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... With this expla- nation , we shall proceed to explain some circum- stances which Alan Fairford did not , and could not , write to his correspondent . Our reader , we trust , has formed somewhat approaching 4 CHAP . I. NARRATIVE .
... With this expla- nation , we shall proceed to explain some circum- stances which Alan Fairford did not , and could not , write to his correspondent . Our reader , we trust , has formed somewhat approaching 4 CHAP . I. NARRATIVE .
Side 5
sir Walter Scott (bart.) Our reader , we trust , has formed somewhat approaching to a distinct idea of the principal characters who have appeared before him du- ring the last volume ; but in case our good opi- nion of his sagacity has ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) Our reader , we trust , has formed somewhat approaching to a distinct idea of the principal characters who have appeared before him du- ring the last volume ; but in case our good opi- nion of his sagacity has ...
Side 39
... trust , be surprised , nor per- haps very much displeased , to learn that I am now on my way to Dumfries - shire , to learn , by my own personal investigation , the present state of my dear friend , and afford him such relief as may be ...
... trust , be surprised , nor per- haps very much displeased , to learn that I am now on my way to Dumfries - shire , to learn , by my own personal investigation , the present state of my dear friend , and afford him such relief as may be ...
Side 40
... trust you will hold me excused , if I now obey the calls of friendship and humanity . Do not be in the least anxious on my account ; I shall know , I trust , how to conduct myself with due caution in any emergence which may occur ...
... trust you will hold me excused , if I now obey the calls of friendship and humanity . Do not be in the least anxious on my account ; I shall know , I trust , how to conduct myself with due caution in any emergence which may occur ...
Side 41
... trust my stay will be very short , and I think it possible that I shall bring back Darsie along with me . " The paper dropped from the old man's hand when he was thus assured of the misfortune which he apprehended . His first idea was ...
... trust my stay will be very short , and I think it possible that I shall bring back Darsie along with me . " The paper dropped from the old man's hand when he was thus assured of the misfortune which he apprehended . His first idea was ...
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acquainted addressed Alan Fairford Alan's answered auld Baliol betwixt Birrenswork called cause clerk cobite Court Cristal Nixon danger Darsie Latimer door Dorcas doubt Drudgeit Dumfries Edinburgh Edward Baliol endeavoured escape father favourable folks follow ford Geddes hand heard Herries hinnie honest honour hope horse Jacobites James Wilkinson John Davies Justice Foxley Justice of Peace lady Laird length letter loike look magistrate matter maun Maxwell means ment mind Mount Sharon mutchkin Nanty Ewart never occasion ower party Pate-in-Peril person Poor Peter Peebles present Provost Crosbie purpose Quaker recollection Redgauntlet replied Saint Bees Sallust Saunders Fairford Scotland seemed Shepherd's Bush shew singular Solway Summertrees thee thing thou thought tion tone trepanned Trumbull trust unhappy voice vost warrant weel Whigs wish words young gentleman young lawyer
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