The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 pages |
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... morning , whilst my father was in town , Mr. Black used to assemble us in his favourite room , his library in the tower at the top of the house . * The back window looked upon a little dell , through which ran the rippling burn , which ...
... morning , whilst my father was in town , Mr. Black used to assemble us in his favourite room , his library in the tower at the top of the house . * The back window looked upon a little dell , through which ran the rippling burn , which ...
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... mornings would succeed the ghost stories of the autumn evenings , when we used to entreat my father not to ring for candles after dinner ; but , drawing round the clear wood fire , we listened with such excited feelings of terror and of ...
... mornings would succeed the ghost stories of the autumn evenings , when we used to entreat my father not to ring for candles after dinner ; but , drawing round the clear wood fire , we listened with such excited feelings of terror and of ...
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... morning , we found him mounted on a ladder , nailing together a Gothic sort of arch of willows over the gate at the entrance . He was very proud of this arch , and told us afterwards that Mrs. Scott and he had gone out that first night ...
... morning , we found him mounted on a ladder , nailing together a Gothic sort of arch of willows over the gate at the entrance . He was very proud of this arch , and told us afterwards that Mrs. Scott and he had gone out that first night ...
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... morning visit to my mother , he said , ' Mrs. Tytler , here is a letter from my son Walter , which I am sure you will like to see . ' We asked afterwards if there was anything remarkable in the letter . ' No , nothing whatever . It was ...
... morning visit to my mother , he said , ' Mrs. Tytler , here is a letter from my son Walter , which I am sure you will like to see . ' We asked afterwards if there was anything remarkable in the letter . ' No , nothing whatever . It was ...
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... were to dine at Woodhouselee and remain the night . We had many discussions that morning at breakfast as to which of them * Vo ' . i . p . 22 . would lead the conversation . All were of different opinions 36 [ CHAP . II . SYDNEY SMITH .
... were to dine at Woodhouselee and remain the night . We had many discussions that morning at breakfast as to which of them * Vo ' . i . p . 22 . would lead the conversation . All were of different opinions 36 [ CHAP . II . SYDNEY SMITH .
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