Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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... words of the actors themselves , the adven- tures which we must otherwise have narrated in our own , has given great popularity to the publication of epistolary correspondence , as prac- tised by various great authors , and by ourselves ...
... words of the actors themselves , the adven- tures which we must otherwise have narrated in our own , has given great popularity to the publication of epistolary correspondence , as prac- tised by various great authors , and by ourselves ...
Side 29
... word of answer to the various questions , “ What was the matter ? " " Was he taken unwell ? ” — - " Should not a chair be called ? " & c . & c . & c . The elder Mr Fairford , who remained seated , and looking as senseless as if he had ...
... word of answer to the various questions , “ What was the matter ? " " Was he taken unwell ? ” — - " Should not a chair be called ? " & c . & c . & c . The elder Mr Fairford , who remained seated , and looking as senseless as if he had ...
Side 34
... word of course . As the young gentleman has be- haved rather oddly while in these parts , as in de- clining to dine with me more than once , and going about the country with strolling fiddlers and such- like , I rather hope that his ...
... word of course . As the young gentleman has be- haved rather oddly while in these parts , as in de- clining to dine with me more than once , and going about the country with strolling fiddlers and such- like , I rather hope that his ...
Side 38
... in alarm , his eye was arrest- ed by a sealed letter lying upon his son's writing- table , and addressed to himself . It contained the following words : - " MY DEAREST FATHER , " You will not , 38 CHAP . II . NARRATIVE .
... in alarm , his eye was arrest- ed by a sealed letter lying upon his son's writing- table , and addressed to himself . It contained the following words : - " MY DEAREST FATHER , " You will not , 38 CHAP . II . NARRATIVE .
Side 49
... without Mr Fairford hearing a word directly from his son . He learned , indeed , by a letter from Mr Crosbie , that the young counsellor had safely VOL . II . D reached Dumfries , but had left that town upon some NARRATIVE . 49 CHAP . II .
... without Mr Fairford hearing a word directly from his son . He learned , indeed , by a letter from Mr Crosbie , that the young counsellor had safely VOL . II . D reached Dumfries , but had left that town upon some NARRATIVE . 49 CHAP . II .
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