Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley, Том 1Archibald Constable & Company, Edinburgh, and Hurst, Robinson & Company, London, 1824 |
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... usual severities , in order to compel him to plead . The words are these : " JOHN GOW would not plead , for which he was brought to the bar , and the Judge ordered that his thumbs should be squeezed by two men , with a whip - cord ...
... usual severities , in order to compel him to plead . The words are these : " JOHN GOW would not plead , for which he was brought to the bar , and the Judge ordered that his thumbs should be squeezed by two men , with a whip - cord ...
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... it would be an infringement upon the laws of hospi- tality , to ask questions which their guest might have found it difficult or unpleasing to answer ; and instead of endeavouring , as is usual in other coun- THE PIRATE . 13.
... it would be an infringement upon the laws of hospi- tality , to ask questions which their guest might have found it difficult or unpleasing to answer ; and instead of endeavouring , as is usual in other coun- THE PIRATE . 13.
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Sir Walter Scott. instead of endeavouring , as is usual in other coun- tries , to wring out of Mr Mertoun such communi- cations as he might find it agreeable to withhold , the considerate Zetlanders contented themselves with eagerly ...
Sir Walter Scott. instead of endeavouring , as is usual in other coun- tries , to wring out of Mr Mertoun such communi- cations as he might find it agreeable to withhold , the considerate Zetlanders contented themselves with eagerly ...
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... usual demean- our indicated . Women are always particularly desirous of in- vestigating mystery , and of alleviating melancholy , especially when these circumstances are united in a handsome man about the prime of life . It is pos ...
... usual demean- our indicated . Women are always particularly desirous of in- vestigating mystery , and of alleviating melancholy , especially when these circumstances are united in a handsome man about the prime of life . It is pos ...
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... of the Castle be- twixt an old governante , who acted as housekeeper to Mr Mertoun , and Sweyn Erickson , as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fish- ing ; * which dispute , as is usual in THE PIRATE . 25.
... of the Castle be- twixt an old governante , who acted as housekeeper to Mr Mertoun , and Sweyn Erickson , as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fish- ing ; * which dispute , as is usual in THE PIRATE . 25.
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