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Page 341
... John Ballantyne , or his family , He would as soon have let one of his dogs starve . Let John copy the book . want . Beyond these , he made one confidant , though not till after publication . Then he wrote to John Morritt , sending him ...
... John Ballantyne , or his family , He would as soon have let one of his dogs starve . Let John copy the book . want . Beyond these , he made one confidant , though not till after publication . Then he wrote to John Morritt , sending him ...
Page 374
... John succeeded in doing . When the first of these bills became due , being for £ 200 , it was dishonoured . Scott ... John , and found John knew all about it , though the knowledge had been kept from him . John made as little of it as he ...
... John succeeded in doing . When the first of these bills became due , being for £ 200 , it was dishonoured . Scott ... John , and found John knew all about it , though the knowledge had been kept from him . John made as little of it as he ...
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... John's sources of income at this time , we get some light in a letter which Scott wrote to him during the previous autumn , when young Walter went up to London to get his officer's outfit , and Scott had been too ill to go with him . John ...
... John's sources of income at this time , we get some light in a letter which Scott wrote to him during the previous autumn , when young Walter went up to London to get his officer's outfit , and Scott had been too ill to go with him . John ...
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