Stories of waterloo : and other tales

W. H. (William Hamilton) Maxwell

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; 'to* UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES STORIES OF WATERLOO; TALES.AND OTHER Pe.iiod of honour as of woes, !What careers 'twas thine to closebright Scott. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARDHENRY COLBURN AND BENTLEV, STREET.NEW BURLINGTON 1829. SlKEK"«. riFlT *'Bl A- »F1INT1 ' - • - i NHS* * CONTENTS OF *\ MY OWN ADVENTURE. VOL. I. MY OWN ADVENTURE. don't mean I ?You marriage, hope The Inconstant. I have been eccentric from cradle. Atmy called an odd and at OxfordEton I was boy, considered a character.was I came into ofAt twenty-one possession my moderateit was a and ex-; inheritance,property from embarrassment. I settled in theempt every and fell in love with themansion,family daughter of nextmy neighbour. overtures were and Ifavourably received,My assuredwas the heart was mine.lady's Every 4 STORIES OF WATERLOO. for was preliminary my marriage nearly completed, when another addressedsuitor, unexpectedly, my mistress. In he was senior twentyage my by in fortune he exceeded me one hun- years, by I him : he wasdred thousand pounds. despised —I was handsome. At the next how-ball,ug^y mistress cut me and on the secondever, dead,my married rival.after it shemorning my ill-looking I left in and became a woman-England disgust, hater and a wanderer. I had three weeks in a passed miserably enough town. How IFrench to con-fishing managed timesume so much was to me athere, ofsubject All resources were at ex-surprise.

Sujets

• Waterloo

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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;
'to*UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELESSTORIES
OF
WATERLOO;
TALES.AND OTHER
Pe.iiod of honour as of woes,
!What careers 'twas thine to closebright
Scott.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARDHENRY COLBURN AND BENTLEV,
STREET.NEW BURLINGTON
1829.SlKEK"«. riFlT
*'Bl A-
»F1INT1
'
- • -
iNHS*
*
CONTENTS
OF
*\MY OWN ADVENTURE.
VOL. I.