Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley, Том 1Archibald Constable & Company, Edinburgh, and Hurst, Robinson & Company, London, 1824 |
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... Yellowley was , and how he came by a name so singular . Old Jasper Yellowley , the father of Triptole- mus , ( though born at the foot of Roseberry - Top- ping , ) had been come over by a certain noble Scot- tish Earl , who , proving ...
... Yellowley was , and how he came by a name so singular . Old Jasper Yellowley , the father of Triptole- mus , ( though born at the foot of Roseberry - Top- ping , ) had been come over by a certain noble Scot- tish Earl , who , proving ...
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... Yellowley , but even condescended to eat beans and bacon ( though the latter was then the abomination of the Scots as much as of the Jews ) with her husband , and would willingly have cemented the friendship by borrowing a little cash ...
... Yellowley , but even condescended to eat beans and bacon ( though the latter was then the abomination of the Scots as much as of the Jews ) with her husband , and would willingly have cemented the friendship by borrowing a little cash ...
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... Yellowley had a remarkable dream , as is the usual practice of teeming mothers previous to the birth of an illustrious offspring . She " was a - dreamed , " as her husband expressed it , that she was safely delivered of a plough , drawn ...
... Yellowley had a remarkable dream , as is the usual practice of teeming mothers previous to the birth of an illustrious offspring . She " was a - dreamed , " as her husband expressed it , that she was safely delivered of a plough , drawn ...
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... Yellowley was not much delighted with the manner in which her request had been complied with ; but grumbling being to as little purpose as VOL . I. E in the celebrated case of Tristram Shandy , she e'en THE PIRATE . 65.
... Yellowley was not much delighted with the manner in which her request had been complied with ; but grumbling being to as little purpose as VOL . I. E in the celebrated case of Tristram Shandy , she e'en THE PIRATE . 65.
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... Yellowley bore a daughter , na- med after herself Barbara , who , even in earliest infancy , exhibited the pinched nose and thin lips by which the Clinkscale family were distinguished amongst the inhabitants of the Mearns ; and as her ...
... Yellowley bore a daughter , na- med after herself Barbara , who , even in earliest infancy , exhibited the pinched nose and thin lips by which the Clinkscale family were distinguished amongst the inhabitants of the Mearns ; and as her ...
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