The Antiquary. Copyright EdTauchnitz, 1845 - 442 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... never been repaid him . By dint of solicitation , however , and borough interest , he contrived to gain a place in the customs , and , being a frugal , careful man , had found himself enabled to add considerably to his paternal for ...
... never been repaid him . By dint of solicitation , however , and borough interest , he contrived to gain a place in the customs , and , being a frugal , careful man , had found himself enabled to add considerably to his paternal for ...
Pagina 12
... never be persuaded to apply it to lucrative and practical purposes . It was not from any inconsiderate neglect of the advantages attending the possession of money that he thus deceived the hopes of his master . " Were he thoughtless or ...
... never be persuaded to apply it to lucrative and practical purposes . It was not from any inconsiderate neglect of the advantages attending the possession of money that he thus deceived the hopes of his master . " Were he thoughtless or ...
Pagina 16
... never ex- tended his guerdon beyond eighteen - pence a - stage . In this man- ner they travelled , until they arrived at Fairport about two o'clock on the following day . Lovel probably expected that his travelling companion would have ...
... never ex- tended his guerdon beyond eighteen - pence a - stage . In this man- ner they travelled , until they arrived at Fairport about two o'clock on the following day . Lovel probably expected that his travelling companion would have ...
Pagina 22
... never heard of them till that moment . Mr. Oldbuck next exhibited thumb - screws , which had given the Covenanters of former days the cramp in their joints , and a collar with the name of a fellow convicted of theft , whose services ...
... never heard of them till that moment . Mr. Oldbuck next exhibited thumb - screws , which had given the Covenanters of former days the cramp in their joints , and a collar with the name of a fellow convicted of theft , whose services ...
Pagina 33
... never deal in mistakes , they aye bring mischances . Now , Monkbarns , that young gentleman , that's wi ' your honour , thinks little of a carle like me ; and yet , I'll wager I'll tell him whar he was yestreen at the gloamin , only he ...
... never deal in mistakes , they aye bring mischances . Now , Monkbarns , that young gentleman , that's wi ' your honour , thinks little of a carle like me ; and yet , I'll wager I'll tell him whar he was yestreen at the gloamin , only he ...
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