a bitter strain of merriment on his long absence , expressing a hope that he was not ...
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... entering into the minutiae of one only . The subject on which the major argued was , what he called the native perfection of the human character ; as- serting that the mind of man , in infancy , resembled a sheet of paper , perfectly ...
... entering into the minutiae of one only . The subject on which the major argued was , what he called the native perfection of the human character ; as- serting that the mind of man , in infancy , resembled a sheet of paper , perfectly ...
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