The Strangers of the Glen; Or, The Travellers Benighted: A Tale of MysteryG. Virtue, 1827 - 715 pages |
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... companion , whose stern glance more than once seemed to stifle the sentence which was springing to her lips ; and his gloomy silence and re- 1 served deportment seemed to extend its influence even over the THE TRAVELLERS BENIGHTED . 5.
... companion , whose stern glance more than once seemed to stifle the sentence which was springing to her lips ; and his gloomy silence and re- 1 served deportment seemed to extend its influence even over the THE TRAVELLERS BENIGHTED . 5.
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... companion , " The heavens his canopy , the earth his pillow , " he would lay stretched for hours in his favourite haunts , resisting every inducement to join in the idle mirth and boisterous amusements of his youthful neigh- bours and ...
... companion , " The heavens his canopy , the earth his pillow , " he would lay stretched for hours in his favourite haunts , resisting every inducement to join in the idle mirth and boisterous amusements of his youthful neigh- bours and ...
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... companion , combining all the romantic enthusiasm and ardent imagination of youth , with the acute observation and correct judgment of more ad- vanced years . Such was Lawrence Kinloch , when he received from Mr. Donaldson the ...
... companion , combining all the romantic enthusiasm and ardent imagination of youth , with the acute observation and correct judgment of more ad- vanced years . Such was Lawrence Kinloch , when he received from Mr. Donaldson the ...
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... companion of his lordship , in this retreat from the gay world ; though there would have been few of his friends , who would not have thought that he stood a much better chance of securing his happiness , had he taken this opportunity ...
... companion of his lordship , in this retreat from the gay world ; though there would have been few of his friends , who would not have thought that he stood a much better chance of securing his happiness , had he taken this opportunity ...
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... companion , who immediately assumed a more reserved manner , and , in a somewhat haughty tone , made various inquiries respecting the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Glendorvie . " There are none of a higher rank than the posses ...
... companion , who immediately assumed a more reserved manner , and , in a somewhat haughty tone , made various inquiries respecting the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Glendorvie . " There are none of a higher rank than the posses ...
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Adela Agnes Finlayson anxiety anxious appeared beheld believe betrayed bosom Callander canna Captain Meredith Cecilia cheek child cilia circumstances companion considered cottage countenance Crosswell dare dear dear father Donaldson door doubt dreadful Elizabeth endeavoured entered evident expression eyes father fear feelings fortune girl glance gude hand happy hastily hear heard heart Helen hope innocent inquired instantly interrupted Jessy Kinloch felt Kinloch's heart knew lady lassie latives latter Lawrie length loch look Lord Glendorvie manner Margaret melan mind Miss Dorset Moggie Mordaunt morning mother Murdochson never observed Kinloch Ogilvie once parents pleasure poor portmanteau present recollection rendered replied Kinloch returned Kinloch Robson Saunders scarcely seemed seen silent Simpson situation smile soon sorrow suffer surprise tears tell tence thought tion tone trembled uttered wish woman Worthington wretched yere young
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