This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...in her hand. She wore a cap that had once been white, decorated by a ribband which in former years had perhaps been black. Her gown of spotted cotton, fastened round her waist by a blue ribband, hung below her heels. She disdained the assistance of a boddice, nor were her feet fettered in their easy motions by the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...in her hand. She wore a cap that had once been white, decorated by a ribband which in former years had perhaps been black. Her gown of spotted cotton, fastened round her waist by a blue ribband, hung below her heels. She disdained the assistance of a boddice, nor were her feet fettered in their easy motions by the encumbrance of shoe or stocking. Her history was as striking as her appearance. She was a grand-daughter of a Scotch lady of the name of Margaret Merrilies, who was a retainer in the house of an eminent justice of peace in that country, named Bertram. This lady's adventures are well known, so much so, indeed, that he who did not know all about them, was voted, in the days of which we write, an ignorant and tasteless wretch, as indeed he well deserved to be. But after young Mr. Bertram had recovered his estates, she did not retain her name. It was reported that she had been shot by a Captain Hatteraick, but erroneously, as she made her appearance under A various aliases, in different places, long after that. Finally, after having been employed by several gentlemen, and almost worked to death, she fell into the hands of a respectable attorney, of the name of Smith, in whose employment she lost her brains altogether, and became a mere idiot and a bore. Of her family was the woman whose presence now alarmed the soberized Caesar. " Don't killa me, Obi," said the poor slave. " Obi, ' said she, drawing up her figure. " I am not O B, nor yet O C. (She had been educated on the Lancasterian system.) Don't be afeared, for I am a woman of flesh and blood, or rather skin and bone." Of this she soon convinced him, for, to poor Caesar's horror, she seized him by the throat, and with her bony hand dragged him to the ground, he howling with...
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