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... probably earlier than either of these , a drawing in the possession of the late Mr Ballan- tine of Woodhouse . The first two are obviously sketches from memory , the third may have been taken from life . It is the rudest and certainly ...
... probably earlier than either of these , a drawing in the possession of the late Mr Ballan- tine of Woodhouse . The first two are obviously sketches from memory , the third may have been taken from life . It is the rudest and certainly ...
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... probably , curiously enough , the Annaple of the novel as the name of the nurse in the family of the Heugh - foot . He was doubtless born deformed , but the poverty of his early sur- roundings and lack of motherly care unquestion- ably ...
... probably , curiously enough , the Annaple of the novel as the name of the nurse in the family of the Heugh - foot . He was doubtless born deformed , but the poverty of his early sur- roundings and lack of motherly care unquestion- ably ...
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... probably twenty - one or twenty - two years of age . Here he lived until his death in 1811. His actions and manner of life in Manor showed his originality and eccentricity . Without apparently , in the first instance , asking any ...
... probably twenty - one or twenty - two years of age . Here he lived until his death in 1811. His actions and manner of life in Manor showed his originality and eccentricity . Without apparently , in the first instance , asking any ...
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... tempered , but , on the contrary , kind , especially to children.1 This is quite opposed to statements of Mr W. Cham- 1 Mr Craig's Letter , p . 425 . bers , and probably true - though he no doubt 38 THE VALE OF THE MANOR.
... tempered , but , on the contrary , kind , especially to children.1 This is quite opposed to statements of Mr W. Cham- 1 Mr Craig's Letter , p . 425 . bers , and probably true - though he no doubt 38 THE VALE OF THE MANOR.
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John Veitch. bers , and probably true - though he no doubt hated street boys , or keelies , as he called them , who jeered at and persecuted him . The expressions used by David under the practical jokes and in- sults of his persecutors ...
John Veitch. bers , and probably true - though he no doubt hated street boys , or keelies , as he called them , who jeered at and persecuted him . The expressions used by David under the practical jokes and in- sults of his persecutors ...
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